Wednesday, 15 July 2015

gegs? (9, 4) - a british cryptic crossword clue


Hope this is a suitable forum for this puzzling question (its also a bit old now so may be answered in seconds...) as its my first post and I'm trying something new. Minor hint: this is a cryptic crossword clue so (9, 4) tells you about the structure of the answer.


bonus question:




D R U G G E D U P? (6, 3)




Answer



gegs? (9, 4)



SCRAMBLED EGGS

The letter of "gegs" are those of the word "eggs" only mixed up (or scrambled). The answer is thus scrambled eggs. The question mark denotes that we are looking for something a little tricky. Normally a cryptic clue would want something like "Messy gegs for breakfast".



D R U G G E D U P? (6, 3)




SPACED OUT

Notice there is a space between every letter. This means the letters are spaced out which is a synonym of being on drugs (or "drugged up").



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