Wordy Wednesday 535: Pent Words 107 & Wordy Wednesday 536: Section Six 53

WORDY WEDNESDAY #533
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 22 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Stephen Potter **
Tyler Hinman **
Derek Allen *
Ezra Brauner **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #534
FRAMELINKS 17 (hint)

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LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH = DOUBLE WORDY WEDNESDAYS!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #535
PENT WORDS 107
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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 Group of theatrical performers / Star Trek: The ____ Generation
2 Gain alternative / Valley formed by a river
3 ____ Punk (electronic music duo) / “Modest” name of a Texas city
4 Light quantum / Three-____ sloth
5 Relaxation’s partner / One who dies for not renouncing a religion
6 Jamaican music genre / Mild, as punishment
7 Fool / Siberian spitz
8 Most adorable / It lists restaurant dishes
9 Actor Guinness / Truthful
10 “All My ____ Friends Are Coming Over Tonight” (Hank Williams Jr. song) / Bird’s roost
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Oman’s neighbor to the southwest
* “Three’s a ____”
* Musical sounds
* Character voiced by Chris Pratt in a 2023 movie
* Extremely excited
* ____ of Wells Fargo (1957-1962 TV western)
* Sanka offering, briefly
* Double ____ (jump rope game)
* Tom ____ (small folkloric character)
* Completely destroyed
* “Private ____” (B-52’s hit)
* Praise highly
* Monikers
* The Long Ranger’s companion
* Richter ____
* Fishy surname of baseball player Mike
* Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
* Destitute

WORDY WEDNESDAY #536
SECTION SIX 53
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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 six starred spaces to form the final answer, a 6-letter word.

Ring 1
1 Movie critic Roger
2 Group of fish
3 Place to skate or play hockey: 2 wds.
4 Beyond dreadful
5 Election loser: hyph.
6 Certain batting technique in baseball

Ring 2
* Type of light that flashes
* Some male choir members
* Genesis tower site
* Weather-related term for someone who attracts new clients
* Scottish body of water

Ring 3
* Muck
* Like a sponge
* “____, Can You Spare a Dime?”
* Grant temporary use of

Ring 4
* Yellowjacket relative
* Bandit
* The Executioner’s Song author Norman

Ring 5
* Off the ground, as a plane
* One of a golf course’s 18

Ring 6
* Car from a series of Disney movies which is emblazoned with the number 53
 

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A puzzle that will have you feeling "route"-numbered!

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

Wordy Wednesday 534: Framelinks 17

WORDY WEDNESDAY #532
CODEWORDS 23 (answer)

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Cathy Bowen *
Michael Lebowitz **
Tyler Hinman **
Ezra Brauner **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #533
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 22 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #534
FRAMELINKS 17
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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, an 8-letter word.

A A A A A A A A A A A A   B B B   C C C C   D   E E E E E E E   F   H H   I I I I   K K   M M M M   N
O O O O O O O   P P P P   R R   S S S S S   T T T T T T T T   U   W   Y   Z

 

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 5-letter word for "Character voiced by Chris Pratt in a 2023 movie"?
* What's a 6-letter word for "Car from a series of Disney movies which is emblazoned with the number 53"?

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

Wordy Wednesday 533: Snake Crisscross 22

WORDY WEDNESDAY #530
PENT WORDS 106 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Nan **
Stephen Potter **
Tyler Hinman **
Derek Allen **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #531
FRAMELINKS 16 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad **
Stephen Potter **
Michael Lebowitz **
Tyler Hinman **
Derek Allen **
Ezra Brauner **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #532
CODEWORDS 23 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #533
SNAKE CRISSCROSS 22
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This puzzle’s crisscross grid contains entries which read across and down as normal; these are defined in alphabetical order by length under the heading “Crisscross Words”. The grid also needs to be divided into a number of areas which follow a single clear path, called “snakes”. Each of these snakes contains an entry reading from one end of the path to the other; these are defined in alphabetical order by length under the heading “Snake Words”. You must determine how the grid is divided into snakes and which entry corresponds to each snake.

