Wordy Wednesday 83: Logicrossword 2 & Wordy Wednesday 84: Logicrossword 3

WORDY WEDNESDAY #81
2112 PIXELS (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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 a hint. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Edderiofer He **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Jack Lance **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley *

WORDY WEDNESDAY #82
LOGICROSSWORD (hint)
As of this writing, 8 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #83
LOGICROSSWORD 2
Shade in some cells in the grid below, and fill the rest with letters to form words left-to-right and top-to-bottom, crossword style. All words are Scrabble-legal (see scrabble.merriam.com); however, most of the words in the intended solution should be familiar.

* No two black cells share an edge. All the white cells are connected through their edges.
* The words CHECKMATE and EDIT read horizontally, as does another 9-letter word.
* The words RES and ZUGZWANG read vertically.
* The word BOZO intersects with the word ZETA.
* One row contains the word GNU and a 5-letter word.
* Row 2 contains the letters I and L.
* Row 4 contains a 2-letter word and a 5-letter word.
* Row 5 contains the word CASA.
* Row 7 contains the letter T.
* Columns C and D contain the same number of black cells.
* The black cell at H5 is the only black cell in column H.
* Cells A7 and G4 contain the same letter.
* Cells F3 and H4 contain the same letter.

WORDY WEDNESDAY #84
LOGICROSSWORD 3
Shade in some cells in the grid below, and fill the rest with letters to form words left-to-right and top-to-bottom, crossword style. All words are Scrabble-legal (see scrabble.merriam.com); however, most of the words in the intended solution should be familiar.

* No two black cells share an edge. All the white cells are connected through their edges.
* The word FETTUCINI reading horizontally intersects the word ALFREDO reading vertically.
* Row 1 contains a 9-letter word which ends in D and intersects the word UP.
* Row 6 contains the letter S.
* Some row contains a 3-letter word and a 4-letter word.
* Two consecutive rows contain 6-letter words.
* The only black cell in column A is in row 6.
* Column C contains a 5-letter word ending in Y.
* Some column contains the words ALA and CACHE.
* Some column contains the words ARE and EIKON.
* The words ACT and SHIED read somewhere in the grid.
* Cells A2 and A9 contain the same letter.
* Cells A8 and B9 contain the same letter.
* Cells D8 and G9 contain the same letter.

DORK IS YES!
My second album, Dork Is Yes!, is finally out! It consists of 24 tracks written in the Nintendo game WarioWare DIY. You can download it for free, or you can throw in a few bucks to motivate me to write more music. I might even write a special music track for you which I'll include in my next album. . . .

BATTLE OF LITS!
Some of you may remember that I designed a board game based on the Japanese logic puzzle LITS. Thanks to reader Jack Lance, Battle of LITS is now one of the many games available to play on BoardGameArena! Play for free against people all over the world. Whether you're X or O, use the rules of LITS to your advantage to leave more of your symbol showing than your opponent's symbol!

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Company associated with Clarus the Dogcow"?
* Patron Puzzle #8, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a Framelinks. All of the unchecked letters are given to you in a 21x21 crisscross grid; you must supply the rest to form words reading across and down. 136 letters need to be placed; 74 words will be formed.

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 82: Logicrossword

WORDY WEDNESDAY #80
PENT WORDS 16 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bo Green **
Bryce Herdt **
Izak Bulten *
John Bulten *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #81
2112 PIXELS (hint)
As of this writing, 7 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's a hint. Send your solutions 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 #82
LOGICROSSWORD
Shade in some cells in the grid below, and fill the rest with letters to form words left-to-right and top-to-bottom, crossword style. All words are Scrabble-legal (see scrabble.merriam.com); however, most of the words in the intended solution should be familiar.
* No two black cells share an edge. All the white cells are connected through their edges.
* The words GEWGAW and HORSESHOE read horizontally.
* The words ELDER and RADIATING read vertically.
* The words ATE, KA, and THORAX read somewhere in the grid.
* The words ABA and BONBON intersect.
* The row or column containing the word OUSTS contains another instance of the letter T.
* Row 4 contains a 4-letter word.
* Row 5 contains two words of the same length.
* Row 7 contains the letter S and exactly one black cell.
* Columns A and B both contain the letter P.
* Cell D2 contains the letter C.
* Some row or column contains three instances of the same letter.
* There are two instances of the letter V in the grid.

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* Two more Logicrosswords! Because I can already tell you want more!

