tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482589607636865652024-03-18T16:14:42.830-05:00A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle BlogHome of the Wordy Wednesday series of weekly word puzzles. By Grant Fikes.Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comBlogger1624125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-89577867263996298722024-03-13T08:00:00.028-05:002024-03-13T08:00:00.243-05:00Wordy Wednesday 587: Snake Crisscross 28<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #585
<br />PENT WORDS 117 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ahecl1r8aomndgvvgnfx1/WW585-pentwords117-sol.pdf?rlkey=vsdbldljholygg4q8j51wqhl6&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/73wxqitipki5k8ay509ar/WW585-pentwords117.pdf?rlkey=54a8ecrq9th69tzsuzg0zyo34&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d09zcbgnvk7qdwngflj83/WW585-pentwords117-easier.pdf?rlkey=mqq10pyrchkdeldz7wv19f0j5&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">James Haddad</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Pavel Curtis</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Randy Rogers</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Russ Kale</font> **
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Patrick Jordan *
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />Tower **
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #586
<br />SECTION SIX 58 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 12 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o2itstectuh0r083ztohi/WW586-sectionsix58.pdf?rlkey=cakgm6owmkri1j6ds5guv3518&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xdbppd4cifmohenqa0g4z/WW586-sectionsix58-easier.pdf?rlkey=epq8emq2u1jvj112yufzaaii0&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #587
<br />SNAKE CRISSCROSS 28
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9ed4cep89f8jwvxm0f6i5/WW587-snakecrisscross28.pdf?rlkey=e7lsvll06p07gw6xw9bw6no4f&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
<i>This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron <font color="#FF0000"><b>Cathy Bowen</b></font>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mathgrant">Support me on Patreon</a> 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!</i>
<br />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.
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<br />Arrange the letters in the highlighted cells to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscZtKKly9yg-mhRT01LQ1QUAOIgz6aC0j46xLMWZRjIOn-fWzCL8ssh9iDhSl3fq_utPhD48W5fnzJzVVhngmD_gxmfM9CXYvWEF6UTd-QG0AJMpcHaJCytYnM-P-sfaFsey0lzTXd7xc0TmVkZlKMsJUC28ClJbvvasBz7HHJwC1QVjJ1HRSS-kweq8r/s537/WW587-snakecrisscross28.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="537" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscZtKKly9yg-mhRT01LQ1QUAOIgz6aC0j46xLMWZRjIOn-fWzCL8ssh9iDhSl3fq_utPhD48W5fnzJzVVhngmD_gxmfM9CXYvWEF6UTd-QG0AJMpcHaJCytYnM-P-sfaFsey0lzTXd7xc0TmVkZlKMsJUC28ClJbvvasBz7HHJwC1QVjJ1HRSS-kweq8r/s16000/WW587-snakecrisscross28.png" /></a></div><b>CRISSCROSS WORDS</b>
<br /><b>3 LETTERS</b>
<br />“Four score and seven years ____. . .”
<br />Consumed
<br />The first woman in the book of Genesis
<br />Legal matter
<br />Witnessed
<br />The Caspian, for one
<br />Existed
<br /><b>4 LETTERS</b>
<br />Lack of difficulty
<br />Bird’s home
<br />Common wrapper for sushi
<br />Shrek, for one
<br />Rind
<br />Wise
<br /><i>Sonic Superstars</i> publisher
<br />Moral infractions
<br /><i>Kingdom Hearts</i> protagonist
<br />Fuss: hyph.
<br /><b>5 LETTERS</b>
<br />Greek fabulist
<br />Certain Mennonite
<br />Use a divining rod
<br />Intense fear
<br />Moved with an easy gait
<br />Without stop: 2 wds.
<br />Be disobedient
<br />Cattle roundup
<br />Cut, as hair
<br />Turtle feature
<br />Couches
<br />Author Harriet Beecher ____
<br />____ army knife
<br /><b>6 LETTERS</b>
<br />Motorist
<br />A city in southern Italy
<br />Afternoon nap
<br />Be a rat
<br /><b>7 LETTERS</b>
<br />Plunge, as into water
<br /><b>10 LETTERS</b>
<br />A medieval style of architecture
<br /><b>11 LETTERS</b>
<br />Colorfully-named fishes: 2 wds.
<br /><b>12 LETTERS</b>
<br />Site for Moai statues: 2 wds.
