CRYPTO CLUES XXIV

GAMES

BEST PENCIL PUZZLES

Edited by Will Shortz

Fraser Simpson

 

Use the hints after each clue to answer the cryptic clues below.

 

1. Gets rid of Chinese boats (two meanings)

 

2. Token bit of venom in a lecture (anagram)

 

3. Exact punishment for Geneva's rioting (anagram) 

4. Exotic lout and his converts (anagram)

5. Fish straying about (anagram)

6. ........ therefore monster turned up

7. Port with more zest (two pronunciations and meanings)

8. Awkwardly move wood (two meanings)

9. Rotates incomplete vases (beheadment)

Answers:

 

1. JUNKS

2. NOMINAL (veNOM IN A Lecture)

3. AVENGE (anagram of GENEVA)

4. OUTLANDISH (anagram of LOUT AND HIS)

5. STINGRAY (anagram of STRAYING) 

6. OGRE (anagram of ERGO [therefore])

7. TANGIER (more tangy)

8. LUMBER

9. URNS (TURNS)