Saturday, November 1, 2014

Sat., Nov.1

Today's Cryptic clues include charade, double definition, homophone, etc.

Three from LAT:


"A blow-up was reported in a taxi, Lieutenant" (8)

Hits and then hides (5)

Fresh-baked smell affirmed at Piggy's home (6)

Two from ST:

One picture tells incredibly complete opening to visual passageway (5)

Slang in an inappropriate location can be painful (6)

Solutions to these clues are in the grids below.


LAT


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Seattle Times
(NYT 9/20/14)

Here are the solutions to yesterday's clues:

Wednesday | on top of | Mayday | is for | a kid (5)
[W{ednesday}] [+] [HELP] [=] [WHELP]

Get credit | for finding | silver | in an | arĂȘte (4)
[CR{edit}] [+] [AG {chemical symbol for silver}] [=] [CRAG]

Casting | about | for | a shell underwater (1-4)
[anagram] [ABOUT] [=] [U-BOAT]

Message | confirms, | I'm | in | Le | Retro (1-4)
[E-MAIL] [=] [I AM] [contained in] [LE] [reversed]

Two buttons of a tape player | are | important for posterity (2,6)
[ON & RECORD {verb, accent on REC}] [=] [ON RECORD {noun, accent on ORD}]


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