Arrange the letters in the highlighted cells to form the final answer, an 8-letter word.

CRISSCROSS WORDS
3 LETTERS
Morning moisture
“Able was I ____. . .”
Not well
Certain limb
Commit a moral infraction
4 LETTERS
Hearing organs
Maleficent
A type of pitcher
Fete
Heap, as of dirty laundry
Horse-riding need
5 LETTERS
Noted Italian poet
Made a mistake
Furniture namesake Allen
Papas of The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Gillan who played Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy
Part of a flower
“No ____, No Cry” (Bob Marley hit)
6 LETTERS
Trainee at a workplace
Some stockings
President Reagan’s first name
Completely emotionless
1980’s term for an affluent city dweller
7 LETTERS
Attachment to a mountain climber’s shoe
Jiggly dessert
Showing signs of foot pain, in a way
8 LETTERS
Musically-inclined phantom in the Monster High franchise
12 LETTERS
Philadelphia-based life insurance company: 2 wds.

SNAKE WORDS
5 LETTERS
____ the Dragon (1973 martial arts film)
Coffee shop purchase
“What am I, chopped ____?”
Florida senator Rubio
Did a lawn chore
Extend, as a subscription
6 LETTERS
Hooded jacket
Become enlarged
South Dakota’s capital
Pay: 2 wds.
Moves a houseplant, perhaps
More diminutive
7 LETTERS
Item for receiving a radio signal
C₂H₅OH, familiarly
Felonious
Encroach, as on a right
Tel Aviv resident
8 LETTERS
Ordinary: 2 wds.

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A Framelinks!

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

Wordy Wednesday 532: Codewords 23

WORDY WEDNESDAY #529
HEX PATHFINDER 33 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Stephen Potter **
Tyler Hinman *
Derek Allen **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #530
PENT WORDS 106 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #531
FRAMELINKS 16 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #532
CODEWORDS 23
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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 "Gillan who played Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy?"
* Patron Puzzle #107, which will be delivered on April 8, 2023, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a pair of Codewords.

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

Wordy Wednesday 530: Pent Words 106 & Wordy Wednesday 531: Framelinks 16

WORDY WEDNESDAY #528
SPICY GERMAN SAUSAGE 3 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
James Haddad **
Michael Lebowitz **
Stephen Potter **
Derek Allen *
Jason Boomer **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #529
HEX PATHFINDER 33 (hint)

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LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH = DOUBLE WORDY WEDNESDAYS!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #530
PENT WORDS 106
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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 Sesame, for one / Line on a weather map, perhaps
2 Not a moment too ____ / City in Penobscot County, Maine
3 A creditor’s right to hold a debtor’s property / Haunting
4 “____, won’t you blow your horn?” / Super Mario ____ (2015 video game in which players can create their own Mario levels)
5 Giant dust cloud in space / “Hit the ____ Jack” (Ray Charles hit)
6 Male offspring / Foxy
7 ____ Pio (2022 film in which Shia LaBeouf plays an Italian saint) / Funny
8 Set up, as computer software / Sweet potato
9 Gets a point / “Lone” shape on the Texas flag
10 Annoy / Air Jordan manufacturer
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Assent
* A Night at the ____ (Queen album)
* Preserved by adding salt, as meat
* Daniel of Home Alone
* Favor, slangily
* Ohio city known as the “Rubber Capital of the World”
* Long-necked wading bird
* 2020 title role for Liu Yifei
* Australian canine
* Street Fighter character M. ____
* Long lock of hair
* Political gathering
* Senseless
* Seat in a park, often
* Radio Flyer vehicle, briefly
* Andean pack animal
* Listerine alternative
* Zaragoza’s country

WORDY WEDNESDAY #531
FRAMELINKS 16
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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, an 8-letter word.

A A A A A A B C C C C C D E E E E E E E E E E E G H H H I I L L L L M M M M M
N N N N O O O O O O O P R R R R R S S S T T T T T T U V W

 

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A Codewords!

