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Cryptic Clues

Posted By: Pandora

Cryptic Clues - 06/19/14 09:25 PM

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)
Posted By: Cue

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/19/14 09:55 PM

6. The Red Sea
anagram of shade tree wave
Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/19/14 10:16 PM

5. Ounce? (double def, weight and snow leopard) smile
Posted By: CCbomber

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/19/14 11:05 PM

7. Witty jest, initially visual (7)

jocular smile

Witty = jocular
jest, initially = j
visual = ocular
Posted By: bermag45

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/19/14 11:14 PM

8. Llama (a mall backwards) wave thumbsup

Bernie monky
Posted By: Sondi

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/20/14 12:42 AM

4. Marshal gives woman a bit of music (7)

sheriff - marshal

she - woman
riff - a bit of music

wave
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/20/14 01:25 AM

Great jobs all! wave
Posted By: Sherlock

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/20/14 02:07 AM

1. caisson grin

tin = can
is thus = isso
encased = container ind.
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/20/14 03:52 AM

Good one, Sherlock! smile
Posted By: Sondi

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/20/14 08:07 PM

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


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

grin
Posted By: Sherlock

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/20/14 09:57 PM

10. stoolie wink

sing up front = s
and = too
tell tales = lie
Posted By: Jema

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/20/14 10:34 PM

3. Rock and roll number absorbs me (9)

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

wave
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/21/14 02:59 AM

Yes to all three! wave
Posted By: Sondi

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/25/14 07:26 PM

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)

wave
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/26/14 02:16 AM

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

Hint: direct = shell

smile
Posted By: Cue

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/26/14 01:18 PM

How about scallop think

scalp - crown
lo - look

scalLOp
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/26/14 02:44 PM

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

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/26/14 04:28 PM

Yay! rah thanks, Cue bravo sleep
Posted By: Lex

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/26/14 07:20 PM

Smart work by Cue! I was pretty sure that it would have lo in it, but not in what...
Posted By: CanukDenis

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/26/14 07:34 PM

[blip]! As in lo and behold, right?
Posted By: Cue

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/26/14 08:49 PM

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

Re: Cryptic Clues - 06/26/14 09:22 PM

Thank you, Cue! I thought it might be scallop but couldn't figure out how it all came together. kissy
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