december 2019 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 7 9
ANSWERS
63 I SOMETHING FUNNY
61 I CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2
ACROSS: 1. Separation (peas + ration); 6. Owed (ode); 10. Renounced (cured none); 11. Climb (C + limb); 12. Woes (rose); 13. Devastates
(set + a + t + saved); 14. Tender (two meanings); 16. Pigeon (eon + pig); 19. Resign (two meanings, & lit.); 21. *VMKLX VƼKLX
25. Glistening
(g + listening); 26. Smut (salaciouS MUTterings); 28. Alpha (Alp + hat – t); 29. Inelegant (gentle in a); 30. Sire (sigher); 31. Tea service (teaser
+ vice)DOWN: 1. Shrewd (W + shred); 2. Pungent (punt + gen.); 3. Roue (rogue – g); 4. Tuckered (Derek + cut); 5. Ordeal (O + r + deal); 7. Whittle
(while + tot – o); 8. Debasing (ads begin); 9. Scathing (thing + S + CA); 15. Nightcap (nigh + pact); 17. Programs (pro + grams); 18. Princess
(press + in + C); 20. Skipper (skip + per); 22. Timpani (I tip man); 23.3RƼVI SRIƼV
24. Statue (state + U); 27. Rear (rare)60 I CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1
ACROSS: 1. Unearthly (the lunar + y); 6. Climb (c + limb); 9. Logical (GI + local); 10. Greater (grater); 11. First (picketT’S RIFlemen);
12. Germinate (a regiment); 13. Internal (inn later); 15.4VSƼX TVSTLIX
18. Grouch (ogre – o – e + ouch); 20. Unicycle (uncle + icy);- Cosmonaut (cut + as moon); 24. Opera (pOPE RAved); 26. Cantina (cant + in + a); 27. Aquiver (aqua – a + IV + ER); 28. Eases
(teases – t); 29. Dispenses (disses + pens)
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2. Eager (E + lager – l); 3. Richter (zuRICH TERminal); 4. Hologram (H + logo + ram); 5. Yogurt (your + g + t);
6. Chewier (C + hew + i.e. + r); 7.-RXVEƾG JVERXMGMJ
8. Borne (rob + NE); 14. Thousands (sand + S + thou); 16. Thesaurus (Ruth’s + Esau);- Initials (Ilia isn’t); 19. Cookies (CO + Okies); 21. Closure (so cruel); 22. Hazard (a + z + hard); 23. Cache (cash); 25. Elvis (lives)
The six modified entries are JONES, CHAPMAN, IDLE, GILLIAM, PALIN, and
CLEESE, all members of MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS.ACROSS: 1. Docs (docks); 5. Blimp up (B + plump I); 10. Jokes (K + Joe’s)
їJones; 12. Inca (in + CA); 14. Sub (bus); 15. Otello (O + tell + O); 16. Charman
(charm + a + N) ї Chapman; 18. Hillmen (ChurcHILL MENacingly); 19. On me
(con men – c,n); 25. Isle (leis) ї Idle; 27. Eyefuls (Eiffel’s); 28. Alfredo (deal for);- In gear (regain); 31. Eon (Exxon – XX); 32. Axle (L + axe); 33. Sense (cents);
- William (W + ill + IA + M) ї Gilliam; 35. Deal (ideal – I)
DOWN: 1. Discomfiting (disco + m + fit in + G); 2. Cobain (Bianco); 3. Snap (two
meanings); 4. Seemly (see + my + L); 6. Lion (LIvingstON); 7. Intent (IN + tent);- Pay in (pain + y) ї Palin; 9. Processional (loans copiers); 11. Swamp (swap
- m); 13. Alumnus (luaus + MN); 17. Bohr (acronym); 18. Holding (witH OLD
INGredients); 20. Tier (two meanings); 21. Nepali (Alpine); 22. Celts (ocelots –
O’s); 23. Iffier (fifer I); 24. Cheese (CHEf’s japanESE) ї Cleese; 26. Legal (le +
gal); 28. Area (are + a); 29. Rind (r + ind.)
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GILLIAMRDEAL62 I THE TWELVE DAYS REVISITED
GIVING LIST
A darn (rADAR Network), Advice (ad + vice), Back (BA + ck.), Birth
(berth), Chase (H + case), Credence (den + c + creek – k), Ground (G
+ round), Hope (hop + E), Offense (off + dense – d), Pause (paws),
Priority (it + priory), The slip (It helps)ACROSS: 5. Faction (f + action); 8. Yard (dray); 9. Tiffs (stiff, moving s);- Daft (t + fad); 13. Bikers (buy curs); 14. Idea (I’d + E + A); 17. Lent
(two meanings); 18. Trap (part); 21. Time (thyme); 23. Leah (heal); - Typo (dirTY POlitics); 27. Dismal (lads I’m); 31. Plea (first letters);
- Silly (I + l + sly); 33. Note (Tenor – r); 34. Spreads (Sp. + reads)
DOWN: 1. Bibb (B + I + BB); 2. Rocker (Roker + C); 3. Tyke (feisTY KEstrel);- Hair (chairs – c,s); 5. Fresno (fresh – h + no); 6. Tide (tied); 7. Fair
(two meanings); 10. Stately (stay + let); 11. Adept (A + dept.); 15. Cyclops
(C,y + cops + L); 16. Dash (D + as + h); 17. Lair (Rail); 19. Peppy (preppy
- R); 20. Videos (VI + does); 22. Mimosa (Mom is + a); 24. Tape (T +
ape); 26. Yale (y + ale ); 28. Iota (rIOT Act); 29. Shed (two meanings);
- Lean (two meanings)
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