Wordy Wednesday 572: Foxgeryptics 18

WORDY WEDNESDAY #570
PENT WORDS 114 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers **
Kevin Orfield **
Patrick Jordan *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
SquishmallowsUnited **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #571
DIVIDED INTO COLUMNS 14 (hint)
As of this writing, 11 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #572
FOXGERYPTICS 18
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Insert a single letter in each space of each grid so that each row and column spells a word from left to right or top to bottom (including the given letters outside the grid).

Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.
 
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What city has 71 streets named “Peachtree”?

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 571: Divided Into Columns 14

WORDY WEDNESDAY #569
FRAMELINKS 20 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Derek Allen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers *
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #570
PENT WORDS 114 (hint)
As of this writing, 12 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #571
DIVIDED INTO COLUMNS 14
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(click here for rules)
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Cindy Heisler. Support me on Patreon at the Super Fan level ($5/month) and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the Ultra Fan level ($20/month) to suggest one seed word every month!
Dish of stir-fried noodles and veggies: 2 wds. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                               61 40 46 15 73 07 20 81
Six feet, in nautical terms __ __ __ __ __ __
                            72 37 27 05 68 21
Feature of a horse’s or deer’s foot __ __ __ __
                                    66 38 30 32
America’s Got Talent judge Mandel __ __ __ __ __
                                  57 55 53 79 44
Red-coated breed of gundog: 2 wds. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                   08 36 58 50 52 70 11 39 01 25 47
1996 film in which John Travolta __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
    plays a telekinetic genius   31 54 51 74 63 41 18 14 09 60
“Hot” object tossed in a party game __ __ __ __ __ __
                                    49 69 12 34 03 19
Former region that split into Zimbabwe and Zambia __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                                  23 35 29 24 71 42 75 77
Paired cutting blades __ __ __ __ __ __
                      64 33 48 17 10 26
Smart aleck: 2 wds. __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                    06 45 76 62 78 67 16
Sorcery __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
        56 59 43 65 80 04 22 28 13 02


COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* A pair of Foxgeryptics!

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 570: Pent Words 114

WORDY WEDNESDAY #568
ANACROSSWORD 36 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Derek Allen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Nan **
Randy Rogers *
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #569
FRAMELINKS 20 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #570
PENT WORDS 114
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This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Daren Bischel. Support me on Patreon at the Super Fan level ($5/month) and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the Ultra Fan level ($20/month) to suggest one seed word every month!
In this puzzle, you must divide the grid into pentominoes (regions containing five cells each), and write a letter in each cell. The rows, reading from left to right, will contain the words hinted at by the Across clues. The letters in the pentominoes, in reading order (left to right starting with the top row), will form the words hinted at by the Pentominoes clues; these clues are presented in no particular order. (In the example, the rows spell PLANT, SHARE, and BITES, and the pentominoes spell the words PLANS, TREES, and HABIT.) Use the ACROSS answers to determine where the pentominoes are.
ACROSS (two answers per row):
1 Edible fish of the herring family / Coloring agent
2 Lissome / Zones
3 Execution from a gallows / Camping bed
4 Grumble / Hellmann’s product, briefly
5 Unwell / Create, as a never-before-seen device or process
6 Holberg Suite composer Edvard / Malevolence
7 Beagle biter / Public officer authorized to witness signatures
8 “Night ____” (Bob Seger song) / Lying on one’s chest and stomach
9 Crash and ____ / Cream of ____ (potassium acid tartrate)
10 “Where we’re going, we don’t need ____.” (Back to the Future quote) / Coin-shaped object at an arcade
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Sorrow
* Express sorrow
* Wide
* Silverman of stand-up
* Expert
* Certain red wine grape
* ____ Management (2003 Sandler/Nicholson film)
* Duck hunter’s lure
* Chef’s garment
* Los Angeles NHL team
* Stir up, as a fire
* “2 ____ 2 Quit” (MC Hammer song)
* Get out
* Baker’s leaven
* Restaurant patron
* The Sound of ____ (1965 film)
* Long (for)
* From ____ to finish

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 10-letter word for "1996 film in which John Travolta plays a telekinetic genius"?

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5: FINAL RESULTS!

FINAL SCORES
Here is a table of all of the participants and their scores (click to enlarge):
Participants are sorted by score (high to low), and then alphabetically (A to Z). The total number of points scored 8550. Thus, the final money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $85.50. Four anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $427.50. The total amount of money raised by Kevin's Puzzles at Home for various food banks now stands at $1,759.50.

