Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Wednesday, Aug.13 LAT & sNYT

Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:

American eagle | led | leaderless | herd and hash | made from | baloney (10)
[BALD] [+] [first letters subtracted] [hERD hASH] [=] [BALDERDASH]

Tear | might bring a tear (3)
[RIP] = [R.I.P.]

Packages of Altoids® | are good for | snit | upset (4)
[TINS] [=] [SNIT] [reversed]

I'll | hear, | even | in the middle of the sea (4)
[I'LL] [homophone] [=] [ISLE]

Wasting margins, | Martha's typing | was | rapid (5)
[deleting outside letters] [martHAS TYping] [=] [HASTY]

 
LAT
             
Seattle Times
7/2/14 sNYT

Clues from today's puzzles, including anagram, charade, double definition, reversal, and more.
Two from LAT:

John is going to New York to catch some tunes with bugs in them (5)

Greeks taking measurements (4)

Three from Seattle Times:

Blot up some hip hop music with a damaged reputation (3,3)

Difference of an ounce at the right time (2,3)

In a bookstore, to look above the eye level for recordings (6)

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John | is going to | New York | to catch some | tunes with bugs in them (5)
[LOO] [+] [NY] [=] [LOONY {Tunes, featuring Bugs Bunny}]

Greeks | taking | measurements (4)
[PSIS] [=] [Pounds per Square Inch plural]

Blot | up | some hip hop music | with a | damaged reputation (3,3)
[DAB] [reversed] [RAP] [=] [BAD RAP]

Difference of an | ounce | at the right time (2,3)
[anagram] [OUNCE] = [ON CUE]

In a bookstore, to look | above the eye level | for recordings (6)
[BROWSE] = [BROWS] [homophone]


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