CRYPTO CLUES CCLXIV

GAMES Magazine

October, 1985

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (1-5)

Timothy Martin (6-11)

 

1. Laid-back call 

 

2. European holds line

 

3. Foolishly eager to comply

 

4. Blockade makes mob rage wildly 

 

5. Clam's been changing appearance

 

6. Crookedly secured contracts 

 

7. Cur coat all scruffy? It figures 

 

8. Led car around support carefully 

 

9. Go slowly, taking in European city 

 

10. Hitchhike in the heart of Northumbria

 

11. Overheard kisses, perhaps, in hotel rooms

 

HINTS:
1. Reversal

2. Hidden word

3-5: Anagrams

6. con tracts' / anagram

7-8: Anagrams

9-10: Hidden words

11. Definition / homophone 

 

Answers:

 

1. DIAL (laid)

2. ROPE (euROPEan)

3. AGREE (eager)

4. EMBARGO (mob rage)

5. SEMBLANCE (clam's been)

6. REDUCES (secured)

7. CALCULATOR (cur coat all)

8. CRADLE (let car)

9. OSLO (gO SLOwly)

10. THUMB (norTHUMBria)

11. SUITES (sweets = kisses)