Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Tues., Oct.28

Today's Cryptic clues include anagram, hidden, homophone, etc.

Three from LAT:


Plastic airplanes, plastic women (6)

Near-imperceptible, shade-shrouded world circled by Pluto (5)

Drunkenly talked about shaking A.M. remedy (8)

Two from ST:

I'd heard, and seen for myself (4)

Low-pressure cable (4)

Solutions to these clues are in the grids below.


LAT

             
Seattle Times
(NYT 9/16/14)

Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:

"Waiting in | Godot" | has | "Deep Space 9" character (3)
[contained in] [gODOt] [=] [{constable} ODO {played by René Auberjonois}]

Cuban favorite | fighter | used | non-alcoholic beer (7)
[CHEROOT] = [CHE {guevara}] [+] [ROOT {beer}]

First | ever New Order lesbian and | gay to drop a bombshell (5)
[initials] [Ever New Order Lesbian And] [=] [ENOLA {gay}]

No | n00b | has turned back | from | starting to like wine (4)
[0] [NEO] [reversed] [=] [OENO{phile}]

Eleanor Goldfarb might be | heard | to | lament (5)
[ELLA G.] [homophone] [=] [ELEGY]


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