CRYPTO CLUES LVII

GAMES Magazine

April, 2005

Harvey Estes

 

Untangle the answers to these cryptic clues from the wordplay that surrounds them:

 

1. It goes badly for someone with a big head (anagram)

 

2. Antony's lover gripped by mononucleosis (hidden word) 

3. Lincoln assassin ailing in Old West cemetery (two words)

4. Tile design of a Biblical prophet (ttwo meanings/homophone)

5. Sound of an oar evokes pirate symbol (homophone)

6. Syndicate vehicle on railway (two words)

Answers:

 

1. EGOIST (it goes)

2. CLEO (mononuCLEOsis)

3. BOOT HILL (Booth ill)

4. MOSAIC

5. SKULL (scull)

6. CARTEL (cart el)