CRYPTO CLUES XXV

GAMES Magazine

BIG BOOK OF GAMES

CRACKERJACK CRYPTICS

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon 

Use definitions and wordplay, including hidden words, charades [two words], and anagrams, to answer the disguised clues below. 

1. Sorrow about an eponymous code maker

2. Begin to jump (two meanings)

3. Dance found in America perhaps (hidden word)

4. Food tossed at the pigs (anagram)

5. Last-minute surge from the side (two words)

6. Heard lodger's gossip (homophone)

7. I depart drunk, having caroused (anagram)

8. Russian author has to promote relatives ( two words)

9. Nuclear device has a mad creator (anagram)

10. Promise to crack clues again ( two meanings)

11. They exist in brand-new spire 

      (second definitions and anagram)

Answers:

 

1. REMORSE

2. START

3. CAPER (ameriCA PERhaps)

4. SPAGHETTI(at the pigs)

5. LATERALLY (late + rally) 

6. RUMOR (roomer)

7. PARTIED (I depart)

8. PUSHKIN ( push + kin)

9. REACTOR (creator)

10. RESOLVE (re-solve)

11. MINARET 

     (they exist = are / brand-new = mint

      are + mint = minaret)