CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXVIII
GAMES Magazine
November/December, 1981
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (1-2)
Henry Hook (3-11)
1. Fish around while getting art equipment
2. Famous heroine embraces cinema's leading man
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
QUOTES CCLXXXI
Jesters do oft prove prophets.
William Shakespeare
The spirit should never grow old.
James A. Garfield
We are not hypocrites in our sleep.
William Hazlitt
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Give others the gift of your full attention.
Author Unknown
It is easier to see the silver lining in the other person's cloud.
Author Unknown
The greatest test of courage ..... is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Author Unknown
The problem with equality is that we only desire it with our superiors.
Author Unknown
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
Author Unknown
TRADE-OFF
Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles
The answers to the clues in each line below are words that differ by only one letter - which is given. Can you fill in the missing letters to complete the words?
Ex. Chevron _ _ _ _ P _ _ _ _ _ K _ Hit
Ans. STRIPE STRIKE
1. Distract _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ S _ Get rid of
2. Sift _ _ _ N _ _ _ _ _ D _ _ Wall opening
3. Brave _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ _ N Narcotic
4. Maven _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ C _ Await
5. Moles' _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ D Crafty
kin
6. Prison _ _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ Rabbit cage
VIP
7. Charm _ _ _ _ _ L _ _ _ _ _ E Emerge
8. Cast _ _ _ L _ _ _ _ _ T _ _ Left
out
9. Trumpet's C _ _ _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ _ Wasp
kin
10. Stress _ C _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ Rise
Answers:
1. DIVERT - DIVEST
2. WINNOW - WINDOW
3. HEROIC - HEROIN
4. EXPERT - EXPECT
5. SHREWS - SHREWD
6. WARDEN - WARREN
7. APPEAL - APPEAR
8. EXILED - EXITED
9. CORNET - HORNET
10. ACCENT - ASCENT
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
ALL OF ME
Can you think of six expressions that mean "everything" - the entire lot, every single part of a group of things or people - each containing the word WHOLE.
Answers:
1. The whole shebang
2. The whole megillah
3. The whole enchilada
4. The whole nine yards
5. The whole ball of wax
6. The whole kit and caboodle
CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXVII
GAMES Magazine
December, 1992
Fraser Simpson (1-4)
Frances Yang (5-8)
November, 2001
Todd Rew (9-10)
1. Nearby, like diet drinks
2. Cat lies playfully, able to stretch
3. Discover unusual marital breakups
4. He challenged three billy goats to fish from a motorboat
5. Broken Easter egg set aside
6. More decorative financier drops in
7. Maurice's car got slimy transporting snails
8. Odd items of dirty gear in laundry machine
9. A girl? Wrong
10. Crown held in absentia ransomed
HINTS:
1. Stressonym / hyphenated
1. Stressonym / hyphenated
2. Anagram
3. Anagram
4. Folklore villain - homograph
5. Anagram
6. Deletion
7. Hidden word
8. Odd letters
9. Homophone
10. Hidden word
Answers:
1. LOCAL (lo-cal)
2. ELASTIC (cat lies)
3. DIVORCES (discover)
4. TROLL
5. SEGREGATE (easter egg)
6. FANCIER (financier)
7. ESCARGOTS (mauricE'S CAR GOT Slimy)
8. DRYER (DiRtY gEaR)
9. AMISS (a miss)
10. TIARA (absenTIA RAnsomed)
CHARADES I
Ex. Unadorned + quarrel = litigant
Ans. PLAIN + TIFF = PLAINTIFF
1. Long story + metropolitan area = wisdom
2. Portable bed + Great Lake = clique
3. Cassettes + makes an effort = heavy, decorated fabrics
4. Thus + charcoal block = nickname
5. Fog + corrosion = doubt
6. Begin + went first = spooked
Answers:
1. SAGA + CITY = SAGACITY
2. COT + ERIE = COTERIE
3. TAPES + TRIES = TAPESTRIES
4. SO + BRIQUET = SOBRIQUET
5. MIST + RUST = MISTRUST
6. START + LED = STARTLED
Credit:
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