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

WORDY WEDNESDAY #528
SPICY GERMAN SAUSAGE 3 (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 **
Michael Lebowitz **
Stephen Potter **
Derek Allen *
Jason Boomer **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #529
HEX PATHFINDER 33 (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!

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)

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 **
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)

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 #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)

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 **
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)

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 #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)

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 **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #525
PENT WORDS 105 (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 **
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!