Think of an animal whose name satisfies the clue. Wordplay is fair play. For example, the clue "Not telling the truth" could be answered by "Lion"- as in "lyin'." (#4 is a plural.)

1. Chatter incessantly

2. More strange

3. Blowin'

4. Elevate 

5. Minor parish official

6. Internet scam word

7. To couple it 

 

Answers:

 

1. Yak

2. Otter (odder)

3. Puffin

4. Rays

5. Beetle (beadle)

6. Fish (phish)

7. Parrot (pair it)  

 

Credit:
Braingle 

  

LA Times Crossword

March 30, 2026

Michael B. Berg and Brian Callahan

 

The answers to the first four clues below have something in common that is phonetically hinted at by the fifth clue. Can you determine what it is?

 

1. Adrift after a storm, perhaps

2. To be in debt to - in two words

3. Three-word stir fry vegetable

4. Two words for, "Let me explain ....."

5. Protection of intellectual property 

 

Answer to Clue 5:

COPYWRIGHT

 

Answers to Clues 1-4:

 

1. At sea

2. To owe

3. Sugar snap pea

4. "Here's why ....."  

 

The four words to the right in the answers phonetically spell out COPY:

1. sea - C

2. owe - O

3. pea - P

4. why - Y  

  

SYNONYM/ANAGRAM CCXXVIII

The two words on each line can be anagrammed into one - beginning with the given letter. The meanings of the anagrams are given below the clues.

1. AIR + GUT = G

2. APE + NOW = W

3. PIPE + SOOT = O 

4. ICON + MART = R

5. AGILE + CLEAN = A

6. QUIET + SNARE = E 

7. BRING + LILAC = B

8. ARID + ONUS = D  

9. HOST + TEAPOT = T

10. GOAT + POLICE = A

11. AUTO + GROUSE = O 

 

Meaning of the anagrams:

1. Music

2. Arm

3. Contrary

4. About love

5. Loyalty

6. Horse

7. Elan

8. It's extinct

9. Crest, for one

10. Sorrowful

11. Shockingly bad, very bold

 

Answers:

 

1. GUITAR

2. WEAPON

3. OPPOSITE

4. ROMANTIC

5. ALLEGIANCE

6. EQUESTRIAN

7. BRILLIANCE

8. DINOSAUR

9. TOOTHPASTE

10. APOLOGETIC

11. OUTRAGEOUS   

CRYPTO CLUES CCXVI 

GAMES/World of Puzzles

April, 2018

Pam Wylder (1-3)

Patrick Berry (4- 8)

Bob Stigger (9-13)

 

1. Something hunted in excavation site (homograph)

 

2. Pain killer wasted on a novice (anagram)

 

3. Require leaders of every nation to assemble in London (acronym)

 

4. One who stays up late - oddly (anagram)

 

5. Some comedy better left unfinished (curtailment)

 

6. Inkpad manufactured in Shanghai (anagram)

 

7. Hypnotic eyes holding attention (hidden word) 

 

8. Bad dream involving weapons (anagram)

 

9. Worship a colonial patriot (homophone)

 

10. Bean spread served as an appetizer (heteronym)

 

11. Snake calculator (homograph)

 

12. Squirrel away money (homophone) 

 

13. Dwell overmuch on filling jobs, essentially (hidden word) 

 

Answers:

 

1. QUARRY

2. NOVOCAINE (on a novice)

3. ENTAIL (first letters)

4. NIGHTOWL (with long)

5. IMPROV (better = improve)

6. KIDNAP (Shanghai - slang for kidnap)

7. NOTICE (hypNOTIC Eyes)

8. ARMED (dream)

9. REVERE (revere)

10. PATE ("patay")

11. ADDER

12. CACHE (cash)

13. OBSESS (jOBS ESSentially) 

  

1. Fill in the blanks with three related words to complete the compound words below.

_ _ _ HORN

_ _ _ _ FALL 

_ _ _ _ BALL

 

2. Fill in the same three-letter word in the blanks to complete longer words.

 

S _ _ _

_ _ _ AL

MA _ _ _ RE

_ _ _ LE

 

Answers:

 

1. FOGHORN

    WATERFALL

     SNOWBALL

 

2. The missing word is CAB:

    SCAB

    CABAL

    MACABRE

    CABLE  

 

Credit:

Braingle 

Can you transform the words below into a famous quote? Wordplay is fair play.

Got up alias oak aroma set of rooms

Answer:

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

(Got up = arose, 

  alias = by any other name

  oak = wood 

  aroma = smell

  set of rooms = suite)   

 

Credit:
Braingle 

INSERT-A-WORD LX

Insert a word from the right-hand column into one of the words in the left-hand column to make a longer word.

1. BET                   AND

2. PIER                  DIME

3. STOUT              PIT

4. RUNT                RISK

5. FILE                  ONE

6. SOW                  LIAR

7. MARE               NAG 

8. FAMILY            HALL 

9. PALATE            CAB

 

Answers:

 

1. B RISK ET - BRISKET

2. PI ONE ER - PIONEER

3. ST AND OUT - STANDOUT

4. RU DIME NT - RUDIMENT

5. FI NAG LE - FINAGLE

6. S HALL OW - SHALLOW

7. MA CAB RE - MACABRE

8. FAMI LIAR LY - FAMILIARLY

9. PAL PIT ATE - PALPITATE