Outside the Fox Puzzles is proud to sponsor the 1st triannual Triple Crown Fox Derby! Up to three winners of this contest will receive their choice of one of these prizes, for themselves or for anyone else of their choice:
• A 1-year subscription to Outside the Fox Puzzles, which comes with 150 puzzles just like the ones in this contest!
• A $10 gift card for Grandmaster Puzzles, with which one can buy ebooks of beautiful logic puzzles written by talented authors from around the world!
• A 2-month Premium membership on Board Game Arena, with which one can play board games in real-time and turn-based modes against opponents from around the world!
My plan is to run these contests on the third Monday of every March, July, and November (shortly after each season of Kevin’s Puzzles at Home ends), at 12:01 AM Central Time. The entry deadline will be 13 days later (on a Sunday) at 11:59 PM Central Time; in this case, the deadline is Sunday, December 1, 2024, at 11:59 PM Central Time.
This contest combines a Touchword puzzle, a gridded logic puzzle, and a variety word puzzle (see the next pages) with a fox race. Yes, in the real world, people bet on horse races and greyhound races, but in the fantastic world of Outside the Fox Puzzles, it is foxes who race. To participate in the contest, send an e-mail to glmathgrant@[at]gmail[dot]com. Your entry should consist of the following:
• Your answers to the three puzzles, as explained in their respective instructions.
• The name of the fox you'll be entering in the race (this is just for fun and has no effect on the outcome).
• The number of the gate your fox will start from (any integer between 1 and 50 inclusive) in each of the three races (the Kittucky Derby, the Sneakness Stakes, and the Tailmont Stakes). You can use the same gate any number of times.
The first race is the Kittucky Derby; to qualify, you must have submitted correct solutions to all three puzzles. The second race, the Sneakness Stakes, requires only two correct solutions, and the Tailmont Stakes requires only one. Winning an earlier race disqualifies you from a later race; otherwise, you can qualify for, and participate in, one, two, or all three races.
The winner of each race is the fox that started from the lowest-numbered gate that nobody else selected! Unfortunately, when two or more foxes are crammed into the same gate, they have a tendency to fight each other and to not notice when the race has started. If no foxes qualify for a race, or if all qualifying foxes end up in fights, then there will be no winner. Enjoy the puzzles, and yappy racing!
• A 1-year subscription to Outside the Fox Puzzles, which comes with 150 puzzles just like the ones in this contest!
• A $10 gift card for Grandmaster Puzzles, with which one can buy ebooks of beautiful logic puzzles written by talented authors from around the world!
• A 2-month Premium membership on Board Game Arena, with which one can play board games in real-time and turn-based modes against opponents from around the world!
My plan is to run these contests on the third Monday of every March, July, and November (shortly after each season of Kevin’s Puzzles at Home ends), at 12:01 AM Central Time. The entry deadline will be 13 days later (on a Sunday) at 11:59 PM Central Time; in this case, the deadline is Sunday, December 1, 2024, at 11:59 PM Central Time.
This contest combines a Touchword puzzle, a gridded logic puzzle, and a variety word puzzle (see the next pages) with a fox race. Yes, in the real world, people bet on horse races and greyhound races, but in the fantastic world of Outside the Fox Puzzles, it is foxes who race. To participate in the contest, send an e-mail to glmathgrant@[at]gmail[dot]com. Your entry should consist of the following:
• Your answers to the three puzzles, as explained in their respective instructions.
• The name of the fox you'll be entering in the race (this is just for fun and has no effect on the outcome).
• The number of the gate your fox will start from (any integer between 1 and 50 inclusive) in each of the three races (the Kittucky Derby, the Sneakness Stakes, and the Tailmont Stakes). You can use the same gate any number of times.
The first race is the Kittucky Derby; to qualify, you must have submitted correct solutions to all three puzzles. The second race, the Sneakness Stakes, requires only two correct solutions, and the Tailmont Stakes requires only one. Winning an earlier race disqualifies you from a later race; otherwise, you can qualify for, and participate in, one, two, or all three races.
The winner of each race is the fox that started from the lowest-numbered gate that nobody else selected! Unfortunately, when two or more foxes are crammed into the same gate, they have a tendency to fight each other and to not notice when the race has started. If no foxes qualify for a race, or if all qualifying foxes end up in fights, then there will be no winner. Enjoy the puzzles, and yappy racing!
TOUCHWORD
Every row has one or more answers clued in order. Every letter shares an edge with at least one identical letter either immediately above or immediately below. The top and bottom rows are considered adjacent. To qualify for the Triple Crown Fox Derby, submit the completed grid.
2 Pointy projection, as on a fishing hook / Very thin
3 Indiscreetly reveal a secret / Magician’s skill
4 Country singer Shelton / President Eisenhower’s first name
5 Reached a high point / Conestoga ____
6 1977 film with the song “Candle on the Water”: 2 wds.
7 Location / Person in an operating room
8 2002 M. Night Shyamalan film in which crop circles are found in a Pennsylvania cornfield / Pressing, as a need
9 A variety of brandy / ____ Orange (Vietnam War herbicide)
10 Certain punctuation mark / Play the chess move O-O or O-O-O
11 Soccer great Mia / One of Jesus’s twelve
LITS
Illustrated rules on puzz.link | Solve on puzz.link
Rules summary: Shade some cells black. Every outlined region must contain exactly four black cells, which form a tetromino (that is, they are all connected to each other through their edges). No 2x2 area may be entirely black. No two tetrominoes of the same shape (including rotations and reflections) may share an edge. All of the black cells must be connected through their edges. To qualify for the Triple Crown Fox Derby, submit the completed grid.
Illustrated rules on puzz.link | Solve on puzz.link
Rules summary: Shade some cells black. Every outlined region must contain exactly four black cells, which form a tetromino (that is, they are all connected to each other through their edges). No 2x2 area may be entirely black. No two tetrominoes of the same shape (including rotations and reflections) may share an edge. All of the black cells must be connected through their edges. To qualify for the Triple Crown Fox Derby, submit the completed grid.
ANACROSSWORD
Solve the crossword using the clues provided. When the letters in the numbered squares are transferred to the same-numbered blanks, you will reveal a quote followed by its author. Work back and forth between the quote and the crossword to finish the puzzle. The clues are listed alphabetically by their answers; you must determine where each answer belongs. Additionally, spaces and punctuation are not provided for the quote. To qualify for the Triple Crown Fox Derby, submit either the completed grid or the full quote (including the author).
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
CLUES
• Small fish used as a pizza topping
• Upper room used for storage
• Culpability
• Comic book publisher acquired by Disney in 2009
• “Live long and ____” (phrase accompanying the Vulcan salute)
• According to the book of Genesis, it’s a sign of God’s promise not to flood the Earth
• Avoid, as by moving laterally
• Louise who played Ginger Grant on Gilligan’s Island
• Canadian city that hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics
