German sausage

The letters of the answers to the clues in the first list, when added together as indicated and transposed, give the answers to the clues in the second list. The name is a transposal of “Anagram segues”.

An example, using just the answers: 1. act 2. anagram 3. segues 4. miners; 1 + 2. Magna Carta 2 + 3. German sausage 3+ 4. messeigneurs 1 + 4. miscreant.

GERMAN SAUSAGE

1. Father of Cronus (*)

2. Rope for an animal

3. Sly trick

4. It reduces effect (2 wds)

5. Languish

6. Be made up (of)

7. The board of the game Diplomacy (*)

8. Revolved around a point

9. Noted apple eater (2 wds, *) (NI2)

10. Type of wool or drum

11. Major promotion recipient

12. Long distance trucking company

13. Travelling at 761 MPH

14. The Hermit or The Fool, e.g.

15. Polish

16. Hebrew “Aloha”

17. Soporiferous

18. They may weld car frames

1+2. It usually ends at an X (8 4)

2+3. Novel narrated by Holden Caulfield, with The (^7 2 3 ^3) (not MW)

3+4. As close as you can get with definition at infinity (10 8)

4+5. Like one who’s an expert only in his own mind (4-9)

5+6. Formal reviews (11)

6+7. Hyacinth, e.g. (8 5)

7+8. Photo on a silver plate (13)

8+9. Gloria Estefan song whose title describes a difficulty in

expressing one’s feelings (“^5 ^3 2 3 ^3”) (not MW)

9+10. Have a sip (3 3’1 7)

10+11. Louisiana (7 5) (NI2)

11+12. Our astronomical neighbor (5 8)

12+13. It features “I Can Do That” (^1 ^6 ^4) (not MW)

13+14. Trudeau’s occupation (10)

14+15. Having the power to renew (11)

15+16. Friday the 13th, e.g. (7 5) (not MW)

16+17. All Knights of Columbus (5 9)

17+18. A large snake (3 11)

1+18. A large dinosaur (12)

=ΧΕΙΡΩΝ

The solution: Uranus, tether, chicanery, soft pedal, pine, consist, Europe, gyrated, Snow White, steel, captain, hauler, sonic, tarot, revise, shalom, narcotic, robots; treasure hunt, Catcher in the Rye, hyperfocal distance, self-appointed, inspections, precious stone, daguerreotype, “Words Get in the Way”, wet one’s whistle, Pelican State, Alpha Centauri, A Chorus Line, cartoonist, restorative, slasher movie, Roman Catholics, boa constrictor, brontosaurus.

The German sausage was invented by ΧΕΙΡΩΝ.

German sausage

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