<br /><b>SNAKE WORDS</b>
<br /><b>5 LETTERS</b>
<br />Saturated
<br />Wear away
<br /><i>Waiting for ____</i> (Samuel Beckett play)
<br />Common greeting
<br />Up until now: 2 wds.
<br />Bath item
<br /><i>Leaving Las ____</i> (1995 film)
<br /><b>6 LETTERS</b>
<br />NBC News anchor Mitchell
<br />Hats worn by painters
<br />Oust
<br />Freely furnishes (with)
<br />Real ____
<br />Elbow ____
<br />First-____ shooter
<br />Journalist Geraldo
<br /><b>7 LETTERS</b>
<br />Period of human history characterized by the smelting of metal: 2 wds.
<br />Hybrid garden flowers
<br /><b>8 LETTERS</b>
<br />Madly in love
<br />Olympians in a pool
<br /><b>9 LETTERS</b>
<br />Easily disgusted
<br /><b>18 LETTERS</b>
<br />1993 romance film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan: 3 wds.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* A Framelinks!
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Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VUsfRl8TwE/YLbC3TsbGRI/AAAAAAAAF0M/cxpHuyopjNIO5bPPNNUuCi_5cMqs8uO1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VUsfRl8TwE/YLbC3TsbGRI/AAAAAAAAF0M/cxpHuyopjNIO5bPPNNUuCi_5cMqs8uO1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-11988357817575789012024-03-11T01:14:00.001-05:002024-03-11T01:14:13.181-05:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6: FINAL RESULTS!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">FINAL SCORES</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is a table of all of the participants and their scores (click to enlarge). Kudos to the 13 perfectionists (red) who scored 500 points and to the 5 completionists (orange) who solved every puzzle!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeY7000b_jOC8QWIl95gDltFL789VV73f6snctlgcgS2SbxQkRQiQjYnbjAESwKcmlDr9h2VQnCgVDjz8ASW3CZhgOED1IacNPLYA_QwCU75UOKocM7oAqWLAik7hqb57_RaBOYhNu_ktihndBju-Ix-L4dhPGEHC6IORSlIG2XbxNIXtf5n9imzcE3ma/s1482/KPAHS6-finalscores.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1482" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeY7000b_jOC8QWIl95gDltFL789VV73f6snctlgcgS2SbxQkRQiQjYnbjAESwKcmlDr9h2VQnCgVDjz8ASW3CZhgOED1IacNPLYA_QwCU75UOKocM7oAqWLAik7hqb57_RaBOYhNu_ktihndBju-Ix-L4dhPGEHC6IORSlIG2XbxNIXtf5n9imzcE3ma/w640-h308/KPAHS6-finalscores.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Participants
are sorted by score (high to low), and then alphabetically (A to Z).
The total number of points scored is 10350. Thus, the final money pool
for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $103.50. <b>Four anonymous benefactors (including one who stepped forward during the last week) have agreed to match this donation, meaning that
the Palm Beach County Food Bank</b><b> will actually receive $517.50.
