Holiday Cryptics
#1204634
12/16/19 08:07 PM
12/16/19 08:07 PM
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Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 52,983 Upstate NY
Pandora
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Sonic Boomer
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Sonic Boomer
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 52,983
Upstate NY
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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. Cold and detached male animal (5) -2. During New Year, girl becomes agent (8) -3. Print dress concealed by angel (9) -4. Something sweet from Missouri girls (8) -5. Silver onyx cross removed from rack (5) -6. Large, light coal (7) -7. Quality of willows or small evergreens, to a point (9) (hint: what do willows "do"?) -8. Proper ceremony is announced (5) -9. Worshipful one takes vow another time (8) -10. Knit a bag (5) -11. Sleigh went spinning from end to end (10) -12. Man announced song (4) -13. Without energy, pulls sleds (5) -14. Overturn a fruit dessert's layers (6)
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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Re: Holiday Cryptics
[Re: Pandora]
#1204686
12/17/19 01:48 PM
12/17/19 01:48 PM
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 21,890 Bucks, England
Urban Worrier
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True Blue Boomer
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Bucks, England
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This one may spoil the unblemished record: 5. Ag (silver) + "onyx" without the cross -> agony (= "rack "???)
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Holiday Cryptics
[Re: Pandora]
#1204712
12/17/19 04:55 PM
12/17/19 04:55 PM
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 17,630 The Outer Limits
Cue
Graduate Boomer
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Graduate Boomer
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The Outer Limits
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14. Overturn a fruit dessert's layers (6) fruit desserts = tarts overturned = strat a = a strata = layers
Did you ever stop to think and then forget to start again?
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Re: Holiday Cryptics
[Re: Pandora]
#1204745
12/17/19 09:04 PM
12/17/19 09:04 PM
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Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 8,990 Sydney, Australia
Koala
BAAG Specialist
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BAAG Specialist
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 8,990
Sydney, Australia
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4. Something sweet from Missouri girls (8) Mo-lasses
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
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Re: Holiday Cryptics
[Re: Pandora]
#1204795
12/18/19 11:19 AM
12/18/19 11:19 AM
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 17,630 The Outer Limits
Cue
Graduate Boomer
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Graduate Boomer
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 17,630
The Outer Limits
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2. During New Year, girl becomes agent (8) girl = miss new year = eary e(miss)ary = agent
Did you ever stop to think and then forget to start again?
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