CRYPTO CLUES XXVII 

GAMES Magazine

February/March 1989

Marie Dickinson

(#7: Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon)

Answer the cryptic clues below. Some hints are given.

1. Strings tangled in red hats (anagram of red hats)

2. Let rip (two meanings)

3. Child with desire to return organ

4. Partially unorthodox direction (hidden word)

5. Head of teamsters requests jobs 

6. Wild hogs sprint in desert resort (anagram of hogs sprint)

 

7. One sick playwright (needs an apostrophe)

8. Object to expert before trial

Answers:

 

1. THREADS

2. RENT

3. KIDNEY (yen reversed) 

4. UNORTHODOX (uNORTHodox)

5. TASKS  (T + ASKS)

6. HOT SPRINGS

7. O'NEILL (ONE + ILL)

8. PROTEST (protest = object, pro = expert, test = trial)