The total amount of money raised by Kevin's Puzzles at Home for various
food banks now stands at $2,277.00.<br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Head below the break for the actual solutions! If you're looking for more easy-ish puzzles in this style, remember to visit <a href="https://kevinspuzzles.com/">the actual Kevin's website</a>
every single Monday, or come back to this site in May when I plan
to launch Season 7!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 1:<br />A HIGH-TEC PUZZLE<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
missing words in the statements are (W)OLFE, ENCYCLOPED(I)A, S(T)EELE,
MO(N)K, HOLM(E)S, MAR(S), and (S)PADE. The letters in the blanks marked
by parentheses spell the final answer <b>WITNESS</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Author's
note: An early draft had Auguste DUPIN instead of ENCYCLOPEDIA Brown;
the latter proved to be slightly more friendly to clue, and this being
the first episode of a new season, friendly clues are great.</i><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 2:<br />HOPEFULLY NOT “SEW” HARD<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">When the light diamond-shaped blocks of the quilt are interpreted as Braille, they spell the final answer <b>BATIK</b>.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Author's
note: My late mother was in a quilter's guild, so I was very familiar
with the word BATIK, albeit not its precise meaning, as a youngster;
some solvers were tripped up by having never seen the word before.<br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 3:<br />COLOR MY WORLD</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
15 colors hidden in the word search are AMARANTH, AMBER, APRICOT,
CARMINE, CERISE, CHAMPAGNE, CHARTREUSE, COPPER, CREAM, FUCHSIA, MAGENTA,
PLATINUM, SALMON, SEPIA, and TAUPE:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTg1va-jEq9_BgOcNSN65tSenhn0J1Bbqi8XTUTxBDTySS74ntqQIMmvavW6rl8HXuiWXc_l6F8cfHHVf7ok7uHjupitD55v2EqEaGHTg2RiI5oqeCAMJqFilmKnb3WUXZyAVVYrjyevKzZW4AgY76SgwfBNgyVeiSXlrxVRJ6Be1goHZkXdxn0MjpxG5/s285/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-sol.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="285" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTg1va-jEq9_BgOcNSN65tSenhn0J1Bbqi8XTUTxBDTySS74ntqQIMmvavW6rl8HXuiWXc_l6F8cfHHVf7ok7uHjupitD55v2EqEaGHTg2RiI5oqeCAMJqFilmKnb3WUXZyAVVYrjyevKzZW4AgY76SgwfBNgyVeiSXlrxVRJ6Be1goHZkXdxn0MjpxG5/s1600/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-sol.png" width="285" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: small;">The unused letters spell ANSWER <b>SPECTRUM</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Author's
note: One poor solver seemed bent on overthinking the "ANSWER SPECTRUM"
prompt and was treating ANSWER as a blank to be filled in, submitting
all sorts of incorrect answers like "visible". </i></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 4:<br />ANOTHER BASEBALL BAFFLER</span><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;">The logic puzzle solves as follows:<br />The
Elephants were the visiting team on January 15 (clue 3). Their
opponents were not themselves (intro), the Cougars (clue 3), the
Aardvarks (clue 5), or the Deer (clue 5); they were the Badgers. The
home team on January 8 wasn’t the Cougars (clue 4), the Elephants (clue
4), or the Deer (clue 5); it was the Aardvarks, and the Deer were the
home team on January 29 (clue 5). The home team on January 1 wasn’t the
Elephants (clue 1); it was the Cougars, who were also the visiting team
on January 29 (clue 1). By elimination, the Elephants were the home team
on January 22. The Aardvarks’ visiting opponents on January 8 weren’t
the Aardvarks (intro) or the Deer (clue 4); they were the Badgers. The
visiting team on January 22 wasn’t the Aardvarks (clue 2); it was the
Deer. By elimination, the Aardvarks were the visiting team on January 1.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHHdTLlOdB5eTqv2Pmb5QYLv5H5xhx7bpj1XvWhlktegBtE61ghR1n0xp01tzvKCWvtGLIG7z5K3ii8Q92qu9AmfrLtNpOGv9ytKle06R4EUc3tXHI0C0TuW3MUIyFdggCu5lrbi76suvIv50PooOfsYKDeiIweKRNsPz5fiELD1QU5ZhgoGCxX-mB54V/s410/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-sol.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHHdTLlOdB5eTqv2Pmb5QYLv5H5xhx7bpj1XvWhlktegBtE61ghR1n0xp01tzvKCWvtGLIG7z5K3ii8Q92qu9AmfrLtNpOGv9ytKle06R4EUc3tXHI0C0TuW3MUIyFdggCu5lrbi76suvIv50PooOfsYKDeiIweKRNsPz5fiELD1QU5ZhgoGCxX-mB54V/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-sol.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">The
spaces in the logic grid corresponding to the correct answer to the
logic puzzle spell HALL OF FAMER RYAN, a clue for the final answer
<b>NOLAN</b>.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Author's
note: More than one solver tried to just submit HALL OF FAME, as though the letters in the bottom 5x5 box have no purpose.</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 5:<br />CONFUSING COLUMNS<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
