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Cryptic Clues – by Rob Ferrett
In a cryptic crossword puzzle, the clues involve some kind of wordplay—puns, anagrams, hidden words, and the like. For example, the clue “Steal from a weasel” could be answered by my name—steal=rob and weasel is a cousin of the ferret.
I didn’t have time to put together a whole crossword grid…but here are a few clues, with answers relevant to the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio.
Send your answers to talk@wpr.org. There is no prize.
1. Glee for automobile’s noise
2. Ben is in timer ensemble
3. We hope a Cockney man’s footwear matter to you
4. Sounds like lisped fortress is thin and complete
5. Dennish preparer of breakfast, lunch, and dinner
6. Jean’s show is not there on Mars
7. Untangle a rice oven trucker
And here are the answers.
1. Joy Cardin (Glee=Joy, Automobile noise=car din)
2. Merens (Ben as in Ben Merens--in timer ensemble—breaking up the words: tiMER ENSemble)
3. Issues (His shoes, or with the dropped “h”, ‘is shoes.)
4. Kathleen Dunn (Fortress=castle, lisped as “cathle”; thin=lean, finished=done. Cathle-lean done.)
5 . Larry Meiller (dennish=lair-y; preparer of breakfast, etc—Meal-er)
6. Here on Earth (Jean Feraca’s show…”not there on Mars”=”here on Earth”)
7. Veronica Rueckert (“untangle” suggests an anagram—“A rice oven trucker” is an anagram of Veronica Rueckert)
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