Wordy Wednesday 620: Pent Words 124

WORDY WEDNESDAY #618
ANACROSSWORD 41 (answer)

Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
Michael Lebowitz **
Nan *
Pavel Curtis **
Russ Kale **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #619
SUDOKUROSTIC 6 (hint)

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

WORDY WEDNESDAY #620
PENT WORDS 124
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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 Mia Hamm’s sport / On a boat on the ocean
2 Place of worship / Inch, foot, or yard
3 Fabric sample / Green vegetable related to cabbage
4 Companion of Simon and Theodore / It’s held in a courtroom
5 Certain Volkswagen model / Semicircular vaulted recess
6 Furor / Like all prime numbers except for 2
7 Red ____ (children’s game) / Surname of the family from the soap opera Dallas
8 Fungus used in brewing / Bell’s sound
9 Give a darn / Creature from the Black ____ (1954 film)
10 Sticky stuff / Part of a retirement plan, often
PENTOMINOES:
• HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
• Narrow shelf projecting from a vertical surface
• Bulbous vegetable
• Unlocks or unlatches
• Stone lined with crystals
• Completely destroy
• Adult insect
• ә
• Love Is a Many-Splendored ____
• Not hidden
• Hauling machine
• Florida’s third-most populated city
• Exit
• Item used by Bob Ross
• Happen
• Roger Radcliffe’s wife in 101 Dalmatians
• Skin ointment
• ____ pants
• ____ and bounds

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* Can you think on your "fleet" and solve this puzzle?

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

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 8, Episode 9 (Meta): When Kevins Collide

PREVIOUS EPISODES

Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 8"): click here

Episode 1 (Confection Conundrum): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

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

Episode 2 (Can "Ewe" Count?): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 3 (It's Not Rock-et Science): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 4 (Subterranean Stumper): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

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

Episode 5 (Challenging Choices): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 6 (What Word'll Be the Answer?): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 7 (Get Rect): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

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

Episode 8 (Are You Ready "Four" a Challenge?): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)

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

The total number of points scored is 6075. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $60.75. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $243.00. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hint. These 8 answers will also be necessary for solving the meta below.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME

SEASON 8, EPISODE 9 (META):

WHEN KEVINS COLLIDE

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Kevin bumped into a human who also loves puzzles and who is also named Kevin. It turned out that the two had other things in common as well! What did the wolf say about the encounter afterwards?
🐺Get Rect🐺
😀Friendly Words😀

🐺Challenging Choices🐺
😀Myth Taken😀

🐺Are You Ready “Four” a Challenge?🐺
😀Losing Battle😀

🐺It’s Not Rock-et Science🐺
😀A Picture’s Worth😀

🐺What Word’ll Be the Answer?🐺
😀True/False😀

🐺Can “Ewe” Count?🐺
😀Destination Vacation😀

🐺Subterranean Stumper🐺
😀Complete the Set😀

🐺Confection Conundrum🐺
😀Nearly There😀

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(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle. Any resemblance between this Kevin and the one who runs www.kevinspuzzles.com is purely coincidental.)

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 619: Sudokurostic 6

WORDY WEDNESDAY #617
ANACROSSWORD 40 (answer)

Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Russ Kale **
Christopher Shaw **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #618
ANACROSSWORD 41 (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 #619
SUDOKUROSTIC 6
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Solve the clues by writing one letter per blank; the clues are alphabetized by the answers as a solving aid. Transfer the letters to the corresponding spaces and fill in the remaining spaces to form a valid sudoku, but with 9 different letters instead of numbers. (Each row, column, and box must contain those 9 letters in some order.) Treat the finished grid as a word search and look for a 6-letter word, which is this puzzle’s final answer.

Mountainous region of the Eastern __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
   and Southern United States     A6 H5 E9 G7 C2 B3 A1 I5 D1 E1
Ghirardelli or Lindt offering __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
                              E2 C3 B5 H7 G6 F7 F9 H6 A5
The only nation bordering the Dominican Republic __ __ __ __ __
                                                 D9 I4 A4 D3 G8
Author of a sonnet or a limerick __ __ __ __
                                 D2 E8 I9 C4
“Double, double ____ and trouble. . .” __ __ __ __
                                       F8 F1 I6 B4

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 5-letter word for "Roger Radcliffe’s wife in 101 Dalmatians"?

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

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 8, Episode 8: Are You Ready "Four" a Challenge?

PREVIOUS EPISODES

Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 8"): click here

Episode 1 (Confection Conundrum): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

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

Episode 2 (Can "Ewe" Count?): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 3 (It's Not Rock-et Science): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 4 (Subterranean Stumper): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

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

Episode 5 (Challenging Choices): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 6 (What Word'll Be the Answer?): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 7 (Get Rect): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)

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

The total number of points scored is 5500. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $55.00. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $222.00. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, possibly with the aid of the hint.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME

SEASON 8, EPISODE 8:

ARE YOU READY “FOUR” A CHALLENGE?

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Kevin is failing to fathom these frustrating, fiendish foursomes! Be a friend and do him a favor!

 

[Edit 2024-10-21: While this did not come up in testing, a solver has since discovered that this puzzle has two possible answers. The one with no repeated letters is the correct one.]

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(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle. Any resemblance between this Kevin and the one who runs www.kevinspuzzles.com is purely coincidental.)

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

Wordy Wednesday 618: Anacrossword 41

(Author's note: I mistakenly published this post two days early instead of scheduling it for Wednesday. If you wish to submit an answer to WW616 or WW617 before 8:00 AM Central time on Wednesday, I will hold you to the honor system to report whether or not you used the answer and hint documents which were also published early by mistake. As for WW618. . . enjoy!)

