Location: Coral Reef
Depth: 90
Depth: 90
Each cryptic clue contains the substring "or". This indicates a substitution between the two halves of the word; for example, "coral" indicates substituting "c" for "al". We can pair up the cryptic answers with the riddle answers and perform the substitutions on the riddle answers.
(Note that, for confirmation, the riddle answers complete the rhyming pattern.)
In the third column, we show the result of the transformation, and in the fourth column we show a synonym for the third column which appears somewhere in the riddles (italicized in the riddle). The first letter of these synonyms gives COMELY LORD. Applying the "or" mechanic gives the answer, COMEDY.
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At MIT my conspicuousness should not surprise you For tech, engineering, math, and I make up an alliance I have a method to help you think matters through What am I? SCIENCE |
Before examination, start changing color = CORAL |
Salience | Conspicuousness |
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Diminutive though we tend to be, we are first in a parent's sight Or change the context and on stage we sing Of how certain people are not alright What are we? OFFSPRING |
In southeast, post office rebel leader is an infectious cell = SPORE |
Offering | Oblation |
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From birth, a great mantle I assumed Through emerald seas I deftly slid Leaving behind great onyx plumes What am I? SQUID |
Bare minimums for question and answer site = QUORA |
Said | Mentioned |
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I speak no words, though I have both mouth and tongue Yet in many lands you can hear me knell And many tunes I have sweetly sung What am I? BELL |
Funny cable guy has zilch for a truck = LORRY |
Beryl | Emerald |
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In childhood, our prospect can lead to a scene Taken badly we give you lumbago, perhaps We can be forestalled if you imbibe caffeine What are we? NAPS |
A bit of wine, one lit = PORTION |
Nations | Lands |
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I can be Gothic if you give me a face Have I mentioned I fear to be cast off for Swype? Moveable me is stored in a case What am I? TYPE |
Rasher to start with praise, over real kindness = PORK |
Tyke | Youngster |
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We aren't so different, hairy me and hairless you Yet you say you're better - despite our same shape - Because you make oblation to gods and fancy tools use What am I? APE |
Lanai found in stupor, chanting = PORCH |
Ache | Lumbago |
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Fabric full of holes, not through tailor's oversight But through glorious design. A touch may hem or neckline grace Or pair me with a regent and find a flower white What am I? LACE |
Platoon is a body without energy = CORPS |
Lapse | Oversight |
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With sleep, I gather at your eyes Though humble now, I come from boulders grand And from me, with water, a castle can rise What am I? SAND |
Headless boa & rat roadkill make a bloody path = AORTA |
Stand | Rise |
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As a youngster you do me as a prelim Steps in shallows make you less afraid Of the coming day you learn to swim What am I? WADE |
Announced a door prize = ADORE |
Wee | Diminuitive |