CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXII 

GAMES/World of Puzzles

March, 2015

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (1-7)

Bob Stigger (8-10) 

 

1. Bird perched in grape trellis

 

2. Start with heavy metal

 

3. Moralist has spoken

 

4. It's kin to a horse shoe

 

5. Grant held by science department

 

6. Planters of evergreens, you say?

 

7. Judge contributing to trade empire

 

8. Questions low-cut shoes

 

9. Expensive violin pub game brought back 

 

10. Junk mail for a Peruvian capital

 

HINTS:

1. Hidden word

2. Heteronym

3. Hidden word 

4. Homograph (two meanings)

5. Hidden word

6. Definition - homophone

7. Hidden word

8. Homograph

9. Definition - reversal 

10. Anagram

 

Answers:

 

1. PETREL (graPE TRELlis)

2. LEAD

3. ORAL (mORAList)

4. MULE (a type of women's shoe)

5. CEDE (scienCE DEpartment)

6. CEDARS (planters = seeders)

7. DEEM (traDE EMpire)

8. PUMPS (pump = ask a lot of questions)

9. STRAD (pub game = DARTS)

10. LIMA (mail)