CRYPTO CLUES XXI

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

December, 2019

 

The answers to the clues below are disguised in word play. For example, the clue "War god has 100 plots of land" could be answered by ACRES. The C is the Roman numeral for 100, ARES is a war god, and ACRES are plots of land.

1. Leave it on a rocky hill (hint: anagram of leave it on)

2. Sells bike parts door-to-door (hint: homophone of a bike part)

3. Cartoon menace, backed up, seriously misbehaved (hint: reversal of the cartoon menace's name)

4. Conduct yourself in the middle of 101 prickly plants. (hint: Roman numeral surrounds conduct yourself

5. Got share, however, not enough (hint: anagram of Got share)

Answers:

 

1. ELEVATION

2. PEDDLE

3. SINNED

4. CACTI

5. SHORTAGE