Head below the break for the actual solutions! If you're looking for more easy-ish puzzles in this style, remember to visit the actual Kevin's website every single Monday, or come back to this site in January 2024 when I plan to launch Season 6! Seasons 6 and 7 are already written, putting me quite a bit ahead of the curve! Hope y'all enjoy them!

Wordy Wednesday 569: Framelinks 20

WORDY WEDNESDAY #567
HEX PATHFINDER 34 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #568
ANACROSSWORD 36 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #569
FRAMELINKS 20
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Fill in the empty squares in the diagram with the given letters to form words.
Arrange the letters in the shaded squares to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.

A A A A A A A   B   C C   D   E E E E E E E E E E E E   F F F   G   H H H   I I   K   L L L L L    M M M
N N    O O O O O O O   P   R R R R R R R   S S S S   T T T T T T   U   X   Y
 
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "____ Management (2003 Sandler/Nicholson film)"?

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5: Final hint and final week!

PREVIOUS EPISODES
Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5"): click here
Episode 1 (Veg Out): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 2 (Baseball Baffler): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 3 (Musical Arrangement): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 4 (The Name Game): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 5 (The Concise Cinema Critic): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 6 (Nine Letters, All Alone): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 7 (Crossword Examination): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 8 ("Five" Got a Problem): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 11 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 4 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 9 (Meta) (The Words of the Profits): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)
* 14 people solved this within the first week for 100 points apiece.
 
The total number of points scored is 8450. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $84.50. Four anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $422.50. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, or the meta for 50 points, possibly with the aid of the hints. This week is your final chance to score points and earn money for the food bank!
 
Stay tuned next week for all of the solutions and the final results. Good luck!

Wordy Wednesday 568: Anacrossword 36

WORDY WEDNESDAY #566
SECTION SIX 56 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley *
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #567
HEX PATHFINDER 34 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #568
ANACROSSWORD 36
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This puzzle contains words suggested by patron Bonnie Veenschoten and patron Darkbeat. Support me on Patreon at the Super Fan level ($5/month) and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the Ultra Fan level ($20/month) to suggest one seed word every month!
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77

A Tale of Two ____
• Seashore
• Abbott’s comedy partner
• Football player’s error
• Toy dog breed originating from China
____ Ann (1997-2000 Disney Channel series)
• Certain piece of cookware
• Piece of paper
• Seattle-based coffeehouse chain
• Proposal
• College course summary
• Bean curd
• Attribute
• Like a very large closet, perhaps: hyph.

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* A Framelinks!
* Patron Puzzle #114, which will be delivered on November 8, 2023, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Super Pent Words.

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5, Episode 9 (Meta): The Words of the Profits

PREVIOUS EPISODES
Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5"): click here
Episode 1 (Veg Out): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 2 (Baseball Baffler): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 3 (Musical Arrangement): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 4 (The Name Game): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 5 (The Concise Cinema Critic): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 6 (Nine Letters, All Alone): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 7 (Crossword Examination): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 8 ("Five" Got a Problem): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)
* 11 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.
 
The total number of points scored is 6950. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $69.50. Four anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $347.50. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points apiece, possibly with the aid of the hints. These 8 answers will also be necessary for solving the meta below.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME
SEASON 5, EPISODE 9 (META):
THE WORDS OF THE PROFITS
Ever the entrepreneur, Kevin has started selling the answers to the previous eight puzzles – and thanks to the great prices his wholesaler offered him on letters of the alphabet (a penny buys an A, a nickel buys an E, a dime buys a J, a quarter buys a Y, and so on), Kevin has turned this into a lucrative business! What does Kevin plan to buy with his newfound wealth?


(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle.)

Submit your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 100 points, and stay tuned next week for Episode 9's hint, and then the week after for all of the solutions. Good luck!

Wordy Wednesday 567: Hex Pathfinder 34

WORDY WEDNESDAY #565
PENT WORDS 113 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #566
SECTION SIX 56 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #567
HEX PATHFINDER 34
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In this puzzle, each answer starts in the correspondingly numbered hexagon and winds through the grid, starting in the indicated direction. When you have finished, every letter will be used in exactly two entries.

