CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXI

GAMES Magazine

October, 1982

Mike Shenk (1-5)

GAMES/World of Puzzles 

May, 2026

Fred Piscop (6-8)

Nate Cardin (9-11)

 

1. Sourly snorted "Rats!"

 

2. Party demonstrator

 

3. Mysteries of mine gas explosion

 

4. Forest's edge divided city, in time

 

5. Mutant iguana swallows auto in Central American land

 

6. Astound with a labyrinth

 

7. Puts on a tape containing a recital piece

 

8. European capital where herds of cattle live, it's said

 

9. Enlarge unusual detail

 

10. Remodeled North Sea hotel

 

11. Kneeling dentist scrambled for pointy tools  

 

HINTS: 

1. Anagram

2. Heteronym

3. Anagram

4. Container

5. Container

6. Two words

7. Hidden word

8. Homophone

9. Anagram

10. Anagram

11. Anagram 

 

Answers:

 

1. RODENTS (snorted)

2. SHOWER (one who shows - [bridal] shower) 

3. ENIGMAS (mine gas)

4. TIMBERLINE (tim berlin e)

5. NICARAGUA (ni car agua)

6. AMAZE (a maze)

7. SONATA (putS ON A TApe)

8. STOCKHOLM (stock home)

9. DILATE (detail)

10. SHERATON (north sea)

11. KNITTING NEEDLES (kneeling dentist)