Sunday, October 26, 2014

Sun., Oct.26

Today's Cryptic clues include charade, homophone, reversal, etc.

Three from LAT:


Turn right and throw up (5)

Vampire killer had conversation over a high-protein dinner (5)

Did Senator or Ambassador first meet Doña? (6)

Two from ST:

Whatever Spanish will be is in my blood (4)

High-quality electronic tile changed polarity (5)

Solutions to these clues are in the grids below.
 

LAT


Seattle Times
(NYT 9/14/14)

Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:

The | action of a top | around | a | stage actor (8)
[THE] [SPIN] [containing] [A] = [THESPIAN]

Father | of five | is short on | love | for | dog trainer (6)
[PA] [V {roman numeral}] [truncate] [LOVe] [=] [PAVLOV]

Encyclopedic knowledge | at | the Emerald City's country (4)
[A-TO-Z] = [AT] [OZ]

Curve | starts from | sinuous integral numbers entwining (4)
[SINE] = [initials] [Sinuous Integral Numbers Entwining]

Starting | while | seen | and heard (6)
[INCITE] [=] [IN SIGHT] [homophone]


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