CRYPTO CLUES CCXXIX

GAMES/World of Puzzles

September, 2000

Hema Krishnamurthi

 

1. Gala featured in Seventeen

 

2. Transgress with naughty sailor

 

3. People who lend money manipulate directors

 

4. Cruel person rules a distant region 

 

5. Psycho startles young women in the movies

 

6. Most delicate stain Tide remedied

 

7. Tiny tree changes all the time

 

8. Abstract song is art for some musicians

 

9. Deleting note from secret faction

 

10. Former head of a monastery

 

HINTS:

1. Hidden word

2. Two definitions - two words

3. Anagram

4. Hidden word

5 - 8. Anagrams

9. Deletion

10. Homophone 

 

Answers:

 

1. EVENT (sEVENTeen)

2. SINBAD (transgress + naughty)

3. CREDITORS (directors)

4. SADIST (ruleS A DISTant)

5. STARLETS (startles)

6. DAINTIEST (stain tide)

7. ETERNITY (tiny tree)

8. ORGANISTS (song is art)

9. SECT (secret) [re = musical note]

10. PRIOR (capital P = head of monastery / small P = former)