CHRIS'S CRYPTICS

CROSSWORDS

PUZZLES

FUN

PREVIOUS ANSWERS 2007

OCT 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 192 Answers
Across: 1.GRANDMOTHER 7.NUT 8.ONESELF 9.ROUTE 10.SHARE
12.TEDDY 14.POINT 15.ONWARDS 17.BOO 18. STEPSISTERS
Down: 1.GENERATIONS 2.ASTOUND 3.DRONE 4.OBEYS 5.HUE
6.REFLECTIONS 11.AMIABLE 13.YARNS 14.PASTS 16. WOE

Clueless 192 Answers

Scatterword 192 Answers: cardboard, aboard, abroad, arroba, radar,
carob, cobar, cobra, board, broad, arbor, ardor, crab, bard,
brad, drab, boar, bora, card, road, roar, cord. 22 words.

LINKWORD 192 - FLAT (Flatmate, Flatworm, Flatfoot)

SEP 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 191 Answers
Across: 5.BONUS 6.FEINT 7.TOM 8. BOOKKEEPERS 10.AWL 11.LECTURE
14.ART 16.ADVENTURERS 18.ROE 19.START 20. PLAIN
Down: 1.COCOA 2. HUCKLEBERRY 3.TEMPORARILY 4.GNARL 6.FOE
7.TESTATE 9.OWL 12.ERE 13.EDITS 15.TRAIL 17. NOT

Clueless 191 Answers

Scatterword 191 Answers:texturing, uttering, retting, rutting, urgent,
gutter, truing, reign, tinge, tiger, tigre, ruing, unrig, grunt, gent, urge,
grin, ring, ting, girt, grit, rung. 22 words.
LINKWORD 191 - BACK (Backwash, Backbreaking, Backdrop)

AUG 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 190 Answers
Across: 1.WEB 5.FAD 7.ORIFICE 8.EBB 10.WEE 12.RAVEN 15.ANTI
16.AQUA 17.TEXAS 18.GAZE 19.TALK 20.SADLY 23. BAA 25.BYE
27.CONJURE 28.EVE 29.TIE
Down: 1.WOE 2. BOB 3.LIMA 4.SIZE 5.FEW 6.DYE 9.BANDANA
11.EQUALLY 12.RITES 13.VEXED 14.NASTY 21. ACNE 22.LOUT 23.BEE
24.ACE 25.BET 26.EWE

Clueless 190 Answers

Scatterword 190 Answers: pekingese, pekinese, keeping, seeking, eking,
skein, pikes, spike, keen, knee, keep, peek, peke, seek, skeg, kine,
pike, king, pink, sink, skin, skip, spik. 23 words.

LINKWORD 190 - SOFT (Softshoe, Softcover, Softball)

JUL 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 189 Answers
Across: 1.QUENCHABLE 6.FAULTED 8.COLT 9.WAIT 10.JET 12.EXTRA
13.RAZOR 14.GUY 16.ITEM 18.GEAR 19.REBUILD 20.CONDUCTORS
Down: 1.QUICKENING 2.NEAT 3.HALVE 4. BREW 5.INTERPRETS
6.FLATTER 7.DAZZLED 10.JAG 11.TRY 15.ULURU 17.MEAN 18.GLUT

Clueless 189 Answers

Scatterword 189 Answers:lipolytic, licitly, politic, polity,
icily, licit, optic, topic, typic, pilot, otic, city, clot, colt, tipi,
typo, lilt, till, toil, topi, pity, toll, plot. 23 words.
LINKWORD 189 - BURST (Sunburst, Outburst, Cloudburst)

JUNE 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 188 Answers
Across: 1.LABEL 4.GIRTH 7.ASH 8. THROW 9.OWING 10.PERCENTAGES
14.SEW 15.MAGISTRATES 19.NOOSE 20.TROOP 21. SEE 22.RAMPS
23.RASPY
Down: 1.LETUP 2.BORER 3.LAWLESSNESS 4. GHOSTWRITER 5.RUING
6.HIGHS 11.ERA 12.NET 13.ERE 15.MANOR 16. GROOM 17.TOOLS
18.SOPPY

Clueless 188 Answers

Scatterword 188 Answers: committed, demotic, omitted, medico, cotted, mitted,
medic, cited, edict, mimed, timed, modem, toted, ditto, dice, iced, code, co-ed,
odic, dime, idem, diet, edit, tide, tied, deco, demo, dome, mode,
dote, toed. 31 words.
LINKWORD 188 - FREE (Freemen, Freehold, Freeway)

MAY 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 187 Answers
Across: 1.CODA 3.NOTES 6.MESA 7.PULP 9.RUM 11.ELM 13.SHEEPDOG
16.HIT 17.PODIATRY 20.ERR 22.OBI 23.SOIL 24. SWAP 25.STEAM 26.AXES
Down: 1.COPES 2.AMP 3.NARCOTIC 4. TAME 5.SKIM 8.LIE 10.APHORISM
12.LAIR 14.HEIR 15.DID 18.TOO 19.YOLKS 20. EONS 21.RODE 23.SPA

