CRYPTO CLUES CCXLIV 

GAMES Magazine

November, 1999

Rick Rubenstein (1-8)

April, 2000

Mark L. Gottlieb (9) 

 

1. Get nice concoction of DNA 

 

2. Alienate potential sergeant 

 

3. Edges away from lass's helper 

 

4. Pierce follows standard speech 

 

5. As stated, inter fruit with disease 

 

6. Holy plot of land in South Dakota 

 

7. Striped animal is zoo's first wild bear 

 

8. Al is trying unusual excuse to avoid talking 

 

9. Head away from most agile clergyman

 

HINTS:

1. Anagram

2. Anagram

3. Definition - Behead and curtail

4. Two definitions (pierce = lance)

5. Homophones

6. Abbreviation - container

7. Definition - anagram

8. Anagram

9. Definition - Beheadment 

 

Answers:

 

1.  GENETIC (get nice)

2. ESTRANGE (sergeant)

3. AIDE (maiden) 

4. PARLANCE (par = standard)

5. BERIBERI (bury berry)

6. SACRED (S ACRE D)

7. ZEBRA (Z + EBRA [bear])

8. LARYNGITIS (al is trying) 

9. PRIEST (spriest)