Friday quiz: the cryptic round
Friday quiz: the cryptic round
A short cryptic quiz, this time with a grid (of sorts):
ACROSS
1. Hidden knights had escaped to the third dimension with a scroll. [10]
4. Tantra, a goth, belched awfully in a demon's feline adventure. [3, 6, 3, 3, 3]
DOWN
1. Certainly not crazy - a wanderer! [5]
2. I heard breezes, playing a boardgame. [8]
3. Short Alfred stood in a river leading to Arthur's resting place.[6]
By way of a reminder, my cryptic Spectrum quiz guide is here:
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=230
ACROSS
1. Hidden knights had escaped to the third dimension with a scroll. [10]
4. Tantra, a goth, belched awfully in a demon's feline adventure. [3, 6, 3, 3, 3]
DOWN
1. Certainly not crazy - a wanderer! [5]
2. I heard breezes, playing a boardgame. [8]
3. Short Alfred stood in a river leading to Arthur's resting place.[6]
By way of a reminder, my cryptic Spectrum quiz guide is here:
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=230
Re: Friday quiz: the cryptic round
The Balrog and the Cat.4. Tantra, a goth, belched awfully in a demon's feline adventure. [3, 6, 3, 3, 3]
(anagram of "Tantra, a goth, belched ", + straight clue)
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Re: Friday quiz: the cryptic round
3 down - Have no clue about that "short Alfred", but "Arthur's resting place" could be a reference to Hewson's Avalon.
1 across - "knights had escaped" - Nightshade, which is a 4-way scrolling isometric 3D game too.
EDIT - Seems that kweepa guessed it while I was busy editing my answer... :-/
1 across - "knights had escaped" - Nightshade, which is a 4-way scrolling isometric 3D game too.
EDIT - Seems that kweepa guessed it while I was busy editing my answer... :-/
Last edited by Alessandro on Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:06 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Friday quiz: the cryptic round
1 across - NIGHTSHADE (hidden in kNIGHTS HAD Escaped). Not sure about the third dimension or the scroll...
[Explanation of Alessandro's answer]
River AVON
Short Alfred = AL
AV AL ON
[Explanation of Alessandro's answer]
River AVON
Short Alfred = AL
AV AL ON
Last edited by Kweepa on Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Friday quiz: the cryptic round
Nightshade and Avalon are both correct.
Well done.
ACROSS
1. Hidden knights had escaped to the third dimension with a scroll. [10]
2. Tantra, a goth, belched awfully in a demon's feline adventure. [3, 6, 3, 3, 3]
DOWN
1. Certainly not crazy - a wanderer! [5]
2. I heard breezes, playing a boardgame. [8]
3. Short Alfred stood in a river leading to Arthur's resting place.[6]
Well done.
ACROSS
1. Hidden knights had escaped to the third dimension with a scroll. [10]
2. Tantra, a goth, belched awfully in a demon's feline adventure. [3, 6, 3, 3, 3]
DOWN
1. Certainly not crazy - a wanderer! [5]
2. I heard breezes, playing a boardgame. [8]
3. Short Alfred stood in a river leading to Arthur's resting place.[6]
Re: Friday quiz: the cryptic round
I heard a carnival exceeded a camouflaged bovine (4,4,6)
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Re: Friday quiz: the cryptic round
Fete more hidcow
Re: Friday quiz: the cryptic round
More cows masked?
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Fair plus heifer
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Re: Friday quiz: the cryptic round
Great quiz, again. Love the newspaper style.
I know it's hard to make it, but next time more games included would be cool
I know it's hard to make it, but next time more games included would be cool