Clueless 187 Answers

Scatterword 187 Answers: headlight, alighted, ligated, delight, lighted, ligate,
alight, gelati, eighth, height, glade, gated, algid, agile, gelid, glide, heigh, eight,
legit, thigh, light, aged, glad, gale, gate, gait, geld, gild, gelt, high,
gilt. 30 words.
LINKWORD 187 - GUN (Begun, Popgun, Flashgun)

APR 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 186 Answers
Across: 1.FIT 3.POWDERS 7.OIL 8.ART 9.TROVE 12.APACHE 15.HULA
16.SLAB 18.RIFLE 19.NARK 21.TALC 23.ASSESS 26.TIPSY 28.ILL 29.ODD
30.EUNUCHS 31.EGG
Down: 1.FLASHIN 2.TOTAL 3.PLEA 4. WITH 5.EGO 6.SUE 10.RESETS
11.VIA 13.PARKAS 14.CAFES 17.BACKLOG 20.AMI 22.ASIDE 24.SYNC
25.EROS 26.THE 27.PAN

Clueless 186 Answers

Scatterword 186 Answers: regularly, regular, allurer, rurally, ullage,
arguer, allure, laurel, gulley, argue, auger, ureal, rural, gluer,
gruel, gluey, urger, lurer, ruler, gully, ague, urea, ragu, glue,
urge, lure, rule, yule, gull, ugly. 30 words.

LINKWORD 186 - TONE (Acetone,Undertone,Bluestone)

MAR 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 185 Answers
Across: 1.PRECLUDED 6.ALE 7.WRY 9.ADD 10. TEA 12.PAY 13.END 15.WAR 16.MARTINI 18.INFO 19.CAST 20.BATTERY 23.EAR 24.COS 26.TAR 27.OPT 28.OBI 31. AWE 32.AND 33.LAUNCHING

Down: 1.PLAYS 2. RED 3.LION 4.EWE 5.DRAWN 8.OPACITIES
11.FRONTIERS 13.ERRATIC 14.DRIVERS 16.MOB 17.ICY 21. GROWL 22.STING 25.ODIC 28.PEA 30.BAN

Clueless 185 Answers

Scatterword 185 Answers: maximised, maimed, amide, media, aside, admix, aimed,
dixie, mimed, deism, mixed, idea, dame, edam, made, mead, axed, amid, maid,
aids, dais, said, dime, idem, dies, ides, side, midi. 28 words.

LINKWORD 185 - HEAD (Headway, Headroom, Headwaters)

FEB 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 184 Answers
Across: 3.JOCKSTRAP 7.AZURE 8.TEACHABLE 9. ISLET 10.YAK 12.ALARM 15.CYAN 17.ICICLE 19.CYCLED 20. ADIT 22.GODLY 25.PSI 27.MAIZE
28.BUTTERCUP 29.EXTRA 30.HERETICAL
Down: 1.VANISHING 2.QUALIFIED 3.JETTY 4. CRANKY 5.TRAWL 6.ABLER 11.ACED 12.ANY 13.ALLEVIATE 14.MIDDLEMAN 16.ACTS 18.LAY
21.IPECAC 23.OVULE 24.LITHE 26.IMPEL

Clueless 184 Answers

Scatterword 184 Answers:italicize, ciliate, laicize, italic, elicit,
cleat, eclat, cilia, licit, lace, laic, talc, late, tale, teal,
laze, zeal, ilia, alit, tail, tali, ceil, lice, tile. 24 words.

LINKWORD 184 - COUNTER (Counterplot, Counterpane, Counteract)

JAN 2007

Cryptic/Straight Crossword 183 Answers
Across: 1.BILGE 4.JESSE 7.NATIVETREES 9.EYE 10.HUED 12.APSE
13.ROBBERS 14.ACHE 15.ETCH 17.EON 19.GLASSWORKER 20. LUSTY
21.ASSAY
Down: 1.BUNCH 2.LETTERHEADS 3.EAVE 4.JUTE 5. SWEEPSTAKES
6.ENSUE 8.EYEBROW 11.DOE 12.ARE 14.ANGEL 16.HARDY 17.EPSY
18.NOVA

Clueless 183 Answers

Scatterword 183 Answers: subjugate, baguet, begat, baste, beast, tabes,
abuse, beaus, beaut, tubae, tubas, base, abet, bate, beat, beta, beau,
bags, bast, bats, stab, abut, tabu, tuba, jube, best, tube, bust,
stub. 29 words.

LINKWORD 183 - ANT (Pageant, Askant, Tenant)

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