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Quiz about Cryptically Words of Five Letters

Cryptically, Words of Five Letters Quiz

All the answers to these cryptic clues are five letters long. Could come in handy playing Wordle!

A matching quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
gme24

Time
3 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
419,482

Updated
Apr 07 25

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
248

Last 3 plays: car101 (8/10), boon99 (10/10), genoveva (10/10).

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.

Solve the clue and match it with the solution.

Questions		Choices
1. Sailors get to know them		Cabin
2. Anne's back with the medicine		Ozone
3. He set about making a cover		Senna
4. Conveyance in part of a ship		Among
5. Large alteration is majestic		Regal
6. Roughly two hundred lie to establish him		Venom
7. Displease with the turn-over?		Cecil
8. Sort of mango in our midst		Sheet
9. Peculiar air that puts a little weight on one		Upset
10. 1000 + 1 + 5 in reverse for spite		Ropes

Select each answer

1. Sailors get to know them

2. Anne's back with the medicine

3. He set about making a cover

4. Conveyance in part of a ship

5. Large alteration is majestic

6. Roughly two hundred lie to establish him

7. Displease with the turn-over?

8. Sort of mango in our midst

9. Peculiar air that puts a little weight on one

10. 1000 + 1 + 5 in reverse for spite

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Sailors get to know them

Answer: Ropes

"Get to know the ropes" means to learn how a particular thing is done. A sailor's job involves a lot of ropes!

2. Anne's back with the medicine

Answer: Senna

Reading the clue, you need to read Anne's backwards, which spells senna.
Senna is a laxative that is made from the dried pods of the cassia tree.

3. He set about making a cover

Answer: Sheet

When you anagram "He Set" you get sheet, which is a cover.
Among other definitions, sheet can be a rectangular piece of cloth (linen, cotton, etc.) used as one of a pair of inner bedclothes. It can also mean a wide expanse of water.

4. Conveyance in part of a ship

Answer: Cabin

Cab + In = Cabin. Cab is a conveyance and by adding the in you get cabin.
Apart from being a room in a ship, cabin is also a small house or a compartment in an aircraft.

5. Large alteration is majestic

Answer: Regal

Regal is an anagram of large and it means of or by kings, fit for a king, magnificent and majestic.

6. Roughly two hundred lie to establish him

Answer: Cecil

In Roman numerals CC is two hundred, which together with lie make up the name Cecil.
Cecil can mean blind or sixth depending on the Latin root used.

7. Displease with the turn-over?

Answer: Upset

Upset means to displease, turn-over, disturb the peace or composure, temper, digestion, etc.

8. Sort of mango in our midst

Answer: Among

Anagram of mango results in among.
Among means in the assemblage or number of, surrounded by, within the limits of, by joint action of and between.

9. Peculiar air that puts a little weight on one

Answer: Ozone

Oz is short for ounce and placed in front of one gives the word ozone.
Ozone is an allotropic form of oxygen with three atoms to the molecule (O3). A pale-blue gas with a pungent smell, it is formed by action of electric discharge or ultra-violet light and used for sterilizing water and purifying air.

10. 1000 + 1 + 5 in reverse for spite

Answer: Venom

In Roman numerals a thousand is M and five is V, so in reverse we have V+eno+M.
Venom means spite as well as the poisonous fluid produced by certain snakes and other organisms.

Source: Author gme24

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