the letters are put in the columns in the right order, they spell “TO
FINISH THIS POEM WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TIME. WHEN WORDS END WITH MATCHING
SOUNDS, THAT IS A BLANK.”:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdFg6ruASAKt3qUF0sB4MTdFU0ZCvII1AF6tJkoIiYKP_w_nS3y2QWUnp6UGW-1Mw7PTOrOgVPDzTvM7GFFzpOAYB2yTHpPAa-iuc2B75uurXFA6tER5vizo4WQyfJ5mTisSc10NROcdKuhyhUjddxElEUA_7kj0b3OXI9hsSSbRFDFXfkgVWT6Q-FPVz/s677/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5-sol.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="677" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdFg6ruASAKt3qUF0sB4MTdFU0ZCvII1AF6tJkoIiYKP_w_nS3y2QWUnp6UGW-1Mw7PTOrOgVPDzTvM7GFFzpOAYB2yTHpPAa-iuc2B75uurXFA6tER5vizo4WQyfJ5mTisSc10NROcdKuhyhUjddxElEUA_7kj0b3OXI9hsSSbRFDFXfkgVWT6Q-FPVz/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5-sol.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">The word that completes the poem is the final answer <b>RHYME</b>.</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Author's
note: This one was pretty easy to solve. Amazingly, my very first draft
of the clue phrase parsed in such a way that no words span across two
lines, a detail that you'd think would take a lot of finagling.<br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 6:<br />ARCANE ARCHIPELAGO</span><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;">The unique solution to the Norinori puzzle is shown below:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAo6w3agukGlZ3Et2XRMfFmT8xFEyqoitHQXKb60ogKwmXDsZBCAbziYXyqANNoG7mgmNtJi4omjoA6IECkNnvutMAVYn-VRaZIck8D-whTWD-vSXoPzg0g0eEgkhpb5FtNDalP8IuVFmLo4DcxcV9OC4xxRtYRyDTqE_o0e-9kPFb5TIsIjpNFMZ1YmT/s445/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6-sol.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAo6w3agukGlZ3Et2XRMfFmT8xFEyqoitHQXKb60ogKwmXDsZBCAbziYXyqANNoG7mgmNtJi4omjoA6IECkNnvutMAVYn-VRaZIck8D-whTWD-vSXoPzg0g0eEgkhpb5FtNDalP8IuVFmLo4DcxcV9OC4xxRtYRyDTqE_o0e-9kPFb5TIsIjpNFMZ1YmT/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6-sol.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">The
example puzzle demonstrates the answer extraction mechanism: the solver
must add up the column numbers of the shaded cells in each row which
occupy numbered columns, and shift the letter in that row forward by
that many positions in the alphabet (wrapping from Z to A as necessary).
For example, in the top row, there are shaded cells in columns 3 and 6,
which add up to 9, and the letter K shifted forward 9 positions in the
alphabet is T. The resulting letters spell THE ALOHA STATE, a clue to
the final answer <b>HAWAII</b>.</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Author's
note: This puzzle was an enormous difficulty spike, and I'm not sure
why. Norinori puzzles are generally among the easiest puzzles that
Nikoli offers (to the point that, back when this blog was devoted to
logic puzzles, before it made its MTV-style pivot to word puzzles, I
called them "Dominnocuous"). I think extraction proved to be difficult
for some folks to reverse engineer from the example. Also, at least one
solver tried to submit the clue THE ALOHA STATE as the answer.<br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 7:<br />WORK YOUR MAGIC<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
is a puzzle often known as an Anagram Magic Square. The answer to each
clue is an anagram of one of the words given in the square; as a solving
aid, the corresponding clue numbers in each row and column add up to
65. The answers are:<br />1. INDEX, 2. TABLE, 3. ALERT, 4. LABOR, 5.
IDEAL, 6. ALIEN, 7. NOTES, 8. GEODE, 9. RANGE, 10. EARLY, 11. ELBOW, 12.
TORTE, 13. INGOT, 14. NAMES, 15. GLEAN, 16. OSCAR, 17. REBUS, 18.
FIERY, 19. ANVIL, 20. RAVEL, 21. EAGER, 22. WROTE, 23. EGRET, 24. LEAPT,
25. LANCE.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4QGMfxF7d8XnNif1e1tRbSouhrSIdBsewbEZxWGQJ6HERJW-EVdN7RGi0tWeReguLGB_QVlwnlhZX0YZ8KNucYM4ExZV5toxr_n-giKsEBvbumZqwvlViZTmdhhAsooYng7CpvIxkVGN5LX1xC724ItizAHETuNG0Pfy_cYW1ZR_tYWS0ul4lT5oVlVs/s446/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7-sol.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4QGMfxF7d8XnNif1e1tRbSouhrSIdBsewbEZxWGQJ6HERJW-EVdN7RGi0tWeReguLGB_QVlwnlhZX0YZ8KNucYM4ExZV5toxr_n-giKsEBvbumZqwvlViZTmdhhAsooYng7CpvIxkVGN5LX1xC724ItizAHETuNG0Pfy_cYW1ZR_tYWS0ul4lT5oVlVs/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7-sol.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">The initial letters of the clue answers, in clue order, spell ITALIAN GREETING OR FAREWELL, a clue for the final answer <b>CIAO</b>.<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Author's
note: Penny Press veterans will instantly recognize this as an <a href="https://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/products/books/anagram-magic-square/">Anagram Magic Square</a>.