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 81: 2112 Pixels

WORDY WEDNESDAY #79
PATHFINDER 2 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Peter Abide **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #80
PENT WORDS 16 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #81
2112 PIXELS
Remember how this blog's titled “A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog” even though the author doesn't post logic puzzles anymore? Looks like he's jumped the shark a second time: a “Wordy Wednesday” puzzle without words, not even instructions! This is quickly becoming “MIT Mystery Hunt Wednesday”. . . .
The answer is a single 5-letter word.

DORK IS YES!
16 tracks are now available from my upcoming album Dork Is Yes!. There is still time to buy the album early if you're desperate to hear the other 8 tracks before anyone else, but when the album drops on December 24, it will be a completely free download. Enjoy these 24 music tracks composed using Wario Ware DIY!

PUZZLE ADVENT CALENDAR!
Speaking of things that are released on a schedule of one a day, fellow puzzler David Millar has been continuing his annual tradition of posting a puzzle and sharing one clue a day for the 25 days leading up to Christmas. This year, he has two puzzles: a logic puzzle about a Christmas gift exchange, and three overlapping sudoku grids. If you're skilled at logic, you should be able to solve over half of the digits in the sudoku with just the first 16 grid pieces. As a public service announcement, though, after hitting a contradiction in my grid and sharing my solving process with David, he realized that there's a mistake in the current (as of this writing) version of day 15: there should be a bar between the top-left cell and the middle-left cell.

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* There are two instances of the letter V in the grid. (Spoiler alert!)

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 80: Pent Words 16

WORDY WEDNESDAY #78
MUSICAL WORD CHAIRS 2 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Peter Abide *
Adam Weaver **
Bo Green & Taylor Cooper **
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #79
PATHFINDER (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #80
PENT WORDS 16
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 below, 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 ____ and Jill (notorious 2011 movie) / Make tidy
2 Word of ____ / Drench
3 Main course / Four years, for Obama
4 One with a crystal ball, perhaps / Ravioli and such
5 Word in a John Stuart Mill title / Long period of time
6 ____ of Eden / Kitchen fixtures
7 It may be red or white / 60's cartoon hero Roger
8 Interfere with / Naked
9 Showed happiness / Richard of Pretty Woman
10 Magician Burton / Christopher of Back to the Future

PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* ¡____ Amigos! (1986 comedy)
* Emulate a baker, perhaps
* Spooky
* A knight's noble ride
* City in Italy famous for fashion
* The Perfect ____ (2000 movie)
* Violin relative
* Sheriff's star-shaped decoration
* "Rolling in the Deep" singer
* Enumerate
* Permian ____
* New Testament epistle author
* Verb attribute
* Family Feud host Harvey
* Fictional lawyer Perry
* "____ in the U.S.A." (Miley Cyrus song)
* City southeast of Phoenix
* ____ space

DORK IS YES!
I've continued to release one track per day of my upcoming album Dork Is Yes!; 8 tracks are now available to listen to (a full one-third!).

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* A puzzle without words?

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 79: Pathfinder 2

WORDY WEDNESDAY #77
MUSICAL WORD CHAIRS (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bo Green **
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
Note: One of my Patreon supporters recently cancelled their support. As a poor person myself, I am completely understanding; I can't afford to support all the people I like, either. I have decided that your name will appear in read if you were a patron at anytime between solving the puzzle and the solution appearing on my blog. It seems only fair.

WORDY WEDNESDAY #78
MUSICAL WORD CHAIRS 2 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #79
PATHFINDER 2
In this puzzle, each answer starts in the correspondingly numbered square, goes in some direction, and makes one or more right-angled turns as it winds through the grid. When you have finished, every white square will be used in exactly two entries.

Rearrange the letters in the shaded spaces to get the final answer.

1 Mindset (9)
2 Actress Field (5)
2 Dregs (8)
3 Like old corroded metal (5)
4 Song written by Joe Raposo and sung by a certain Muppet (1 2 3 6)
5 They die for their beliefs (7)
6 ____ the Lines (program on ESPN) (7)
7 Bamako is its capital (4)
8 Marine mammal with tusks (6)
8 Place to find greeters (7)
9 Magazine that publishes the list “The World's Billionaires” (6)
10 Boxing matches (5)
10 Elephant created by Jean de Brunhoff (5)
11 In essence (9)
12 What kids, teens, adults, and elders do in many YouTube videos (5)
13 Engage in a bank transaction, perhaps (7)
14 Grant (6)
15 It refracts light (5)
16 Card Sharks host Jim (5)
17 The ____ Game (terrible game show filmed in Hawaii) (7 4)
18 Instruments on which one might play the Song of Time (8)
19 Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea (5)
20 Donny who hosted Pyramid from 2002-2004 (6)
21 Hauls (4)
22 Church offering (5)
23 Provided assistance (5)
24 Japanese watch manufacturer (5)
25 Evian rival (6)