 

WORDY WEDNESDAY #616
SECTION SIX 61 (answer)

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

WORDY WEDNESDAY #617
ANACROSSWORD 40 (hint)

As of this writing, 13 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 #618
ANACROSSWORD 41
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(click here for rules)

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• Lizard known for its color-shifting camouflage
• Infirm from old age
• Supply’s counterpart
• 2000 film starring Russell Crowe as Maximus
• The ____ That Rocks the Cradle (1992 movie)
• ____ Montana (2006-2011 Disney Channel series)
• Instrument stereotypically played by an angel
• Jilted lover’s sorrow
• Put together, as radically dissimilar elements
• Traveler’s suitcases
• Give a divinely-inspired prediction
• Glowing
• Not at all common
• Like a functional raincoat

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's a 5-letter word for "The only nation bordering the Dominican Republic"?

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

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 8, Episode 7: Get Rect

PREVIOUS EPISODES

Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 8"): click here

Episode 1 (Confection Conundrum): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

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

Episode 2 (Can "Ewe" Count?): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 3 (It's Not Rock-et Science): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 4 (Subterranean Stumper): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

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

Episode 5 (Challenging Choices): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 16 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 6 (What Word'll Be the Answer?): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)

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

The total number of points scored is 4850. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $48.50. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $194.00. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, possibly with the aid of the hint.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME

SEASON 8, EPISODE 7:

GET RECT

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Can you help Kevin split the grid into rectangles containing the given numbers of squares?

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(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle. Any resemblance between this Kevin and the one who runs www.kevinspuzzles.com is purely coincidental.)

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 617: Anacrossword 40

WORDY WEDNESDAY #615
PENT WORDS 123 (answer)

Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cathy Bowen **
Cindy Heisler **
Derek Allen **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
M. Sean Molley **
Michael Lebowitz **
Pavel Curtis **
Russ Kale **
Kevin Orfield **
Patrick Jordan *
Peter Vickers **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #616
SECTION SIX 61 (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 #617
ANACROSSWORD 40
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(click here for rules)

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• H₃N
• Potter who created Peter Rabbit
• Small Hispanic grocery store
• Breakfast topped with hollandaise sauce: 2 wds.
• Katy Perry hit that asks, “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?”
• What an angry person might do at the mouth
• Army post that’s near the United States Bullion Depository: 2 wds.
• A mushroom is one
• Wildly zealous: 2 wds.
• Yellowish flower of genus Tagetes
• Business magnate Aristotle
• Rare or significant event
• Word following “baking” or “club”
• Tension
• Use a broom
• German opera composer Richard

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What 2000 film stars Russell Crowe as Maximus?

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

Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 8, Episode 6: What Word'll Be the Answer?

PREVIOUS EPISODES

Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 8"): click here

Episode 1 (Confection Conundrum): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

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

Episode 2 (Can "Ewe" Count?): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 3 (It's Not Rock-et Science): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 4 (Subterranean Stumper): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

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

Episode 5 (Challenging Choices): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)

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

The total number of points scored is 4100. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $41.00. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $164.00. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, possibly with the aid of the hint.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME

SEASON 8, EPISODE 6:

WHAT WORD'LL BE THE ANSWER?

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Kevin has been on a hot streak of winning this game in just two tries, but it looks like that streak has finally come to an end!

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(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle. Any resemblance between this Kevin and the one who runs www.kevinspuzzles.com is purely coincidental.)

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

Wordy Wednesday 616: Section Six 61

WORDY WEDNESDAY #614
SUDOKUROSTIC 5 (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 **
Derek Allen **
Pavel Curtis **
Randy Rogers **
Russ Kale **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #615
PENT WORDS 123 (hint)

As of this writing, 13 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 #616
SECTION SIX 61
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This puzzle’s grid has six rings and six sections. Each ring contains a series of words placed end to end, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise; all the words in a given ring will read in the same direction. Ring 1 (the outer ring) contains six answers that read clockwise; the starting spaces are numbered in the grid. Clues for the answers in the remaining rings are given in order, but their starting points and direction are for you to determine. The sections (separated by the heavy lines radiating from the center) will help you place the inner rings: in a given section, each ring segment contains all but one of the letters in the next segment outward. In other words, a section’s outermost segment contains six letters; the next segment inward contains five of those six letters in some order; and so on, until only one of the original six letters remains.

Arrange the letters in the starred spaces to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 6-letter word.

Ring 1
1 “We hold these truths to be self-____. . .”
2 The diameter of a bullet
3 Muddy ooze
4 Nearly
5 Sleep soundly?
6 Sully

Ring 2
• Prove
• Certain kitchen appliance
• Something gigantic
• Flowery Hawaiian garlands
• White whale species

Ring 3
• ____ Hill (survival horror video game franchise)
• Conservative talk radio host Mark
• Deck used for fortune telling
• Romeo’s last name in Romeo and Juliet

Ring 4
• Robot
• Deed, as to a vehicle
• ____ of Dogs (2018 stop-motion film directed by Wes Anderson)

Ring 5
• Bert’s favorite breakfast item on Sesame Street
• Large beer mug

Ring 6
• Baseball great Mickey portrayed by Thomas Jane in the 2001 sports movie 61*

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What Katy Perry hit asks, “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?”
* Patron Puzzle #125, which will be delivered on October 8, 2024, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Super Pent Words.

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