CRYPTO CLUES CCLVIII

GAMES/World of Puzzles

September, 2026

Chris Crossman (1-3)

Bob Stigger (4-10)

 

1. Biblical brother sounds fit 

 

2. Tangram is new social media app

 

3. Peruvian culture noted in plain cabinetry

 

4. Key passage in speech

 

5. Fortune-teller withered at hearing

 

6. Peace Corps domestic cousins's outlook

 

7. Albert Einstein embraces Art Deco artist 

 

8. The peerless fencing event in the Olympics 

 

9. Mark called for a simplified form of language

 

10.  Some vacillate as evidently feeling uncomfortable     

 

HINTS:

1. Homophone

2. Anagram     

3. Hidden word

4. Homophone

5. Homophone

6. Homophone

7. Hidden word

8. Hidden word

9. Definition/homophone

10. Hidden words

 

Answers:

 

1. ABEL (able)

2. INSTAGRAM (tangram is)

3. INCA (plaIN CAbinetry)

4. ISLE (aisle)

5. SEER (sere)

6. VISTA (volunteers in service to America)

7. ERTE (albERT Einstein)

8. EPEE (thE PEErless)

9. PIDGIN (pigeon = mark)

10. ILL AT EASE (vacILL ATE AS Evidently)