DORK IS YES!
Some of you might recall that I dabble in music. After 5 years, I am finally ready to drop my second album! Titled Dork Is Yes!, this album consists of 24 tracks all created using the music-making software included in the Nintendo DS game WarioWare DIY. I will release one track every day from now until December 24, at which point the album will become available for download on Bandcamp. You may buy the album early to gain immediate access to all the tracks, or wait until December 24 when it will be available for free. Also consider subscribing to my YouTube channel to be notified when I publish future tracks (and episodes of my alleged game show PrimeTime Concentration). I hope you will support my music-related efforts as well as my puzzle-related ones!

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a five-letter word for "Family Feud host Harvey"?

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 78: Musical Word Chairs 2

WORDY WEDNESDAY #76
SECTION SIX 7 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bo Green **
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #77
MUSICAL WORD CHAIRS (hint)
As of this writing, 11 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #78
MUSICAL WORD CHAIRS 2
The letters in these words are playing musical chairs; in each round, one letter gets dropped and the rest get rearranged. Write the clued 7-letter words in column A. Then drop one letter from each word and rearrange the rest to get a 6-letter word that goes in column B. Drop one more letter and rearrange what's left to get a 5-letter word to write in column C. The letters thus dropped, reading down the leftmost column and then the rightmost column, will spell a song title. The words in column C are clued in order, but you must determine where the words go in the other columns.
COLUMN A
* Team Fortress 2 class that can perform a rocket jump
* Firearm with a long barrel
* Sportswear designer Kors
* Do over and over and over, as programming instructions
* Kirk of Growing Pains
* Not native
* Office supply store that sells “easy” buttons
* A state in Mexico or a Dodge SUV

COLUMN B
* Punish a child, perhaps
* Border
* Duds
* Comes to an end, as a subscription
* Looked for
* The desire to cause someone harm
* Part of the eye
* Golden tunes of yesteryear

COLUMN C
1. Military surveillance, briefly
2. A river in Africa
3. A cube, for one
4. Characteristic
5. Out of style
6. “I'd walk a mile for a ____” (cigarette slogan of yore)
7. A melon is one
8. ____ Park (animated TV series)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a five-letter word for "What kids, teens, adults, and elders do in many YouTube videos"?
* Patron Puzzle #7, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a Pathfinder. Words snake around the grid horizontally and vertically; you're given the starting position and direction for each word, but the rest is up for you to determine. Every letter is used in two words; there are 54 words in all.
* Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month) will also receive issue #1 of Fox & Badger Magazine, which combines three of my favorite things: puzzles, Comic Sans, and clip art. A six-puzzle meta, "For Inner Peace", leads to a song title as its final answer. How frequent will this magazine be? It depends on how creative I'm feeling and what kind of feedback I get.

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 77: Musical Word Chairs

WORDY WEDNESDAY #75
PENT WORDS 15 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Peter Abide **
Adam Weaver **
Bo Green *
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #76
SECTION SIX 7 (hint)
A number of people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #77
MUSICAL WORD CHAIRS
The letters in these words are playing musical chairs; in each round, one letter gets dropped and the rest get rearranged. Write the clued 6-letter words in column A. Then drop one letter from each word and rearrange the rest to get a 5-letter word that goes in column B. Drop one more letter and rearrange what's left to get a 4-letter word to write in column C. The letters thus dropped, reading down the leftmost column and then the rightmost column, will spell a song title. The words in column C are clued in order, but you must determine where the words go in the other columns.
COLUMN A
* Seat in a palace
* Who ____ Roger Rabbit (1988 movie)
* Thin
* Common Wheel of Fortune category
* Former namesake of the Russian city of Volgograd
* Made smooth
* Nearly
* Like many casino games

COLUMN B
* ____ Dame
* See eye to eye
* Wanderer
* Hum
* Lying flat
* Carpenter's needs
* Some dairy beverages
* “All I Have to Do Is ____” (Everly Brothers song)

COLUMN C
1. Double ____ (Nickelodeon game show)
2. Send to Hell
3. Survive
4. ____ Against the Machine (metal band)
5. A mast might support it
6. Agrippina the Younger's son
7. Angry Video Game ____ Adventures (2013 video game)
8. A magician might cut and restore one

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a five-letter word for "'I'd walk a mile for a ____' (cigarette slogan of yore)"?

