Cryptic Crossword Answers

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Anagram Crossword Answers

In the anagram crossword puzzles I've coloured the components of the clue below, so you can see how each component fits into the overall clue:

Green = Anagram Indicator
Blue = The anagram itself
Purple = The clue

Across

1.         Escaped from despair and had hope (7)
5.         Goes into a stupor from dross we rewrote (7)
6.         Concert that’s not confined or composed in opera (4,3)
7.         Shred it into a jumble of flaps (7)

Down

1.         Iron dad perhaps gave to robotic help (7)
2.         Complain about Potter’s spellcasting (7)
3.         Summarize wrong directions to a street (7)
4.         Sets red herring and leaves (7)

 

Anagram Answers

Across

1.        Aspired 
5.        Drowses
6.        Open air 
7.        Dithers 

Down

1.         Android
2.         Protest
3.         Restate
4.         Deserts

 

 

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"Sounds Like" Answers

Across

4.       Allowed (aloud)
5.       Hirsute (her suit)
6.       Beatles (beetles)

Down

1.         Plaited (plated)
2.         Corsets (core sets)
3.         Weather (whether)

 

 

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Pure Cryptic Crossword Answers

Across

4.         Toaster
5.         Referee
8.         Strauss

Down

1.         Hole
2.         Star
3.         Tree
5.         Rush
6.         Fire
7.         Easy

 

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