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

Wordy Wednesday 529: Hex Pathfinder 33

WORDY WEDNESDAY #527
FOXGERYPTICS 17 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
M. Sean Molley **
Michael Lebowitz **
Stephen Potter **
Tyler Hinman **
Derek Allen *
Ezra Brauner *
Kevin Orfield **
Patrick Jordan **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #528
SPICY GERMAN SAUSAGE 3 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #529
HEX PATHFINDER 33
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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 7-letter word.

1E Victoria’s Secret purchase (8)
2NE War of 1812 battle site (10, 2 wds.)
3NE Catch sight of (4)
4NW Skyscraper also known as Freedom Tower (19, 4 wds.)
4SW Fierce attack (9)
5NW Movement influenced by Cubism (7, 2 wds.)
6NE “____ All Angels” (Train song) (7)
7SE Garment worn by women in India (4)
8SE Sound at a comedy club (8)
9W Hidden feature on a DVD, for one (9, 2 wds.)
10SE 1997 film starring Pierce Brosnan as volcanologist Harry Dalton (10, 2 wds.)
11SW Talk pompously (5)
12E Eschatological event (10)
13NE Small opening in your skin (4)
14SE Rodent-related term for an endless strenuous pursuit (7, 2 wds.)
15SW A refugee seeks this (6)
16SE Physical strength (6)
17E Take back, as a belief (6)
18NE The white parts of the eyes (7)
19SW Schweppes product (9, 2 wds.)
20E Prohibition-era establishment (9)
21SE Ate or drank (8)
22W Is rueful (7)
23NW Pertaining to canines (6)
24NE Excite (6)
25NW Musical with the song “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (8)
26W Word following “smoke” or “touch” (6)
26SE Scornful facial expression (5)
27SW Cadillac SUV model (8)
28NW Students at a police academy (6)
29NE Securely close, as an envelope (4)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 5-letter word for "A Night at the ____ (Queen album)"?
* A Framelinks!

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

Wordy Wednesday 528: Spicy German Sausage 3

WORDY WEDNESDAY #526
SECTION SIX 52 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Stephen Potter **
Tyler Hinman **
Derek Allen **
Ezra Brauner **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #527
FOXGERYPTICS 17 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #528
SPICY GERMAN SAUSAGE 3
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This puzzle contains a word suggested by Jason Boomer. 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 a German Sausage, a type of puzzle originating from the National Puzzlers League, when you take the indicated pairs of answers to the clues from the first list, combine their letters, and anagram them, you get the answers to the clues from the second list. (For example, ANAGRAM and SEGUES can be combined and anagrammed to make GERMAN SAUSAGE.) However, in this variation, you must add an extra letter to each pair of answers to make the longer answer (for example, you might make GERMAN SAUSAGE from ANAGRAM and GUESS plus an extra E).

Rearrange the added letters in (parentheses) to make a 6-letter word, and rearrange the added letters in [square brackets] to make a 6-letter word. Write these words in the final set of blanks, and rearrange the letters in {curly braces} to make a 6-letter word, the final answer.

1. Yellow finch
2. Chevrolet plug-in hybrid
3. One who can predict the future
4. Lacking slack, as a rope
5. Cut a ____ (dance)
6. The Atlantic or the Pacific
7. ____ and haw
8. Defamatory statement
9. Beefcake
10. Center, as of an apple
11. Verb on a ticket, often
12. Conservative talk radio host Larry, or someone who is more advanced in years

1+2+(__). Possessing extrasensory perception
2+3+[__]. First Lady Eleanor
3+4+(__). Crush of Finding Nemo is one: 2 wds.
4+5+[__]. Articulated in the throat
5+6+(__). Hearten
6+7+[__]. Lizard with the ability to camouflage itself
7+8+(__). Add fanciful details to, as a story
8+9+[__]. American Revolution battle site in Boston: 2 wds.
9+10+(__). Term for an uncouth person which suggests a coarse body part
10+11+[__]. Pertaining to government by the people
11+12+(__). Tolkien setting: hyph.
12+1+[__]. Period from January 1 to December 31: 2 wds.