Rearrange the letters in the shaded spaces to get the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 7-letter word.
1E 2023 hit song for [entry 13NW] (22, 5 wds.)
2W Like e or pi (10)
3E Italian treat made with heavy cream (7)
4SE Titular Lombax in an Insomniac Games franchise (7)
5E Certain Anabaptist (9)
6NE Moderately fast gait (4)
7E Sleeper’s sound, perhaps (5)
8NW Jerusalem resident (7)
9SE Lock and ____ (4)
10SW Tibetan Buddhist monk (4)
11NE Circular window in the side of a ship (8)
11W Dallas suburb in which Frito-Lay is headquartered (5)
12W Porch (7)
13NW [Entry 1E] singer (13, 2 wds.)
14NE Very eager to listen (7, 2 wds.)
15SW Toyota minivan model (6)
16SW 26.2-mile footrace (8)
17SE Mount featured in the film The Ten Commandments (5)
18SE Breakable (5)
19SW Fabric of which viscose is a variety (5)
20W Flowery necklaces (4)
21NE Movable flaps on airplane wings (8)
22W Long slender rod on a radio or television (7)
23SE Verily (6)
24NW “Praying” insect (6)
25SE Feverish (6)
26E Not hot (4)
26E Row of evenly-spaced pillars (9)
27SE Weapon on a submarine (7)
28SW Dock (4)
29SW Remove, as erroneous pencil marks (5)
30W More grating, as a voice (7)
31E Defend (7)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What toy dog breed originates from China?

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5, Episode 8: "Five" Got a Problem

PREVIOUS EPISODES
Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5"): click here
Episode 1 (Veg Out): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 2 (Baseball Baffler): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 3 (Musical Arrangement): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 4 (The Name Game): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 5 (The Concise Cinema Critic): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 6 (Nine Letters, All Alone): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 7 (Crossword Examination): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.
 
The total number of points scored is 6400. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $64.00. Four anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $320.00. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, possibly with the aid of the hint.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME
SEASON 5, EPISODE 8:
"FIVE" GOT A PROBLEM
Are you smart enough to help Kevin divide the grid into 5-cell regions while making sure that identical shapes don’t share an edge? He’s completely clueless!

(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle.)

Submit your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay tuned next week for Episode 8's hint and Episode 9's puzzle, a meta requiring the 8 previous answers to be solved. Good luck!

Wordy Wednesday 566: Section Six 56

WORDY WEDNESDAY #564
CODEWORDS 26 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Derek Allen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #565
PENT WORDS 113 (hint)
As of this writing, 12 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #566
SECTION SIX 56
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This puzzle’s grid has six rings and six sections. Each ring contains a series of words placed end to end, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise; all the words in a given ring will read in the same direction. Ring 1 (the outer ring) contains six answers that read clockwise; the starting spaces are numbered in the grid. Clues for the answers in the remaining rings are given in order, but their starting points and direction are for you to determine. The sections (separated by the heavy lines radiating from the center) will help you place the inner rings: in a given section, each ring segment contains all but one of the letters in the next segment outward. In other words, a section’s outermost segment contains six letters; the next segment inward contains five of those six letters in some order; and so on, until only one of the original six letters remains.

Arrange the letters in the starred spaces to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 6-letter word.
Ring 1
1 “____ Through the Tulips”
2 Marshmallow ingredient
3 Poem that may be Petrarchan
4 Thinly-sliced cured meat used in some sandwiches
5 Grizzly ____
6 Best possible

Ring 2
* Jae’Sean of the Houston Rockets
* Be a braggart
* Upper bound, as of poker bets
* Term for a government body or for a group of owls
* Spring or summer

Ring 3
* Eurasian ermine
* ____ tender
* Diminish the abilities of
* Estrange

Ring 4
* Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s ____
* Commonly consumed freshwater fish
* Hammer with a head shaped like a barrel

Ring 5
* Name shared by a bird and a shade of blue
* Type of tree seen on South Carolina’s state flag

Ring 6
* Child actress Shirley whose mother ensured that she always had exactly 56 curls in her hair

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Dallas suburb in which Frito-Lay is headquartered"?

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5, Episode 7: Crossword Examination

PREVIOUS EPISODES
Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5"): click here
Episode 1 (Veg Out): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 2 (Baseball Baffler): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 3 (Musical Arrangement): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 4 (The Name Game): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 5 (The Concise Cinema Critic): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 6 (Nine Letters, All Alone): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)
* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.
 
The total number of points scored is 5525. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $55.25. Four anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $276.25. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, possibly with the aid of the hint.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME
SEASON 5, EPISODE 7:
CROSSWORD EXAMINATION
Kevin has found this confusing crossword to be a real trial! Can you complete it?
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62
__ __ __ __ __ __ __
63 64 65 66 67 68 69

4 LETTERS
• ____ browns (breakfast item)
• Pay attention to, as a warning
• The Hawkeye State
• The front part of the lower leg
• Sink or ____
5 LETTERS
Robinson Crusoe author Daniel
• CR-V manufacturer
6 LETTERS
• Hell’s counterpart
• Baseball great Jackson
7 LETTERS
• Remorseful
• Speedy spotted feline
8 LETTERS
• Divert attention
• Power
11 LETTERS
• Device for grinding timber into small bits

(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle.)

