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Cryptic Clues #913543
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For those of you who might need instructions for cryptic crossword clues, check out this page .

These have all been created by a variety of well-known constructors. There may be one or two that we might question, but they're still fun. Please explain all answers.

-1. Gourmet's saga sure lacking bit of spice (7)
-2. Lie about a sheep town in Wyoming (7)
-3. Visitor drops that thing - a kind of hat (5)
-4. Start off happy, like a ballerina (5)
-5. Reportedly destroys winter vehicles (7)
-6. Those folks pose for a picture with Jim Carrey (3,4)
-7. He quit yelling about property value (6)
-8. Must have massages, we hear (5)
-9. Babes in the woods of Indiana with no money (9)
-10. Demonstrated couple of problems with appliance (6)
-11. Discussed use for sheep (4)
-12. Army units also included in schemes (8)
-13. Places in the wrong parts of Southern California blanketed by fogs (8)
-14. Start to paint over Seurat's Rocky Fields (8)
-15. Copyright sole reproduction (5)
-16. Stop wandering side street (6)
-17. Falls back in streetcar at a curve (8)
-18. Lobbies for a short trial (5)



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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913555
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1. Gourmet's saga sure lacking bit of spice (7)


epicure - gourmet

epic - saga

ure - sure lacking bit of s(pice)

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913557
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3. visor
visitor - it smile


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913567
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12. plaTOOns

too-also
plans-schemes wave


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913579
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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913588
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18. atria

Lobbies - direct

a + tria (short trial)


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913589
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7. Equity (ans. within the clue) wave thumbsup

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913591
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-them ask
-film The Mask with Jim Carrey


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: manxman] #913600
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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913607
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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913684
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5. Reportedly destroys winter vehicles (7)

winter vehicles = sleighs (direct)
sounds like (reportedly) destroys = slays


13. Places in the wrong parts of Southern California blanketed by fogs (8)

places in the wrong parts = miscasts (direct)
SCA (Southern California) enclosed in (blanketed by) mists (fogs) = miSCAsts

grin wave

Last edited by Jema; 09/14/13 12:17 PM. Reason: added another

Wouldn't that jar your mustard!
Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913685
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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913688
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2. Lie about a sheep town in Wyoming (7)

L a ram IE

4. Start off happy, like a ballerina (5)

(b)lithe


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913713
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14. Start to paint over Seurat's Rocky Fields (8)

pastures- fields

p(aint) - start to paint
astures - Seurats (rocky anag. ind.)

wave

Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913771
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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913842
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16. desist smile
anag. of side + st


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913846
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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: bermag45] #913866
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15. clone grin

copyright = c
sole = lone


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #913871
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