CRYPTO CLUES CCLXV

GAMES Magazine

May, 2000

Rosemary Scala (1-5)

Richard Lee Clark (6-8)

April, 2006

Bob Stigger (9-10)

 

1. Sick, I search map for places that fill prescriptions

 

2. Get the best of wrapping material

 

3. Insignificant bit in radio talk

 

4. Team made a sound of despair out loud

 

5. Sleigh went flying from one end to the other

 

6. Choreographer provides a snack

 

7. End of account, according to auditor

 

8. Itzhak Pearlman, for one, using Salieri composition

 

9. Baseball official's somewhat plump, I remarked

 

10. Islamic judge identifies those in civilian clothing  

 

HINTS: 

1. Anagram

2. Homograph

3. Hidden word

4. Homophone

5. Anagram

6. Hidden word

7. Homophone

8. Anagram

9. Hidden word

10. Homograph

 

Answers:

 

1. PHARMACIES (I search map)

2. FOIL

3. IOTA (radIO TAlk)

4. SIDE (sighed)

5. LENGTHWISE (sleigh went)

6. OREO (chOREOgrapher)

7. TAIL (tale)

8. ISRAELI (Salieri)

9. UMPIRE (plUMP I REmarked)

10. MUFTI  

OPPOSITES

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

December, 2025 (Ex. and 1-3)

 

What two words of opposite meaning can be placed on the blanks to form two longer words?

Ex. C _ _ TEST   _ _ _ ICE

Ans.   ON             OFF  

 

1. K _ _ D                  M _ _ _ TH

2. _ _ _ UOUS           NO _ _ _ _ G  

3. SUR _ _ _ _            _ _ _ _ _ CULE

4. P _ _ _ _ R             W _ _ _ _ VER

5. T _ _ _ _                 F _ _ _ ER

6. O _ _ _ _                 _ _ _ T

7. B _ _ _ _ _              C _ _ _ _

8. _ _ _ _ STIBLE      A _ _ NY 

 

Answers:

 

1. kINd - mOUTh

2. FATuous - noTHINg

3. surPLUS - MINUScule

4. pLOVEr - wHATEver

5. tHIGH - fLOWer

6. oLIVE - DIEt

7. bRIGHT - cLEFT

8. COMEstible - aGOny  

 

[Antonyms] 

TWO BY TWO

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Decdmber, 2025

 

Fill in the dashes with two letters that will complete the word beginning on the left and and begin the word ending on the right.

 

1. PRO _ _ FER

2. HYE _ _ IVE

3. LIN _ _ OFY

4. BAC _ _ SET

5. RIF _ _ ARN

6. GRA _ _ VIL

7. GRE _ _ ICT

8. SCE _ _ EDS

9. GRA _ _ ARL

10. MOT _ _ BIT

11. STO _ _ WLY

12. SHA _ _ RBY  

 

Answers: 

 

1. proOFfer

2. hyeNAive

3. linGOofy

4. bacONset

5. rifLEarn

6. graDEvil

7. greEDict

8. sceNEeds

9. graPEarl

10. motORbit

11. stoNEwly

12. shaDErby

 

Note: The first of the missing letters, reading down, spell the name of a 1980s movie. 

DIFFERNITIONS

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles 

December, 2025

 

Answer each clue with a word that differs from PIANO by a single letter. For example, "Barcelona's country" would be SPAIN. 

 

1. Imitating

2. Chef's coverall

3. Far from fancy

4. Watercolor or oil

5. Unsuitable

6. State a view 

7. Sudden fear

8. Spotted horse

9. Sharp end of a pencil

 

Answers:

 

1. APING

2. APRON

3. PLAIN

4. PAINT

5. INAPT

6. OPINE 

7. PANIC

8. PINTO

9. POINT  

BODY BUILDING

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

December, 2025

 

Without changing the order of any letters, insert the name of a body part somewhere within each word to form a new, everyday word. This is a difficult puzzle. As a hint, the missing body parts are listed below (in random order).

 

LIP, ARM, EAR, LUNG, SHIN, 

LEG, CHIN, HIP, RIB,

 

1. RUG

2. ALE

3. WED

4. FLING

5. DRY

6. PER

7. TUNE

8. ELSE 

9. SPED

 

Answers:

 

1. ru SHIN g - RUSHING

2. al LEG e - ALLEGE

3. w ARM ed - WARMED

4. flin CHIN g - FLINCHING

5. dr EAR y - DREARY

6. p LUNG er - PLUNGER

7. t RIB une - TRIBUNE

8. el LIP se - ELLIPSE

9. s HIP ped or s LIP ped - SHIPPED or SLIPPED

 

 

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)  

 

 

 

 

COMMON COMBOS LXXVI

Each group below contains three or four unrelated words. Find a word that can either precede or follow each of the words in each of the groups. 

1. GRAM, GIN, ROW          

2. HOUSE, CHAIR, PIN, FLY

3. BIT, SPARE, RAM, RIDGE 

4. DRY, SEA, CELL, FLOWER

5. RAMP, ELOPE, HEM, PAGE 

6. SALT, SHEET, HOUND, BED 

7. WET, BRIDGE, FALL, DREAM

8. IMAGE, BUSY, LANGUAGE, HOME 

 

Answers:

 

1. MAR

2. WHEEL

3. PART

4. WALL

5. ANT

6. ROCK

7. LAND

8. BODY