CRYPTO CLUES XXVIII

GAMES/World of Puzzles

April, 2015

Bob Stigger (1-6)

Dell PennyPress

Summer, 2021 (7-10)

 

Answer these cryptic clues by looking for a definition of each answer disguised in wordplay. For example, Changing times articles could be answered by ITEMS. ITEMS is an anagram (change) of TIMES and ITEMS is defined by ARTICLES.

1. Returning stag (reversal) 

2. Bovine holds everything (container)

 

3. Change protects a viewer (anagram)

4. Trace counterfeit coupons (synonym for trace/anagram)

5. Heard police in thicket (homophone)

6. Singers botched entrance (anagram of singers)

7. Crept up and squeezed top off (beheadment)

8. Equally appreciate sage (compound word)

9. Wild tunas broke barrier islands (North Carolina)

10. Sports official caught in wager is forlorn (container)

Answers:

 

1. REED

 

2.  CALLOW (CallOW)

 

3. SPECTATOR (anagram of protects a) 

 

4. SOUPCON (angram of coupons)

 

5. COPSE (cops)

 

6. INGRESS

 

7. INCHED (pinched) 

 

8. LIKEWISE

 

9. OUTER BANKS (outer banks) 

 

10. BEREFT (BErefT)