CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXVI

GAMES Magazine 

October, 1986 

Fraser Simpson (1-8) 

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2026 

Stella Zawistowski (9-10) 

 

1. I rant, rave wildly in story 

 

2. Destruction of bad medication

 

3. Muslin enthusiast stocks bedsheets 

 

4. Solo crashes in Scandinavian capital

 

5. Hungarian composer's roster announced

 

6. Bad swan shaped with wood-cutting tool 

7. Charming hotel room, but the sound of it 

 

8. Hot dog topping gathered for the audience

 

9. Nominates bad state

 

10. Drop fruit next to New York museum 

 

HINTS:
1. Anagram

2. Anagram

3. Hidden word

4. Anagram

5. Definition - homophone

6. Anagram

7. Homophone

8. Homophone

9. Anagram

10. Two definitions - two words 

 

Answers:

 

1. NARRATIVE (I rant, rave)

2. DECIMATION (medication)

3. LINEN (musLIN ENthusiast)

4. OSLO (solo)

5. LISZT (list [roster])

6. BANDSAW (bad swan)

7. SWEET (suite)

8. MUSTARD (mustered)

9. MINNESOTA (nominates)

10. PLUMMET (plum met [Metropolitan Art Museum])