CRYPTO CLUES CCXV

GAMES/World of Puzzles

February, 2026

Fred Piscop (1-6)

Stella Zawistowski (7-10)  

 

1. Drain off to lower water mark (anagram)

 

2. Sorceress lures in Roman goddess (hidden word)

 

3. Extraordinary greatness of some police officers (anagram)

 

4. Guinevere reveals when Peter Pan grew up (hidden word)

 

5. Mother-and-child depiction in two letters from Greece (two words)

 

6. Helsinki native's $5 to the auditor (Homophone)

 

7. Curved component in solar charger (hidden word)

 

8. Half of San Diego's beach surface (literal clue)

 

9. Deep gorge preserve over there (two words) 

 

10. Church music starts to hypnotize your mom's neighbor (acronym)

 

Answers:

 

1. NADIR (drain)

2. CERES  (sorCEREss)

3. SERGEANTS (greatness)

4. NEVER (guiNEVERe)

5. PIETA (pi + eta)

6. FINN ($5 = fin - in slang)

7. ARCH (solAR CHarger)

8. SAND (SAND iego)

9. CANYON (can = preserve)

10. HYMN (starting letters - Hypnotize Your Mom's Neighbor)