(Parentheses): {__} {__} {__} __ __ __
[Square brackets]: {__} {__} __ __ {__} __
{Curly braces}: __ __ __ __ __ __

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 10-letter, 2-word answer for "1997 film starring Pierce Brosnan as volcanologist Harry Dalton"?

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

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 3: 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 was 8900. Thus, the final money pool for the Palm Beach County Food Bank is $89.00. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $356.00.

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 May when I plan to launch Season 4! The puzzles are already written and tested, so all that's left to do is wait patiently for May to roll around!

Wordy Wednesday 527: Foxgeryptics 17

WORDY WEDNESDAY #524
ANACROSSWORD 30 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Nan **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #525
PENT WORDS 105 (answer)

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Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Stephen Potter **
Tyler Hinman **
Ezra Brauner *
Kevin Orfield **
Patrick Jordan *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #526
SECTION SIX 52 (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 #527
FOXGERYPTICS 17
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Insert a single letter in each space of each grid so that each grid's five rows and five columns spells a word from left to right or top to bottom (including the letters outside the grid).

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

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What lizard has the ability to camouflage itself?

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

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 3: Final hint and final week!

PREVIOUS EPISODES

Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 3"): click here

Episode 1 (Name That Toon): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 4 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 2 (Fuzzy Flock): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 3 (Tricky Triplets): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 4 (Totally A-Mazed): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 18 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 5 (People of Note): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 6 (Pain by Numbers): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 7 (Fill Me In): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 18 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 8 (Fix My Flicks): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 9 (Meta) (Mix-Up): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)

* 18 people solved this within the first week for 100 points apiece.

The total number of points scored is 8900. Thus, the current money pool for the Palm Beach County Food Bank is $89.00. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $362.00. 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 526: Section Six 52

WORDY WEDNESDAY #523
ANACROSSWORD 29 (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 **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Stephen Potter **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #524
ANACROSSWORD 30 (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 #525
PENT WORDS 105 (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 #526
SECTION SIX 52
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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 six starred spaces to form the final answer, a 6-letter word.

Ring 1
1 Turned down
2 Exam
3 Comic Graham who hosted the game show Cram
4 Video in which footage is sped up: 2 wds.
5 Saturday Night Live alum Carvey
6 Certain courtroom employee, briefly

Ring 2
* Signify
* Sink or ____
* Three-____ sloth
* Agreeable
* Yarn

Ring 3
* Argue
* Pair
* Perfect
* ____ by Me (1986 film starring Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix)

Ring 4
* Vice President Stevenson
* Record label named after a nickname for Detroit
* They connect muscles to bones

Ring 5
* Chinese dumpling
* Cured sausage that’s common in sandwiches

Ring 6
* Presidential surname shared by Cindy and Ricky of The B-52’s

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A pair of Foxgeryptics!
* Patron Puzzle #106, which will be delivered on March 8, 2023, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Mini-Puzzle Fun Pack.

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

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 3, Episode 9 (Meta): Mix-Up

PREVIOUS EPISODES

Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 3"): click here

Episode 1 (Name That Toon): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 4 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 2 (Fuzzy Flock): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 3 (Tricky Triplets): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 4 (Totally A-Mazed): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 18 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 5 (People of Note): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 6 (Pain by Numbers): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 7 (Fill Me In): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 18 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 8 (Fix My Flicks): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.

The total number of points scored is 7075. Thus, the current money pool for the Palm Beach County Food Bank is $70.75. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $283.00. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, 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 3, EPISODE 9:

MIX-UP

(click here for a PDF version)

Oh no! Kevin has been trapped in an ordinary newspaper puzzle, and you’ll need to solve it to help him escape!

