RIDDLE-ME-REE
The clues of this newest Gridless read like riddles in the style of old Victorian parlour games.
Beginners can dabble with the individual riddles - they are puzzles in themselves - while the more astute puzzler can rest assured there is the further challenge of an answerline involved! The answerline is a Gridless puzzle's secret message which states the theme of the puzzle or adds a final flourish of logic to it.
Good luck!
1. Snoring in the valley might
stop with a sudden light. (6)
2. Busy urban streetscapes that look energetic,
starting to behave in a way that's frenetic. (6)
3."Who?" You may ask when in school you are seeking
That West Yorkshire woman with her strange way of speaking! (3)
4. P. T. Barnum has an exhibit
that flies through the air when hundreds get in it. (5)
5. Get him out of his cat's pyjamas -
he's just someone involved in international dramas! (3)
6. What would you call one who's ready and willing
To be pursued for both hunting and killing!? (4)
7. Commence playing opera, real Gershwin, and you
discover the male of this famed Gershwin two. (5)
8. It's very entertaining for readers:
what officers throw when they intercept speeders. (4)
9. A fellow or noddy with a short little body. (3)
10. Even alone he has company - a riddle!
He's the prime figure that comes from a split down the middle! (1)
11. It's smaller than small yet all can pop in:
teenagers hang while parents do shopping. (4)
12. Attentive when eyed, this American is bald.
And he's also what a good golf score is called. (5)
13. Seagal or Spielberg as seen on tv.
And also seen around it, cryptically. (6)
14. The first is one's blood-type and the second is one's head.
The third is one's question when one's whole is sent to bed. (3)
15. I've loaded this riddle with puns on a theme.
Rifle through long undergrowth to target what I mean. (3)
This GRIDLESS rated: RIDDLING
All answers have been sourced from the updated 3rd edition of the Collins English Dictionary (Australian edition)
© Gridless 2007.
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