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 76: Section Six 7

WORDY WEDNESDAY #74
ANACROSSWORD 4 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Mark Tilford **
Peter Abide *
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Izak Bulten **
John Bulten *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #75
PENT WORDS 15 (hint)
As of this writing, 11 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #76
SECTION SIX 7

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.

Ring 1
1 ____ on the Mount
2 Like some skates: hyph.
3 Jewelry for many hip-hop artists
4 Matt of The Bourne Identity
5 Famous outlaw Barrow
6 Ulaanbaatar is its capital

Ring 2
* Company associated with Bibendum
* Word before "mistaken", sometimes
* ____ sense
* Theodor of kiddie lit fame
* Veggie on a pizza, perhaps

Ring 3
* Lohan of 1998's The Parent Trap
* Eau de ____
* Somber and serious
* 2007 film featuring the song "Falling Slowly"

Ring 4
* Foreigner hit: 3 wds.
* Kissing disease, briefly
* Sierra ____

Ring 5
* Building that's a feature of many a Western
* It depicts Queen Elizabeth II

Ring 6
* Apply a screwdriver to, perhaps

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a four-letter word for "Angry Video Game ____ Adventures (2013 video game)"?

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 75: Pent Words 15

WORDY WEDNESDAY #73
ANACROSSWORD 3 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Peter Abide **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
David Cohen **
Izak Bulten **
John Bulten *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #74
ANACROSSWORD 4 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #75
PENT WORDS 15
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 below, 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 Whooping ____ / Makes changes to
2 What a deceased person leaves behind / Casual conversation
3 "Rats!" / Country singer and cookbook author Yearwood
4 Hazard / Resurrection Sunday
5 Mystery Machine passenger who's always losing her glasses / A dating site
6 Bat from the Sonic video games / Nothing
7 Necklace part / A magnet has two
8 Charlton of The Ten Commandments / Present
9 Leave / What some pool players do
10 Cable ____ / Military hat

PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Very, very obvious
* The volume of one kilogram of water
* Armada
* Many a child's first set of wheels
* They're used to serve salad
* Seiko rival
* Consumed
* Well-known lighter brand
* Seat at a bar
* You ____ to Be in Pictures (1940 short film combining live-action and animation)
* Dog whisperer Millan
* "Engineered to ____" (Quicken Loans slogan)
* Treasure container, often
* "All joking ____. . ."
* Last-____ effort
* Certain gastropods
* One option for cancer patients
* Crematory's output

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What company is associated with Bibendum?

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 74: Anacrossword 4

WORDY WEDNESDAY #72
ANACROSSWORD 2 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Brian Michalowski **
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Peter Abide **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
David Cohen **
Izak Bulten **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #73
ANACROSSWORD 3 (hint)
As of this writing, 12 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #74
ANACROSSWORD 4
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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 78 79 80 81 82 83

Sandler of Grown Ups
Language this puzzle is in
Iambs and trochees
Astor House was one
Intense fire
The Muppet Show host
He delivers dairy
Grammy winner Cole
Noodle
Eye with greed
Atlantic-Pacific shortcut (2 wds.)
Symbol in a dictionary
A League of ____ Own (1992 movie)
“Obey Your ____” (Sprite slogan)
Saw, for example
Bravo TV series with Quickfire Challenges (2 wds.)
Rich cake
____ Peninsula (part of Mexico)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a five-letter word for "'Engineered to ____' (Quicken Loans slogan)"?
* Patron Puzzle #6, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a Snake Crisscross, a puzzle type which (as far as I can tell) was invented by my good friend Craig Kasper. Crisscross words read from left to right or top to bottom as you'd expect; snake words read along bendy paths in the grid. Every letter is used in one snake word and one or two crisscross words; there are 60 words in all.

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 73: Anacrossword 3

WORDY WEDNESDAY #71
ANACROSSWORD (answer)
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Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Peter Abide *
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #72
ANACROSSWORD 2 (hint)
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #73
ANACROSSWORD 3
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Actress Bledel of Gilmore Girls
It's connected to the heart
____ the Lions (PBS Kids series about reading)
Arena for Mason “The Line” Dixon (2 wds.)
Many Valentine's Day gifts
“Word ____” (Weird Al song)
Say Yes to the ____
The Moral Landscape author Sam
“____ Yourself” (Eminem song)
Tea party host voiced by Ed Wynn in a Disney movie (2 wds.)
Huey Lewis and the ____
amiibo manufacturer
Push forcefully
Begin
The second most populous city in Israel (2 wds.)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* Another Anacrossword! Wow, what a surprise.

