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Clutch Of Cryptics 3 Trivia Quiz

For my third Cryptics quiz, I added two long foreign words (and one obsolete one) to the mix. Otherwise, the same rules apply.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
162,836

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Impossible

Avg Score
2 / 10

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433

Question 1 of 10

1. An Egyptian river sounds old-maidish. (5)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Behead a French/Spanish half-breed and replace it with gold? You get a halo! (7)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Put a crowbar and sperm inside a sports match for French upset! (14)

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4. Notice in an end referring to branches? (7)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Backwards Latin stream embedded in greasy dirt becomes book of magic. (8)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Reducible melange holds metal filings coming and going. (This word is obsolete) (5)

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Question 7 of 10

7. When skillet hurts, you get dash! (7)

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Question 8 of 10

8. An amulet is the result of a Persian fairy who's suitable. (7)

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Question 9 of 10

9. 70's rock group next to parish head holding 14th letter is nonchalant, Italian style! (11)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Reversed man in 2000 lb.=male caryatid? (7)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. An Egyptian river sounds old-maidish. (5)

Answer: anile

An Egyptian river: a Nile, anile, or old-maidish, the female equivalent to senile.

2. Behead a French/Spanish half-breed and replace it with gold? You get a halo! (7)

Answer: aureole

Behead a French/Spanish half-breed (Creole-C) and replace it with gold (AU). Of course, aureole comes from the Latin for gold!

3. Put a crowbar and sperm inside a sports match for French upset! (14)

Answer: bouleversement

Put a crowbar (LEVER) and sperm (SEMEN) inside sports match (BOUT). Bouleversement means in French "to turn like a ball", thus meaning any upset or upheaval.

4. Notice in an end referring to branches? (7)

Answer: cladose

Notice (AD) in an end (CLOSE); cladose is the Greek equivalent of the Roman "ramus", where we derive our "ramification". Cladose gives us cladistics or classification through branches of a common ancestral tree.

5. Backwards Latin stream embedded in greasy dirt becomes book of magic. (8)

Answer: grimoire

Backwards Latin stream (RIO--OIR) in greasy dirt (GRIME); grimoire is an obsolete word for a book of magic. Harry Potter is probably familiar with it!

6. Reducible melange holds metal filings coming and going. (This word is obsolete) (5)

Answer: lemel

ReducibLE MELange; lemel comes from the Latin for metal filings, and is a palindrome ("coming and going").

7. When skillet hurts, you get dash! (7)

Answer: panache

Skillet hurt--PAN ACHE. Panache originally meant the white plume adorning a French swordsman's man and later took on the meaning of dash, elan or assurance. In the Rostand play, Cyrano de Bergerac makes his panache or white plume the symbol of his dashing personality.

8. An amulet is the result of a Persian fairy who's suitable. (7)

Answer: periapt

A PERI is a fairy in Persian folklore, APT is suitable. Periapt is a synonym for amulet or charm.

9. 70's rock group next to parish head holding 14th letter is nonchalant, Italian style! (11)

Answer: pococurante

Anyone remember the rock group POCO? N is the 14th letter of the alphabet, inside CURATE, or parish head. Pococurante is Italian for "little caring" or nonchalant or insouciant.

10. Reversed man in 2000 lb.=male caryatid? (7)

Answer: telamon

Reversed man (MALE) inside 2000 lb. (TON). A telamon is the male version of the caryatid, a pillar of a buiding carved in the form of a woman. Telamons were pillars shaped like men.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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