Cryptic Crosswords!
CelebrityFrogs
03-10-2005, 17:10
Anyone who does cryptic crosswords please help! I can't get them and they're bugging the hell out of me! I can't find anyone with the solution either!!!
Book that is left to a little boy (6) --N-E-
and
Clerics left out of deal with cheats (7) --A-O-S
They both begin with the same letter!!!
Clerics left out of deal with cheats (7) --A-O-S
DEACONS.
Deacons = clerics.
Deal without left (l) = DEA
Cheats = CONS
CelebrityFrogs
03-10-2005, 17:27
DEACONS.
Deacons = clerics.
Deal without left (l) = DEA
Cheats = CONS
Thanks!!!
CelebrityFrogs
03-10-2005, 17:46
DEACONS.
Deacons = clerics.
Deal without left (l) = DEA
Cheats = CONS
I think the other one is DANIEL!
I think the other one is DANIEL!
Yup. That works. I was fiddling around with NT (book) and ED (little boy) but getting nowhere.
Here's a classic clue for you:
Gegs. (9,4)
CelebrityFrogs
03-10-2005, 18:25
Yup. That works. I was fiddling around with NT (book) and ED (little boy) but getting nowhere.
Here's a classic clue for you:
Gegs. (9,4)
Scrambled eggs!!! Seen that before somewhere along with:
More phats. (5,9)
Anarchic Conceptions
03-10-2005, 18:32
I think I have solved a grand total of three cryptic crossword clues. I really don't understand them :confused:
CelebrityFrogs
03-10-2005, 19:23
I think I have solved a grand total of three cryptic crossword clues. I really don't understand them :confused:
These might help:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1573080,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1578185,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1583370,00.html
The series continues every monday in the Guardian, in G2
More phats. (5,9)
Mixed metaphors.