CRYPTO CLUES CXXXIX

GAMES/World of Puzzles

September, 2024

Fred Piscop (1-5)

Bob Stigger (6-12)

 

1. Take root around a coastal city (container)

 

2.Weather tracker, any way you look at it

 

3. Sausages conceal a cat

 

4. Man is what divides Congress

 

5. Spout off at Oval Office occupant

 

6. To argue rudely is an insult

 

7. Divine terms a creditor gives (hidden word)

 

8. Ascends Everest, ignoring cold arms and legs (C = cold)

 

9. Pygmalion's Doolittle joins lounge lizards

 

10. Multitudes of headless poltergeists

 

11. Idle gab about something important

 

12. Pack animal running around a shopping center (two words/reversal)

Answers:

 

1. SEATTLE (SE A TTLE)

2. RADAR

3. LINKS (LYNX) 

4. AISLE (ISLE)

5. POTUS (President Of The U.S.)

6. ENRAGE

7. SACRED

8. LIMBS (CLIMBS) 

9. ELIZA

10. HOSTS (GHOSTS) 

11. BIG DEAL

12. LLAMA (A MALL)

 

 

 

 

Universal Crossword

October 15, 2024

Howard Neuthaler 

The three names below have something in common that is hinted at by the last clue. Can you determine what it is?

1. EDITH WHARTON

2. WILLIAM SHATNER

3. GWYNETH PALTROW

4. Juliet's question during the balcony scene

Answer:

 

Juliet's question is, "What's in a name?"

Each of the clue names contains the letters W-H-A-T in correct, but not consecutive order.

 

1. edith WHArTon

2. William sHATner 

3. gWynetH pAlTrow

 What do the following words and phrase have in common?

1. CAPSIZE

2. TIBETAN

3. CARHOPS

4. MINOTAUR

5. MARIACHI

6. POP HITS 

HINT:

Hidden words

Answer:

 

Each word or phrase conceals the name of a Greek letter:

 

1. caPSIze

2. tiBETAn

3. caRHOps

4. minoTAUr

5. mariaCHI

6. poP HIts 

 

Credit:

Karen Steinberg

AGAIN AND AGAIN

How many words can you think of that can both precede and follow AND to make a common expression - as Again and again. Five are listed below.

(Possible) Answers:

1. Over and over

2. Neck and neck

3. Half and half

4. By and by

5. So and so

NPR Weekend Edition Sunday

October 13, 2024

Joe Krozel

Presented by Will Shortz 

Think of a place in the United States - two words, ten letters. The first five letters are a palindrome and the last five letters spell out a body part. What is this place?

Answer:

 

NEW ENGLAND

NEWEN  GLAND

Universal Crossword

October 14, 2024

Susan Gelfand

The three phrases below have something in common that is hinted at by the last clue. Can you determine what it is?

1. GRADUATE LEVEL

2. PUPPET RULER

3. MAJOR SCALE

4. Custom-tailored

 

Answer:

 

MADE TO MEASURE - The second word of each phrase is a measuring tool. 

 

The answers to this flat are based on a seven-letter word:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

When our team is 2 3, we cheer

And 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 them. 

When they lose,

All they get is boos.

We're not good 1 4 5 6 7s, I fear.

 

Answer:

 

When our team is UP, we cheer

And SUPPORT them.

When they lose,

All they get is boos. 

We're not good SPORTs, I fear.

 

Credit:

The Enigma 

August, 2024

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