
Cryptic crosswords
#196
Posted 24 November 2018 - 14:28
_ _ _ _ _/_ _ _R_ _ _ _
sound barrier
#197
Posted 24 November 2018 - 14:29
_ _ _ _E/_H_ _ _E_
scene shifter
#198
Posted 24 November 2018 - 14:49
Induced to become religious
is probably Led to believe.
#199
Posted 24 November 2018 - 14:58
#200
Posted 24 November 2018 - 15:33
No. 5 could be barrel if the given B is wrong.
That just leaves no. 4, 'capital way to supply chess men' ?
#201
Posted 24 November 2018 - 23:02
No. 5 could be barrel if the given B is wrong.
That just leaves no. 4, 'capital way to supply chess men' ?
The B comes from my answer to A solo trumpeter cast out by the herd (5): BUGLE
ASSETS fits the letters for no.4, although I'm not sure what the chess connection is.
#202
Posted 24 November 2018 - 23:30
#203
Posted 25 November 2018 - 10:45
#204
Posted 25 November 2018 - 12:06
#205
Posted 25 November 2018 - 13:59
Solo trumpeter is ROGUE (an elephant) . Had to use wordplays.com for that!
#206
Posted 17 January 2019 - 16:52
These are from the Abergavenny Chronicle's giant Christmas crossword:
Seasonal fellow (4)
N_ _ _
Method said to measure ingredients (5)
_E_ _ _
Goddess seen in the heavens (5)
VE_ _ _
You're in the theatre under it!
_N_ _E
Hiding out in the mountain at mass time (8)
M_ _N_ _ _T
Weep about the girl's fruit (6)
C_ _ _ _Y
What getting cross with a card may mean (4)
K_ _S
#207
Posted 17 January 2019 - 17:08
Goddess seen in the heavens VENUS
Weep about the girl's fruit (6) CHERRY
What getting cross with a card may mean (4)KISS
#208
Posted 17 January 2019 - 19:11
Method said to measure ingredients - WEIGH
Hiding out in the mountain at mass time - MIDNIGHT
#209
Posted 17 January 2019 - 22:25
You're in the theatre under it: KNIFE?