CRYPTO CLUES VIII

In a regular crossword  puzzle, the clue "unconventional protagonist" might be answered with "antihero." In a cryptic crossword, the clue might be "unconventional protagonist in an on-the-air broadcast." The cryptic answer would still be "antihero," but it is enhanced by "antihero" being an anagram of "on-the-air."

The answers to the clues below are revealed through wordplay.

1. Collection includes a chair

2. Struggling in snowdrift, making an advance of ten yards.

3. Managing editor went wild

4. Startling find about uncommon type of light

5. That man is heard in church song.

6. Dispute so-so grade on exam

7. Revolution leader's end covered in death notice

8. Quaker residing in Douglas,  Pennsylvania

9. Cancelled Red Sea trips

10. Walk all over crude mined ore

Answers:

1. SEAT (SET + A)

2. FIRST DOWN (anagram of snowdrift)

3. RIOTED (anagram)

4. INFRARED (find + rare)

5. HYMN

6. CONTEST (C ON TEST)

7. ORBIT (R = leader's end)

8. ASPEN (douglAS PENnsylvania)

9. ERASED (anagram of RED SEA)

10. DOMINEER (anagram of MINED ORE) 

 

Credits:

GAMES Magazine

May, 1985

1-7: Mike Shenk

8-10: Timothy Martin