Submit your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay tuned next week for Episode 7's hint and Episode 8's puzzle. Good luck!

Wordy Wednesday 565: Pent Words 113

WORDY WEDNESDAY #562
CODEWORDS 25 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Derek Allen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #563
ANACROSSWORD 35 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Nan **
Randy Rogers **
Jason Boomer **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #564
CODEWORDS 26 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #565
PENT WORDS 113
(click here for a PDF version)
In this puzzle, you must divide the grid into pentominoes (regions containing five cells each), and write a letter in each cell. The rows, reading from left to right, will contain the words hinted at by the Across clues. The letters in the pentominoes, in reading order (left to right starting with the top row), will form the words hinted at by the Pentominoes clues; these clues are presented in no particular order. (In the example, the rows spell PLANT, SHARE, and BITES, and the pentominoes spell the words PLANS, TREES, and HABIT.) Use the ACROSS answers to determine where the pentominoes are.
ACROSS (two answers per row):
1 Cylindrical Mexican wrap / “With this ring, I thee ____. . .”
2 Elk horn / Amount of space occupied by a two-dimensional figure
3 Guarded / Went over 21 in blackjack
4 Word on a conical cap / Force
5 Make a hole through, as an earlobe / Word on an octagonal sign
6 Star Trek: ____ New Worlds / Easy as ____
7 Nest in a cliff / Harry’s item
8 Body of traditional belief / Hook-and-loop fastener trademark
9 ____ in a Bottle (1999 film) / Ball honoree, in brief
10 Spreadsheet software included in Microsoft Office / Cuckoo
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Masked vigilante whose name means “fox” in Spanish
* I Know Why the ____ Bird Sings
* The Hate U Give novelist Thomas
* Brownish color named after a cuttlefish genus
* Accolade
* Like overcooked toast
* County in the East of England
* Carouse
* Mistake
* Yo-Yo Ma’s instrument
* Run away to get married
* “Georgia Time” singer Green
* Sacred song, as one from the Old Testament
* Fear greatly
* Maltreat
* Mythological enchantress who lived on the island of Aeaea
* Dark-colored hardwood
* “Don’t ____ fate!”

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 6-letter word for "Child actress Shirley whose mother ensured that she always had exactly 56 curls in her hair"?

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5, Episode 6: Nine Letters, All Alone

PREVIOUS EPISODES
Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5"): click here
Episode 1 (Veg Out): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 2 (Baseball Baffler): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 3 (Musical Arrangement): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 4 (The Name Game): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 5 (The Concise Cinema Critic): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)
* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.
 
The total number of points scored is 4750. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $47.50. Four anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $237.50. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, possibly with the aid of the hint.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME
SEASON 5, EPISODE 6:
NINE LETTERS, ALL ALONE
This puzzle has letters instead of numbers for some reason! Can you help Kevin fill it in?

(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle.)

Submit your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay tuned next week for Episode 6's hint and Episode 7's puzzle. Good luck!

Wordy Wednesday 564: Codewords 26

WORDY WEDNESDAY #561
SPICY GERMAN SAUSAGE (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Derek Allen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers **
Kenneth Wilson **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #562
CODEWORDS 25 (hint)
As of this writing, 8 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #563
ANACROSSWORD 35 (hint)
As of this writing, 12 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

THE END OF DOUBLE WORDY WEDNESDAYS
In order to simplify my blogging workflow, I will no longer post two Wordy Wednesdays on the last Wednesday of the month. Going forward, there will only be one Wordy Wednesday every week. Between Wordy Wednesday and Kevin's Puzzles at Home, I'm still offering over 75 free puzzles every year, so I'm hoping that I will be forgiven. I'm working on a new project that I hope to launch in 2024, and while I was at first concerned that I'd have to reduce my output much more than that (such as by cancelling Wordy Wednesdays during Kevin's Puzzles at Home), I feel pretty confident that such a drastic measure won't be necessary. I look forward to announcing my new project. . . and if I end up having egg on my face, lesson learned.

WORDY WEDNESDAY #564
CODEWORDS 26
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In the crossword puzzle above, every letter is represented by an integer from 1 through 26. You must decipher the code to reveal the words.

Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to spell the final answer, an eight-letter word.
 
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Mythological enchantress who lived on the island of Aeaea"?
* Patron Puzzle #113, which will be delivered on October 8, 2023, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Framelinks.

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5, Episode 5: The Concise Cinema Critic

PREVIOUS EPISODES
Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5"): click here
Episode 1 (Veg Out): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 2 (Baseball Baffler): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 3 (Musical Arrangement): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 4 (The Name Game): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.
 
