CRYPTO CLUES LIX

GAMES Magazine

May/June, 1981

Henry Hook

 

Try to extract the direct answer to the clue from the wordplay that disguises it.

 

1. The cheaper spread made Ma angrier somehow (anagram)

 

2. Mythical swimmer/lover learned the hard way (anagram)

 

3. House money (two meanings)

 

4. When it's open, you see, the crocodile yearns to have it back (misleading punctuation/reversal)

 

5. Be important to the nobleman (two meanings)

 

6. The act of hitting the pitcher and catcher (two meanings [baseball term])

 

7. I'm bored terribly by cliche (anagram) 

8. Get stuck in the skiers' hotel (two meanings)

Answers:

 

1. MARGARINE (ma + angrier)

2. LEANDER (Hero and Leander)

3. QUARTERS

4. EYELID (croDILE YEarns)

5. COUNT

6. BATTERY (In baseball, the pitcher and catcher are called the "battery.") 

7. BROMIDE

8. LODGE