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(The above illustration by Tintinabar is, shockingly enough, 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 524: Anacrossword 30 & Wordy Wednesday 525: Pent Words 105

WORDY WEDNESDAY #522
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 14 (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:
Cathy Bowen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Tyler Hinman **
Jason Boomer **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #523
ANACROSSWORD 29 (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 #524
ANACROSSWORD 30
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97
• Occurring every year
• Casino card game related to chemin de fer
• Mixture
• Portuguese-Brazilian dancer famous for wearing a fruit hat: 2 wds.
• Cindy of Fair Game (1995)
• “Good ____ make good neighbors”
• 2006 animated film about a dancing penguin: 2 wds.
• Cerebral
• Vicious mammal whose thick skin allows it to raid beehives undeterred by bee stings: 2 wds.
• ____ crab
• Gas in a sign, perhaps
• Norway’s capital
• California Congressman Adam
• Tiny bit of facial hair just below the lower lip: 2 wds.
• “Riders on the ____” (hit for The Doors)
• Sarandon of Thelma & Louise (1991)
• Zion National Park’s state

WORDY WEDNESDAY #525
PENT WORDS 105
(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 House of the ____ (HBO series since 2022) / Jerk
2 Head-scratcher / Buddies
3 Become wrinkly like a raisin / Baseball great Ott
4 Doctor ____ in the Multiverse of Madness / ____ Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
5 Maker of the Telstar video game consoles / Entreat
6 Have not / Brit’s afternoon drinking vessel, perhaps
7 Ketchum’s first name in the Pokémon anime / Merlot merchant
8 Surname of the actor who played Hercules in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys / Sheepish sound
9 “Dancing Queen” group / Injured part of skin
10 Certain arctic dwelling / “Go down, ____, way down in Egypt’s land. . .”
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* First name of the actor who played Hercules in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
* Torture
* Sniffing organs
* Slant
* The Mississippi or the Colorado
* Sharp
* 16:9 or 4:3
* Rodeo rope
* ____ rehearsal
* Bundles of hay
* Partner of Barnes
* 1989-1997 sitcom starring Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox
* Tree whose leaf is on the Canadian flag
* Jewish law scholar
* Joint between the foot and the leg
* ____ Us (2018 social deduction video game)
* What an insomniac has difficulty getting
* Melancholy

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 6-letter word for "Presidential surname shared by Cindy and Ricky of The B-52’s"?

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

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 3, Episode 8: Fix My Flicks

PREVIOUS EPISODES

Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 3"): click here

Episode 1 (Name That Toon): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 4 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 2 (Fuzzy Flock): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 3 (Tricky Triplets): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 4 (Totally A-Mazed): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 18 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 5 (People of Note): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 6 (Pain by Numbers): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 7 (Fill Me In): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)

* 18 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece. 

The total number of points scored is 6150. Thus, the current money pool for the Palm Beach County Food Bank is $61.50. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $246.00. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hints.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME

SEASON 3, EPISODE 8:

FIX MY FLICKS

(click here for a PDF version)

Kevin likes these movies, but he believes that some small changes could make them even better.

“This 1978 drama about steelworkers who are sent to fight in the Vietnam War could have earned even more profit if it had a prophet.”
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“Val Kilmer plays thief-for-hire Simon Templar in this thrilling 1997 flick. My version would be particularly focused on the period of time that Simon spends doing something.”
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“In this 1984 movie, Eddie Murphy plays a Detroit police officer who relocates to California. I would seek a sponsorship from a brand of cough drops.”
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“Jim Carrey is okay in this 1994 superhero comedy, but I think that Mr. Hamill would be better.”
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“This 1995 Pixar classic needs a scene in which a truck arrives to take away Andy’s parents’ car.”
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“In my version of this 1969 Western, Rooster Cogburn would have a particular manner of walking.”
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“In this 1978 film, a Los Angeles Rams quarterback, played by Warren Beatty, is mistakenly taken to the afterlife by his guardian angel and returns in the body of a millionaire industrialist, whom I think should have an ugly protuberance on his body, like a bump on a toad.”
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“This 2011 fantasy movie is loosely based on a fairy tale about a ‘little’ girl. In my version, the titular crimson-cloak-wearing character will have a penchant for ascending.”
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“In my remake of a 1999 horror movie, those Maine residents will have a fighting chance against that 30-foot crocodile when they are armed with an implement for gathering leaves.”
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“This 2003 Disney movie about an Inuit hunter should have him transformed into a wild pig rather than a brown ursine creature.”
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“In this 2006 romantic comedy, Russell Crowe plays a British investment broker who finds love. In my version, he is also a Shakespearean king.”
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“In my take on this 1996 film, Earth is under siege, not from aliens, but from a female horse.”
__ __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __ __! ➔ __ __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __ __!