The total number of points scored is 3950. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $39.50. Four anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $197.50. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, possibly with the aid of the hint.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME
SEASON 5, EPISODE 5:
THE CONCISE CINEMA CRITIC
When it comes to reviewing his favorite (and least favorite) films, Kevin likes to keep things brief.
“I didn’t laugh even once at this 1984 ‘comedy’ about a team fighting to rid New York City of paranormal phenomena. I give it 2 out of 12.”
“This 1991 film starring Robin Williams as Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman as the titular captain is underrated. I give it 3 out of 4.”
“I can sum up this 1942 Humphrey Bogart classic in 5 words: ‘Here’s looking at you, kid.’ I give it 8 out of 10.”
“This 2013 Disney flick has ‘Let It Go’ stuck in my head. Again. I give it 5 out of 6.”
“This 1980 comedy about the Bushwood Country Club is okay, but not even Bill Murray can make golf exciting. I give it 5 out of 10.”
“As you would probably expect about a movie named after a gambling establishment, this 1995 Martin Scorsese classic takes place in Las Vegas. I give it 4 out of 6.”
“I’m not a deer, but I still couldn’t help but cry at the scene in this 1942 film in which the title character’s mother gets shot. I give it 4 out of 5.”
“If you can’t afford a trip to Paris, the next best thing is this 2007 animated flick about a rodent chef named Remy. I give it 9 out of 11.”
“Too many people got unfair views about sharks from this 1975 Spielberg flick. I give it 2 out of 4.”
“All the dreams within dreams within dreams in this 2010 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio broke my brain, but after multiple viewings, Christopher Nolan’s genius truly showed. I give it 9 out of 9.”
“This 1976 film starring Sylvester Stallone as a boxer is one of the better sports movies I’ve ever seen. I give it 4 out of 5.”
“‘My Heart Will Go On’? More like this mediocre 1997 film will go on, and on, and on, and freaking on! When will the ship sink already and end my suffering? I give it 3 out of 7.”
“Even when I’m watching it on October 31, this 1978 horror film starring Jamie Lee Curtis fails to entertain me. I give it 1 out of 9.”
“Despite the title, I found this 2000 film directed by Christopher Nolan forgettable. I give it 2 out of 7.”
“This 2001 film in which Mike Myers voices an ogre is probably the perfect film. I give it 5 out of 5.”
“Michael Keaton does an incredible job playing the titular ‘freelance bio-exorcist’ in this 1988 horror comedy directed by the inimitable Tim Burton. I give it 9 out of 11.”
“Mara Wilson, in my eyes, will always be synonymous with the telekinetic title character of this 1996 movie based on a Roald Dahl book. I give it 6 out of 7.”
“This 2005 animated movie tells the story of New York City zoo animals who are shipped off to an island nation off the coast of Africa. I give it 7 out of 10.”

(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle.)

Submit your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay tuned next week for Episode 5's hint and Episode 6's puzzle. Good luck!

Wordy Wednesday 562: Codewords 25 & Wordy Wednesday 563: Anacrossword 35

WORDY WEDNESDAY #560
PENT WORDS 112 (answer)
Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Randy Rogers **
Bart Gold **
Kevin Orfield **
Patrick Jordan *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
Tower **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #561
SPICY GERMAN SAUSAGE 5 (hint)
As of this writing, 12 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH = DOUBLE WORDY WEDNESDAYS!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #562
CODEWORDS 25
(click here for a PDF version)
In the crossword puzzle above, every letter is represented by an integer from 1 through 26. You must decipher the code to reveal the words.

Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to spell the final answer, an eight-letter word.

WORDY WEDNESDAY #563
ANACROSSWORD 35
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(click here for rules)
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Cathy Bowen. Support me on Patreon at the Super Fan level ($5/month) and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the Ultra Fan level ($20/month) to suggest one seed word every month!
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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
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33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
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65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
__ __ __
97 98 99

• Reservation, as for a flight or a hotel room
• Disregard
• Alice’s cat in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
• It was built to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution: 2 wds.
• Dinner and a movie, perhaps (or, alternatively, making balanced): 2 wds.
• Charles Gounod opera
• “____ is where the heart is”
• Gland that can secrete milk
The Joe Rogan Experience, for one
• Actor who portrayed Zed in Men in Black: 2 wds.
• Talk back to
• Gastroenterologist’s concern
• George who sang “All My Ex’s Live in Texas”
• Provable mathematical proposition
• Food for ____
• Frugal
• Successfully oppose
• Quiver
• Like many a woven basket or chair

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* A Codewords!

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

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