CRYPTO CLUES CLXXXII

GAMES

April/May, 1987

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (1-5)

Henry Hook (6-7)

GAMES/World of Puzzles

February, 2015

Patrick Berry (8) 

Pam Wilder (9-11)

1. Trendy new capsule

2. Being late, eats among sailors  

3. Talking of Big Bang explosion

4. Comparatively drab soldier in eatery   

5. Elders, for example, getting bum steer

6. Again, be a friend, for sure 

7. Counts bananas in an Arizona city

8. Martha Stewart displays recklessness 

9. Heading off watchman's arrival 

10. Spiritual symbol in Shinto Temple

11. The gift of gab is a mixed blessing

 

HINTS:

1. Anagram

2. Container

3. Anagram

4. Container

5. Anagram

6. Close heteronym (hyphen needed) 

7. Anagram

8. Hidden word

9. Beheadment

10. Hidden word

11. Anagram

 

Answers:

 

1. UPSCALE

2. TARDINESS (TAR DINES S)

3. GABBING

4. DINGIER (DIN GI ER)

5. TREES (steer) [elder is a kind of tree]

6. REALLY (re-ally)

7. TUCSON (counts)

8. HASTE (martHA STEwart) 

9. ENTRY (s entry)  

10. TOTEM (shinTO TEMple)

11.  GLIBNESS (blessing)