CRYPTO CLUES LII

GAMES/World of Puzzles

May, 2019

Joan Ward 

This cryptic crossword is difficult. Remember to break up the clues into their component parts - separating the strict answer to the clue from the wordplay disguising it. For example, given the clue, State doctors' group goes after a medical facility, the answer would be ALABAMA. A medical facility is A LAB. A doctors' group is AMA. AMA goes after A LAB = ALABAMA, which is a state.

1. Last bits of Oreo filling near Cookie Monster

2. English one  heads back from the Orient (not a reversal)

3. Returned acid used in demonstration in an extreme way (reversal and container)

4. Ostentatious display accompanies a grim hairstyle

5. No GIs at L.A. relocated for homesickness (anagram)

6. Stranger once led us and handed out advice

7. Walked back and forth with stick, so we hear

 

8. Psychic power (abbreviated) returned after real unusual setback

Answers:

 

1. OGRE (Oreo filling near Cookie)

2. EASTERN (English one = E, astern = back)

3. RADICALLY (dica = returned acid, rally = demonstration) 

4. POMPADOUR (pomp = ostentatious display, a grim = a dour)

5. NOSTALGIA (No GIs at LA)

6. COUNSELED (once led us)

7. PACED (paste)

8. RELAPSE (esp returned = pse, after rela [real unusual] = relapse [setback]