CRYPTO CLUES CLXVII

GAMES Magazine

April, 1995

Harvey Estes (1-2)

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

February, 2021 (3-10)

 

1. Swiped fur scarf 

 

2. Sparked crash dieting 

3. Formerly large model 

 

4. Assistant's silly idea

 

5. I retain a tendency to sit still  

 

6. Pale actor portrays Nile ruler

 

7. Nice lad lost in Northern country

 

8. Fellow holding arm in clothing

 

9. Pickets set straight a doubter

 

10. Shellfish can grab it on the rocks

 

11. Hazy without head cold and fever

 

HINTS:

1: Homograph

2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10: Anagrams

3. Formerly = EX

8: Container

11: Beheadment

 

Answers:

 

1. STOLE

2. IGNITED (dieting)

3. EXAMPLE

4. AIDE (idea)

5. INERTIA ( I retain)

6. CLEOPATRA (pale actor)

7. ICELAND (nice lad)

8. GARMENT (G ARM ENT)

9. SKEPTIC (pickets)

10. GIANT CRAB (can grab it)

11. AGUE (V AGUE)