CRYPTO CLUES LXVIII

GAMES Magazine

October/November, 1987

Merl Reagle (1-3)

December, 1994

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (4-8)

 

1. Coats for chickens (two meanings)

 

2. Crude oil spills becoming more mysterious (anagram)

3. A section of Radio Shack is bidding farewell to Mexico (hidden word)

4. Laud Persia falsely (anagram)

5. Dwarf trick (two meanings)

6. Month covers reddish-brown Navajo dwelling (container)

 

7. "Make more secure," the giant said. (homophone)

 

8.  Quits or agrees to a new contract (heteronym)

Answers:

 

1. LAYERS

2. CLOUDIER (crude oil)

3. ADIOS (rADIO Shack)

4. PRAISE

5. STUNT

6. MAHOGANY (MAhoganY) 

7. TIGHTEN (titan)

8. RESIGNS (re-zines/re-signs)