CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXVIII

GAMES Magazine

November/December, 1981

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon (1-2)

Henry Hook (3-11)

 

1. Fish around while getting art equipment 

 

2. Famous heroine embraces cinema's leading man

 

3. Execute or exit 

 

4. Repetition in the chorus

 

5. Ponder catty remarks, we hear 

 

6. See, pottery is a mess to classify

 

7. Italian dinner prepared past eight

 

8. More annoyed with improper rearing

 

9. Tale-tellers told of musical instruments 

 

10. It's said a few turns around the track can expire

 

11. Pay a toll ahead - some of it goes to Moslem leader 

 

HINTS:

1. Container

2. Hidden word

3. Two definitions

4. Hidden word

5. Homophone

6. Anagram

7. Anagram

8. Anagram

9. Homophone

10. Homophone

11. Hidden word

 

Answers:

 

1. EASEL (e as el) [as = while]

2. USHER (famoUS HERoine)

   [usher "leads" people to seats at movies]  

3. DOOR (do = execute)

4. ECHO (thE CHOrus)

5. MUSE (ponder) [mews]

6. STEREOTYPE (see, pottery)

7. SPAGHETTI (past eight)

8. ANGRIER (rearing)

9. LYRES (liars)

10. LAPSE (laps)

11. AYATOLLAH (pAY A TOLL AHead)  

 

 

 

POINTS TO PONDER CXXXVI

There is nothing like opening the mailbox and finding a handmade card amongst the junk mail and bills. The convenience of the Internet and cell phones has made stumbling on such a treasure a rarity ..... Handmade messages are cherished.

Heidi Boyd   

QUOTES CCLXXXI 

Jesters do oft prove prophets.

William Shakespeare 

 

The spirit should never grow old.

James A. Garfield 

 

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

William Hazlitt 

 

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

Adlai E. Stevenson 

 

Give others the gift of your full attention.

Author Unknown 

 

It is easier to see the silver lining in the other person's cloud.

Author Unknown

 

The greatest test of courage ..... is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Author Unknown

 

The problem with equality is that we only desire it with our superiors. 

Author Unknown 

 

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Author Unknown 

 

 

 

TRADE-OFF

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

The answers to the clues in each line below are words that differ by only one letter - which is given. Can you fill in the missing letters to complete the words? 

Ex. Chevron  _ _ _ _ P _     _ _ _ _ K _   Hit

Ans.                  STRIPE         STRIKE

 

1. Distract   _ _ _ _ R _      _ _ _ _ S _   Get rid of

2. Sift         _ _ _ N _ _      _ _ _ D _ _   Wall opening 

3. Brave     _ _ _ _ _ C      _ _ _ _ _ N    Narcotic

4. Maven   _ _ _ _ R _      _ _ _ _ C _     Await

5. Moles'   _ _ _ _ _ S       _ _ _ _ _ D     Crafty  

    kin 

6. Prison   _ _ _ D _ _      _ _ _ R _ _     Rabbit cage

    VIP 

7. Charm  _ _ _ _ _ L       _ _ _ _ _ E     Emerge

8. Cast     _ _ _ L _ _        _ _ _ T _ _     Left

    out 

9. Trumpet's  C _ _ _ _ _     H _ _ _ _ _  Wasp

    kin 

10. Stress      _ C _ _ _ _     _ S _ _ _ _  Rise 

 

Answers:

 

1. DIVERT - DIVEST

2. WINNOW - WINDOW

3. HEROIC - HEROIN

4. EXPERT - EXPECT

5. SHREWS - SHREWD

6. WARDEN - WARREN  

7. APPEAL - APPEAR

8. EXILED - EXITED

9. CORNET - HORNET

10. ACCENT - ASCENT  

 

ALL OF ME

Can you think of six expressions that mean "everything" - the entire lot, every single part of a group of things or people - each containing the word WHOLE.

Answers:

1. The whole shebang

2. The whole megillah 

3. The whole enchilada

4. The whole nine yards

5. The whole ball of wax 

6. The whole kit and caboodle

 

 

CRYPTO CLUES CCXXXVII

GAMES Magazine

December, 1992

Fraser Simpson (1-4)

Frances Yang (5-8)

November, 2001

Todd Rew (9-10) 

 

1. Nearby, like diet drinks

 

2. Cat lies playfully,  able to stretch

 

3. Discover unusual marital breakups 

 

4. He challenged three billy goats to fish from a motorboat

 

5. Broken Easter egg set aside

 

6. More decorative financier drops in 

 

7. Maurice's car got slimy transporting snails 

 

8. Odd items of dirty gear in laundry machine

 

9. A girl? Wrong

 

10. Crown held in absentia ransomed

 

HINTS:
1. Stressonym / hyphenated

2. Anagram

3. Anagram

4. Folklore villain - homograph

5. Anagram

6. Deletion

7. Hidden word

8. Odd letters

9. Homophone 

10. Hidden word 

 

Answers:

 

1. LOCAL (lo-cal)

2. ELASTIC (cat lies)

3. DIVORCES (discover)

4. TROLL

5. SEGREGATE (easter egg)  

6. FANCIER (financier) 

7. ESCARGOTS (mauricE'S CAR GOT Slimy)

8. DRYER (DiRtY gEaR)

9. AMISS (a miss)

10. TIARA (absenTIA RAnsomed)  

 

 

  

CHARADES I

Ex. Unadorned + quarrel = litigant  

Ans. PLAIN + TIFF = PLAINTIFF

 

1. Long story + metropolitan area = wisdom

 

2. Portable bed + Great Lake = clique

 

3. Cassettes + makes an effort = heavy, decorated fabrics  

 

4. Thus + charcoal block = nickname

 

5. Fog + corrosion = doubt

 

6. Begin + went first = spooked

 

Answers:

 

1. SAGA + CITY = SAGACITY

2. COT + ERIE = COTERIE

3. TAPES + TRIES = TAPESTRIES

4. SO + BRIQUET = SOBRIQUET

5. MIST + RUST = MISTRUST

6. START + LED = STARTLED  

 

Credit:
Ex. and 4-6: 

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