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 72: Anacrossword 2

WORDY WEDNESDAY #69
HONEYCOMB (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. **
Edderiofer He **
Jack Bross **
M. Sean Molley **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #70
PENT WORDS 14 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #71
ANACROSSWORD 2 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #72
ANACROSSWORD 2
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____ pudding
One who checks you out
____ Tide (1995 Denzel Washington film)
“Slow Ride” band
Like someone who just woke up, possibly
Increase
Tool hurled at Mario by certain “Bros”
“Come, Thou Almighty ____”
Sleep Number offering
Toyota hybrid
____ pudding
Creature who gave King Midas the ability to turn things into gold
Parody
Stair
9x9 puzzle whose name is often misspelled and mispronounced (to the chagrin of yours truly)
Number of faces on an icosahedron
1965 Beatles hit which wasn't released as a single in the UK until 1976

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* Eminem, Huey Lewis, and Weird Al make musical appearances in another Anacrossword!

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 71: Anacrossword

WORDY WEDNESDAY #68
CROSSWORD OF EVEN MORE INTEGERS (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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 a hint. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt *
Jack Lance **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #69
HONEYCOMB (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved this puzzle from last week. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #70
PENT WORDS 14 (hint)
As of this writing, 8 people have solved this puzzle from last week. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #71
ANACROSSWORD

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Absolutely amaze
A deep double reed woodwind instrument
Super Smash Bros. ____ (Wii game)
Draw in air
Author Wharton
A protester might burn one
____ Montana (Disney Channel series)
“Turning ____” (hit for The Vapors)
Comedian Kimmel
Tableland
Mutter indistinctly
Hippocratic ____
Make less dull, as a knife or a pencil
What a plainclothes officer doesn't wear
“What's it ____ to you?”
With The, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings novel about Jody Baxter
Star Wars character voiced by Frank Oz


COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What creature gave King Midas the ability to turn things into gold?

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 69: Honeycomb & Wordy Wednesday 70: Pent Words 14

WORDY WEDNESDAY #67
DIVIDED INTO 100 CELLS 2 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Brian Michalowski **
Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Izak Bulten *
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #68
CROSSWORD OF EVEN MORE INTEGERS (hint)
As of this writing, 7 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's a hint. Send your solutions 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 #69
HONEYCOMB
Each answer is 6 letters long, and is to be entered clockwise or counterclockwise around the correspondingly numbered black cell; the direction and starting point of each answer is for you to determine.
Arrange the letters in the 8 shaded cells to form the final answer word.
1. Round collectible glass object
2. Johnny-come-____
3. Word between “mulatto” and “mosquito” in Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
4. Apprentice of sorts
5. Actor Gary
6. Socratic ____
7. Absolutely despise
8. Character on The Magic School Bus who's constantly wishing he'd stayed home today
9. It might be used as a chew toy
10. Zapp Brannigan's favorite fabric on Futurama
11. Certain pool toy
12. Sweatshirt that covers your head
13. Philosopher Dennett
14. It borders California
15. Model Evelyn
16. Wildcat of Africa
17. Get even for
18. Ramsay of Hell's Kitchen
19. ____ theater
20. Capital of Austria
21. Mount of ____ (Biblical location)
22. ____, Stills & Nash
23. Product 19, for one
24. It borders California
25. Pay no attention to
26. Supposed object of “the surgeon's photo” (actually a toy submarine with a fake serpent head attached)
27. Axis & ____
28. Repeated word in the song “Rawhide”
29. Like Fifty Shades of Grey
30. “It is worth ____ that. . .”
31. Step down
32. A city in Ukraine or in Texas
33. Keeper
34. Felt sorry for
35. Lyricist Taupin
36. Gave a curious look
37. Small canine with a predisposition towards using humans as a seat, perhaps

WORDY WEDNESDAY #70
PENT WORDS 14

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 above, 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 Rib / Becomes less hot
2 Ready, willing, and ____ / Island that's part of New York
3 Big name in beer / Looking 4 Myself singer
4 What's My ____? / What seasons do
5 She starred alongside Bea, Estelle, and Rue / Island that's part of Texas
6 TV series with Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus / Popular fur for coats
7 Is victorious / Arizona senator John
8 Improvise a bookmark, perhaps: hyph. / ____ rock
9 ____ and void / Novel title character Gray
10 Vehicle in the board game Ticket to Ride / Classical composer Georges

PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Highly energetic
* Tree whose pod tastes similar to chocolate
* Country singer Black
* Location of the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
* Enjoy the roses, perhaps
* "____ once was a man from Nantucket. . ."
* Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner's stage name
* Mod's higher-up in a forum's hierarchy
* Pulitzer ____
* Build
* Prop for Bob Ross
* Suddenly ____ (old NBC sitcom)
* Empty, as a bathtub
* ____ Rica
* Verboten
* As Above, So ____ (2014 horror film)
* Foodstuff favored by Homer Simpson
* Fashion designer and former actress Ashley

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What character from Star Wars was voiced by Frank Oz?
* Patron Puzzle #5, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a pair of Codewords. 58 words await your deciphering.

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 68: Crossword of Even More Integers

WORDY WEDNESDAY #66
SECTION SIX 6 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. **
Edderiofer He **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
M. Sean Molley **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw *

WORDY WEDNESDAY #67
DIVIDED INTO 100 CELLS 2 (hint)
As of this writing, 11 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #68
CROSSWORD OF EVEN MORE INTEGERS
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. Once you're done, look for the puzzle's final answer, a nine-letter word.

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* Which character on The Magic School Bus constantly wishes he'd stayed home?
* It's a fifth Wednesday double feature! What kind of vehicle is in the board game Ticket to Ride?

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 67: Divided Into 100 Cells 2

WORDY WEDNESDAY #65
PENT WORDS 13 (answer)
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Christian H.P. **
Giovanni Pagano **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Izak Bulten **
John Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #66
SECTION SIX 6 (hint)
As of this writing, 11 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #67
DIVIDED INTO 100 CELLS 2
“____ ship!”: A10 J6 H5 C4 C6 F10 G1
Canid whose fur changes color with the seasons: 2 wds.: F9 D1 G3 E7 D3 J8 B9 A7 A2
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's assistant: E1 F3 H2 G4 A5 F8
Cryptocurrency featuring a Shiba Inu : D7 G7 A4 B3 B1 I9 E10 J2
Bakery staple: C5 E9 E5 D4 I4
18 of them appear in the above grid in word search fashion (and scientists know of 100 more): I6 F5 H9 C10 C3 I10 J3 H8
“____ minds need to know” (tabloid slogan): J10 E6 I2 D9 C8 A9 G2 C2 H4
Actress Dakota: C7 J5 G9 A6 H10 H3 A8
Like the U.S. Government: E2 J1 I5 G5 I8 D2 J4
A camel's can store up to 80 pounds of fat: F2 B8 H1 B4
Scar is one: G6 E8 D8 J9
City that hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times: D6 A1 H6 I1 D5 G8
Fast and ____: F7 B6 F1 F4 H7
Emulate a cat, perhaps: B5 I3 E3 B10
Religious leader who's educated in halacha: B2 C1 F6 D10 I7
Popular music genre in Louisiana: E4 A3 G10 C9 B7 J7


COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* The numbers 1 through 26: back by popular demand! (Disclaimer: popular demand may be completely fabricated)

Until next time, yappy solving!

Wordy Wednesday 66: Section Six 6

WORDY WEDNESDAY #64
CHESS WORDS 2 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil 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:
Christian H.P. *
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
Mark Tilford **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Izak Bulten **
John Bulten *
Jack Lance **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #65
PENT WORDS 13 (hint)
10 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your solutions 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 #66
SECTION SIX 6
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.

Ring 1
1 State where Tempe (home of patron Daren Crevan) is located
2 Ravine formed by water erosion
3 Capital of the Bahamas
4 It merged with Mobil
5 ABC drama set in Tennessee
6 Dry

Ring 2
* It keeps your car from going off the road
* They may be illegal
* The Piltdown Man, for one
* A type of harassment
* A synthetic material, or a fashion magazine

Ring 3
* Pretty sneaky way to win Connect Four
* Many an Android device
* Sandbar
* Goneril's father

Ring 4
* A bobcat, for example
* Item in a beachcomber's collection
* Toothless, for one

Ring 5
* Breathed out
* Torture

Ring 6
* Super Mario ____ (2007 video game)


COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a six-letter word for "City that hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times"?

Until next time, yappy solving!

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