CRYPTO CLUES CCLX

GAMES Magazine

November, 1985

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

 

1. Gentle arc changes shape

 

2. Neptune's fork has odd red tint

 

3. Treason upset legislator

 

4. Sketches ties  

 

5. Crossing both ankles, sit unrewarded

 

6. Remarkable situation in a full restaurant?

 

7. They tape woodwinds

 

8. Arm came loose in knotted strings

 

9. Virginia visitor is least lucid

 

HINTS: 

1-3. Anagrams

4. Homograph

5. Hidden word

6. Word + word = new word

7. Homograph

8. Anagram

9. Abbreviation + definition

 

Answers:

 

1. RECTANGLE (gentle arc)

2. TRIDENT (red tint)

3. SENATOR (treason)  

4. DRAWS

5. THANKLESS (boTH ANKLES Sit)

6. NOTABLE (no table)

7. RECORDERS

8. MACRAME (arm came)

9. VAGUEST ( VA + GUEST)