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Cryptic Crossword Clues #5 Trivia Quiz

20 more cryptics makes 100. Wow! Good luck and happy puzzling. How to read the hints: 1(2,3) means that the 1st letter of this clue is the same as the 3rd letter of clue #2. This forms the crossword grid.

A multiple-choice quiz by jighm. Estimated time: 10 mins.

Author
jighm

Time
10 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
315,733

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
10 / 20

Plays
185

Question 1 of 20

1. For the unfortunate Back-to-school days

The first woman in the short last year of H.S. cut off from the rest.

Answer: (5 letters - 2(11,1), 4(10,2))

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Question 2 of 20

2. That particular type of city hospital uses an IV with 1cc mixture.

Answer: (5 letters - 1(11,3), 3(10,4), 5(12,1))

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Question 3 of 20

3. Tarboards - right to the left to the right.

Answer: (9 letters - 2(11,5), 4(10,6), 6(12,3), 8(13,2))

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Question 4 of 20

4. Changes the baby using messy curtains.

Answer: (9 letters - 1(14,2), 3(11,7), 5(15,1), 7(12,5), 9(13,4))

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Question 5 of 20

5. Shop at two different places for a chess piece?

Answer: (6 letters - 1(14,4), 3(16,1), 5(15,3))

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Question 6 of 20

6. Chef Farling stirs, the episode ends, leaving us guessing.

Answer: (11 letters - 2(14,6), 4(16,3), 6(18,1), 8(19,1), 10(17,2))

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Question 7 of 20

7. From the clear ringing in the ear.

Answer: (7 letters - 1(16,5), 3(18,3), 5(19,3), 7(17,4))

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Question 8 of 20

8. Taking the skins off of potatoes again, going back a person resting.

Answer: (7 letters - 1(18,5), 3(19,5), 5(17,6), 7(20,2))

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Question 9 of 20

9. Ms. Ryan returned the precious jewel.

Answer: (3 letters - 1(17,8), 3(20,4))

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Question 10 of 20

10. Opie's aunt started verbalizing the Cleaver boy.

Answer: (6 letters - 2(1,4), 4(2,3), 6(3,4))

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Question 11 of 20

11. Left with a clean start, joyful.

Answer: (7 letters - 1(1,2), 3(2,1), 5(3,2), 7(4,3))

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Question 12 of 20

12. Nearby, diners started being shut down.

Answer: (6 letters - 1(2,5), 3(3,6), 5(4,7))

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Question 13 of 20

13. Crude, disfiguring scars.

Answer: (5 letters - 2(3,8), 4(4,9))

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Question 14 of 20

14. Celtics' great Larry returned with bleachers emptying to bounce the basketball down the court.

Answer: (7 letters - 2(4,1), 4(5,1), 6(6,2))

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Question 15 of 20

15. Not a stop in the past.

Answer: (3 letters - 1(4,5), 3(5,5))

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Question 16 of 20

16. Start salting over and over to make it not quite so hard.

Answer: (6 letters - 1(5,3), 3(6,4), 5(7,1))

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Question 17 of 20

17. He pigged around a young hedgehog.

Answer: (8 letters - 2(6,10), 4(7,7), 6(8,5), 8(9,1))

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Question 18 of 20

18. These instruments are created by a false sharp.

Answer: (5 letters - 1(6,6), 3(7,3), 5(8,1))

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Question 19 of 20

19. A French darkness without anger?

Answer: (5 letters - 1(6,8), 3(7,5), 5(8,3))

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Question 20 of 20

20. Of bad form.

Answer: (4 letters - 2(8,7), 4(9,3))

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. {For the unfortunate Back-to-school days} The first woman in the short last year of H.S. cut off from the rest.

Answer: sever

"The first woman" is "Eve." "The last year of H.S.(High School)" = "sr.(Senior)" "Eve" "in" "sr" makes "s(EVE)r," which means to "cut off from the rest."

2. That particular type of city hospital uses an IV with 1cc mixture.

Answer: civic

"Mixture" means to scramble "IV" and "cc" and "i(Roman numeral for 1)" to get "civic", a "type of city hospital."

3. Tarboards - right to the left to the right.

Answer: starboard

Start with the word "tarboards." Take the letter on the "right to the left," which makes it "starboard," a word meaning "to the right."

4. Changes the baby using messy curtains.

Answer: rediapers

"Curtains" = "draperies." "Messy" scrambles it to "rediapers," meaning "changes the baby."

5. Shop at two different places for a chess piece?

Answer: bishop

"Bishop" - "*shop* at *two* different places" and "a chess piece."

6. Chef Farling stirs, the episode ends, leaving us guessing.

Answer: cliffhanger

"Stirs" means to scramble "Chef Farling." We get "cliffhanger" which is what you call it when an "episode ends, leaving [you] guessing."

7. From the clear ringing in the ear.

Answer: earring

"From the" "clear ringing" we get the word "earring," which is often found "in the ear."

8. Taking the skins off of potatoes again, going back a person resting.

Answer: sleeper

"Taking the skins off of potatoes" = "peels." "Again" would make it "repeels." "Going back" means to read it backward, giving us "sleeper," "a person resting."

9. Ms. Ryan returned the precious jewel.

Answer: gem

"Ms. Ryan" = "Meg." "Returned" makes it backward, so we have "gem," a "precious jewel."

10. Opie's aunt started verbalizing the Cleaver boy.

Answer: beaver

"Opie's aunt" is "Bea." "Started" signals us to use the starting letters of "verbalizing," which are "ver." Together, we get "the cleaver boy," "Beaver."

11. Left with a clean start, joyful.

Answer: excited

"Left" = "exited." The "start" of "clean" is "c." "Exited" "with a" "c" =
"ex(C)ited," which means "joyful."

12. Nearby, diners started being shut down.

Answer: closed

"Nearby" is "close." "Diners" "started" is "d." Together, these make "closed," which means "shut down."

13. Crude, disfiguring scars.

Answer: crass

"Disfiguring" means to scramble "scars." That makes "crass," which means "crude."

14. Celtics' great Larry returned with bleachers emptying to bounce the basketball down the court.

Answer: dribble

"Celtics' great Larry" is "Bird." "Returned" turns it backward, which is "drib." "Emptying" means to use only some of the letters of "bleachers," "ble." Together, this makes "dribble," which means "to bounce the basketball down the court."

15. Not a stop in the past.

Answer: ago

"Not a stop" is "a go." Together, we have the word for "in the past."

16. Start salting over and over to make it not quite so hard.

Answer: soften

"Start" keys us to use the first letter of "salting." "Over and over" = "often." Together, this is "soften," which means "to make it not quite so hard."

17. He pigged around a young hedgehog.

Answer: hedgepig

"Around" signals us to scramble "he pigged" to get "hedgepig," "a young hedgehog."

18. These instruments are created by a false sharp.

Answer: harps

"False" means to scramble "sharp." That makes "harps," the "instruments" in question.

19. A French darkness without anger?

Answer: noire

"Without anger" = "no ire." Squished together, it becomes the "French" word for "night (f)."

20. Of bad form.

Answer: from

"Bad" means to scramble "form" to get "from," a word synonymous with "of."

Source: Author jighm

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