CRYPTO CLUES CCXXX

GAMES Magazine

September, 2000

Bob Stigger (1-4)

GAMES/World of Puzzles

October, 2023

Bob Stigger (5- 10)

 

1. Rigid boat's back

 

2. Warning of alien domination

 

3. Very covetous of every new thing 

 

4. Progressively includes fairy tale characters

 

5. Trace counterfeit coupons

 

6. Some Muenster, I learned, is totally germ-free

 

7. Absolute panic grips Texas school

 

8. Sorrow is the way of the Parisians

 

9. Bird barrier

 

10. Attitude of named legatee 

 

HINTS:
1. Homograph (two meanings)

2. Anagram

3. Anagram

4. Hidden word

5. Anagram

6. Hidden word

7. Hidden word

8. Homograph

9. Homograph

10. Homophone

 

Answers:

 

1. STERN

2. ADMONITION (domination)

3. GREEN WITH ENVY (every new thing)

4. OGRES (prOGRESsively)

5. SOUPCON (coupons)

6. STERILE (muenSTER I LEarned) 

7. UTEP (absolUTE Panic) 

    [UTEP = University of Texas at El Paso]

8. RUE (street in French)

9. RAIL

10. AIR (heir)