CRYPTO CLUES CCLXII

GAMES Magazine

July, 2006

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (1-6)

Bob Stigger (7-9)

 

1. Speaker can run one off

 

2. Hardened, ruined crackers 

 

3. Beg for stories about rascals

 

4. When discussing a perfume, agree 

 

5. Speak of musical country in Europe

 

6. Brief re-arrangement of twos and threes 

 

7. Beef or fish

 

8. Romeo split Mobile for a big city 

 

9. Balancing time between dinner and bed  

 

HINTS:

1-2. Anagrams

3. Two words

4. Homophone

5. Homophone

6. Anagram 

7. Homograph

8. Anagram 

9. Stressonym

 

Answers:

 

1. ANNOUNCER (can run one)

2. INURED (ruined)

3. IMPLORE (imp + lore)

4. ASSENT (a scent)

5. GREECE (Grease)

6. SHORT AND SWEET (twos and threes)

7. CARP

8. METROPOLIS (romeo split)

9. EVENING