CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXI

GAMES/World of Puzzles

October, 2023

Fred Piscop

 

1. Mediocre grade concealed by bad teachers 

 

2. Relieved to have written letters in order

 

3. It's hard to lift, it's said

 

4. It's a boat, any way you look at it

 

5. Pounds from all-you-can-eat dinners

 

6. On reflection, I complain to Ruth's mother-in-law

 

7. Temptress of legend with a floral garland

 

8. Figure to work in a mint, say

 

9. Infidel destroyed diamond setting 

 

10. Recluse poet 's before tiny insects 

 

HINTS:

1. Container

2. Definition - two meanings

3. Homophone

4. Palindrome

5. Definition - stressonym

6. Definition - reversal

7. Two definitions = Temptress

8. "Figure" is a homograph (two meanings)

9. Anagram

10. Two definitions = "Recluse" 

 

Answers:

 

1. FACULTY (FA C ULTY) [bad = faulty] 

2. SPELLED (relieved)  

3. STEEL (steal - to lift)

4. KAYAK

5. BUFFETS

6. NAOMI (I MOAN) [complain]  

7. LORELEI (lore + lei) 

8. MAKES SENSE (figure) [cents] 

9. INFIELD (infidel)

10. EREMITE (ere + mite)