CRYPTO CLUES XLIX

 

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2016

Bob Stigger 

Answer the cryptic crossword clues below by finding the definition of the answer within the wordplay that disguises it.

1. Odysseus' wife and a writer run off to marry (two words)

2. A Mexican chicken sun god (two words)

3. Astronomer Carl doesn't finish epic story (terminal deletion)

4. A nice legal ground for devotion to country (anagram)

5. Fine water source (two meanings)

6. NASA probes advice columnist (two meanings)

7. Royal-sounding photos (homophone)

8. First off, Mickey's sweetheart is a member of a fashionable group (beheadment)

 

Answers:

 

1. PENELOPE (pen + elope)

2. APOLLO (a + pollo)

3. SAGA (Carl Sagan)

4. ALLEGIANCE (a nice legal)

5. WELL

6. LANDERS

7. PRINTS (prince)

8. INNIE (Minnie)