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Cryptic Clues #963373
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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. Chest is thus encased in tin (7)
-2. Look in crown for shell (7)
-3. Rock and roll number absorbs me (9)
-4. Marshal gives woman a bit of music (7)
-5. Weight of a cat (5)
-6. Body of water by gnarled shade tree (3,3,3)
-7. Witty jest, initially visual (7)
-8. Animal climbing in a shopping center (5)
-9. Try to mislead deliberately, but back down (3,2)
-10. Tattletale to sing up front and tell tales (7)


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #963376
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6. The Red Sea
anagram of shade tree wave


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #963387
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5. Ounce? (double def, weight and snow leopard) smile


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #963392
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7. Witty jest, initially visual (7)

jocular smile

Witty = jocular
jest, initially = j
visual = ocular

Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #963393
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8. Llama (a mall backwards) wave thumbsup

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #963404
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4. Marshal gives woman a bit of music (7)

sheriff - marshal

she - woman
riff - a bit of music

wave

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Great jobs all! wave


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #963415
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1. caisson grin

tin = can
is thus = isso
encased = container ind.


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #963429
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Good one, Sherlock! smile


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9. Try to mislead deliberately, but back down (3,2)


put on - try to mislead deliberately (but back - reversal) not up - down

grin

Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Sondi] #963549
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10. stoolie wink

sing up front = s
and = too
tell tales = lie


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #963557
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3. Rock and roll number absorbs me (9)

rock = limestone (direct)
list (roll) + one (number) includes (absorbs) me = li(me)stone

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #963579
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Yes to all three! wave


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #964494
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2. Look in crown for shell (7)

Pandora - is it possible for this to be (5)?

plate - shell

l(ook) (in container ind.)
pate - crown

(Otherwise, hopefully someone else will solve it and put me out of my misery lol)

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Sorry Sondi, but that's not correct. The answer is 7 letters.

Hint: direct = shell

smile


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How about scallop think

scalp - crown
lo - look

scalLOp


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Yes! Well solved! Now poor Sondi can get some sleep. wave


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #964646
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Yay! rah thanks, Cue bravo sleep

Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #964677
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Smart work by Cue! I was pretty sure that it would have lo in it, but not in what...


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #964679
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[blip]! As in lo and behold, right?


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I think that came to me because of the "lo and behold" answer in my Word Partners puzzle today. lol


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Cue] #964707
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Thank you, Cue! I thought it might be scallop but couldn't figure out how it all came together. kissy


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