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(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 metapuzzle requiring the previous 8 answers to be solved. Good luck!

Wordy Wednesday 523: Anacrossword 29

WORDY WEDNESDAY #521
CODEWORDS 22 (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 **
Michael Lebowitz **
Tyler Hinman **
Ezra Brauner **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #522
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 14 (hint)

As of this writing, 7 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 #523
ANACROSSWORD 29
(click here for a PDF version)
(click here for rules)

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• One trying to transmute lead into gold
• Falcon ____ (80’s soap opera)
• Chopper
• Agitate
• Signed up for the armed forces
• Pliant
• How the ____ Stole Christmas! (Dr. Seuss book)
• Classifier in a Tweet, perhaps
• 1982 Duran Duran hit sung by a “Big Bad” character in the Shrek short Far Far Away Idol: 4 wds.
• Concept
• ____ speaker
• Become educated
• Sockeye, for one
• Prophet
• Scottish clan’s textile
• Rant
• Mnemosyne, for one
 

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What vicious mammal's thick skin allows it to raid beehives undeterred by bee stings?
* What's a 5-letter word for "1989-1997 sitcom starring Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox"?

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

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 3, Episode 7: Fill Me In

PREVIOUS EPISODES

Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 3"): click here

Episode 1 (Name That Toon): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 4 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 2 (Fuzzy Flock): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 3 (Tricky Triplets): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 4 (Totally A-Mazed): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 18 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 5 (People of Note): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 6 (Pain by Numbers): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.

The total number of points scored is 5175. Thus, the current money pool for the Palm Beach County Food Bank is $51.75. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $207.00. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hints.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME

SEASON 3, EPISODE 7:

FILL ME IN

(click here for a PDF version)

Can you help Kevin figure out where the answer to each clue belongs before he shouts cross words from his frustration?

3 LETTERS
Six-pack muscles, briefly
Picnic pest
Joan of ____
Month before Sep.
Consume food
Be all and ____ all
1/10,000,000 of a joule
Cooling device
Item worn on the head
Cartographer’s creation
Spoil
So-so
Farrow of The Purple Rose of Cairo
Neither’s partner
Tree with acorns
Not young
Cheer at a bullfight
Snap and Crackle’s cohort
“O ____, can you see. . .”
The Caspian is one
4 LETTERS
Tennis great Arthur
Partiality
Acquire through effort
Genesis garden site
Jazz singer Fitzgerald
Not quiet
Nothing more than
Genuine
5 LETTERS
Change (ALERT anagram)
Beginning (STONE anagram)
6 LETTERS
Pleasant smells
Sneaks off to get married
A meal’s main course
Likely
Conclude one’s career
Singer-songwriter Swift

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(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 522: DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 14

WORDY WEDNESDAY #519
ANACROSSWORD 28 (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 **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Nan **
Tyler Hinman **
Jason Boomer **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #520
PENT WORDS 104 (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 **
Joe Bernard **
Michael Lebowitz **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #521
CODEWORDS 22 (hint)

As of this writing, 7 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 #522
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 14
(click here for a PDF version)
(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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Item on the floor in front of a shower, perhaps: 2 wds. __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Emerge from an egg __ __ __ __ __
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Submarine sandwich __ __ __ __ __ __
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The smallest amount __ __ __ __
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Abdominal exercise named after a cutting item __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Extinct elephant relative __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Black and tan dog breed __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Good fortune, as in making discoveries __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Put up with __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Japanese or English establishment serving refreshments __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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It’s displayed by an oscilloscope __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                                  77 01 65 22 59 30 47 05

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What 1982 Duran Duran hit was sung by a “Big Bad” character in the Shrek short Far Far Away Idol?

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