Chapter 12. Anagrams and Cryptic Clues
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Puzzle 268
Anagram: FEATHERBRAIN TIN GHOST (2, 5, 3, 3, 7)
Puzzle 269
Anagram: I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to THRIVE TO ROW (9, 2). —Niccolo Machiavelli
Puzzle 270
Cryptic Clue: Countenance an unruly café (4)
Puzzle 271
Anagram: CHANCY PRESTIGE BISON (3, 10, 6)
Puzzle 272
Anagram: Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to SOOTHE NEON WHOW (5, 3, 3, 3). —A. J. Liebling
Puzzle 273
Cryptic Clue: Palm tree rendezvous (4)
Puzzle 274
Anagram: Get your facts first, and then you can SMOTHER DITT (7, 4) as much as you please. —Mark Twain
Puzzle 275
Cryptic Clue: Higher great lake (8)
Puzzle 276
Anagram: Immorality: the morality of those who are ATTENTIVE HERB MAGI (6, 1, 6, 4). —Henry Lewis Mencken
Puzzle 277
Anagram: SAD SEA RIVER (11)
Puzzle 278
Cryptic Clue: Chickens can be found in Athens (4)
Puzzle 279
Cryptic Clue: It's untrue fleas get confused (5)
Puzzle 280
Anagram: A + B + C = Success if, A = Hard Work, B = Hard Play, C = KEY IMPETUOUS HUG NORTH (7, 4, 5, 4). —Albert Einstein
Puzzle 281
Anagram: CLERIC LENGOD (6, 6)
Puzzle 282
Cryptic Clue: Exercise the locomotive (5)
Puzzle 283
Anagram: And Joseph . . . said unto them, SOUP ER ISAEY (3, 3, 5); you have come to observe the ESSAEKNEWS (10) of the country. —Genesis 42:9, modern translation
Puzzle 284
Cryptic Clue: Lure held by a bonafide coyote (5)
Puzzle 285
Anagram: HERITAGE TRUMP MEN (6, 10)
Puzzle 286
Anagram: TROPHY GYP CAR (12)
Puzzle 287
Anagram: GET HOLD (3, 4)
Puzzle 288
Cryptic Clue: Cooked ...
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