Helpful to find your way | back from | junk (4)
[MAPS] = [reverse] [SPAM]
Talisman | made | Rosemary | heartless (6)
[ROSARY] [=] [ROSemARY] [middle removed]
Tesla, as | electricity | promoter, | would | put on a show (3,3)
Tesla [A.C.] [TOUT] [=] [ACT OUT]
Electronic | office interconnections | have | flair (4)[E-] [LAN {Local Area Network}] [=] [ÉLAN]
Control mechanism | installed by | pyramid builders (5)
[contrOL MEChanism] [hidden] = [OLMEC]
 LAT Fri. 8/22 |  LAT Sat. 8/23 |
I was under the weather yesterday, but will make up for it a bit by using both Friday and Saturday puzzles. The Cryptic clues below exhibit anagram, charade, container, reversal, subtraction, and ?.
Two from the Friday, 8/22 LAT:
Conditions swelter with competition exercise (7)
Showy pock-marks cover most of each (7)
Three from the Saturday, 8/23 LAT:
Maybe a donkey specialist could help? (6)
Spill cups etched in side (5)
In rough conditions, turn bad feelings around and head east (5)
I'm just getting to NC's clues on Thursday, but they're almost too simple -- almost. :o
ReplyDeleteInvents money (5)
[COINS] [double definition]
Aleck and a Loch create such brilliance (9)
[SMART][NESS]
The answer is to give again (5)
[RE][PLY]
Prevent return of outcast (5)
[REPEL]=[LEPER][reversed]
Road rage about zip drive (7).
[STreet][RAGE]>[O]=[STORAGE]
Glad you are feeling better. Almost too simple, eh? Well, so were yours ;)
ReplyDeleteConditions swelter with competition exercise (7)
Yes indeed, competition saved from Olympic oblivion by popular demand.
Showy pock-marks cover most of each (7)
Round and round we go... Never used it as an adjective, though.
Maybe a donkey specialist could help? (6)
Most unusual use of specialist, but I'll accept it.
Spill cups etched in side (5)
Very liberal use of in_side, but I'll not get annoyed
In rough conditions, turn bad feelings around and head east (5)
Strange word. Head east suggests East is at the beginning, but it is only the beginning of the end.
I hope these are a little trickier:
ReplyDeleteIn short: cut off head, spun around, and led the race for some time (5).
Inclination of half of European capital to follow variable rate projection (6).
Lecture fails to work but is turned around to a degree (4).
Lobbies Missouri Senator? (9)
Piece of post-Eden covering lost? What a joke! (3).