As a youngster, I loved the combination of math and wordplay; as an
adult, the magic square element seems tacked on and unnecessary once
you've mastered the anagram part. At least one solver was completely
tripped up by answer extraction, which is not hinted at aside from being
the exact same as in the popular-ish puzzle it's based on. When in
doubt, read the initials of things.<br /></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 8:<br />“KEN” YOU SOLVE THIS?</span><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;">The unique solution to the KenKen/TomTom puzzle is shown below:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKFd2cgG2UdtAn3FF0FVyBmJBYnKu9JJk_LSGZzBaeBAg1193Pnnhb6ZR3RseAHPCnzSJoZOfjTSrR1lWXHBzzrSAY60sVans6I2TfVgZgdMVdVX80QJuCG_Q7Vi6pfROvgKw1Zkk6Y9nhnrsmcZEKwOWrLCrT3nFGcwIxjZPZ87JKiER41k3M6F30zIV/s674/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8-sol.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKFd2cgG2UdtAn3FF0FVyBmJBYnKu9JJk_LSGZzBaeBAg1193Pnnhb6ZR3RseAHPCnzSJoZOfjTSrR1lWXHBzzrSAY60sVans6I2TfVgZgdMVdVX80QJuCG_Q7Vi6pfROvgKw1Zkk6Y9nhnrsmcZEKwOWrLCrT3nFGcwIxjZPZ87JKiER41k3M6F30zIV/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8-sol.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Some
of the cages have question marks instead of numerical values; when
their numerical values are calculated and indexed into the alphabet
(1=A, 2=B, 3=C. . .), they spell the final answer <b>ALGEBRA</b>.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Author's
note: The first two puzzles I ever had published on Grandmaster Puzzles were <a href="https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/2013/03/mystery-tomtom/">two cute little TomToms</a>
with my first and last name hidden in them. I anticipated this puzzle
being the hardest of the set, and was clearly wrong; perhaps I should
have redacted the operations and had larger cages to really make y'all
work for your points.<br /></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 9:<br />LINE ’EM UP</span><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;">The
solver must figure out where to write the answers in their
corresponding rows so that two words are formed in the indicated
columns. There is one way to do this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZXQEvcvDwbU0ZUIEBBchZ98EMeJtLpH2SNsOiZoTeuqHYHfyZnR-yvef4TplKFwryR69KavK4yjHohniHtPuR-94rro6bXrtf1Db9CiZdqg_9chZrZVd4J7-wA_i-KnVyx51TdChD7hSWh57mUKHL9OtGu5IhYtcst-Sm9HWysc8luKULC789woFbi1X/s499/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e9-sol.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZXQEvcvDwbU0ZUIEBBchZ98EMeJtLpH2SNsOiZoTeuqHYHfyZnR-yvef4TplKFwryR69KavK4yjHohniHtPuR-94rro6bXrtf1Db9CiZdqg_9chZrZVd4J7-wA_i-KnVyx51TdChD7hSWh57mUKHL9OtGu5IhYtcst-Sm9HWysc8luKULC789woFbi1X/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e9-sol.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">The central columns spell what it takes to solve these puzzles, the final answer <b>CRITICAL THINKING</b>.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Author's
note: Cohort Ryan Faley invented <a href="https://redhead64puzzles.blogspot.com/search/label/Line 'Em Up?m=0">this puzzle</a>, loosely basing it on and naming it after a pricing game from </i>The Price is Right<i>
(hence the reference to the show in this puzzle's illustration). Having
solved a bunch of these on Ryan's blog, I thought it would be a fun
tribute to turn it into a meta for Kevin's Puzzles at Home. One solver
did call it "solid", and I like to hope that a few of the other solvers
would agree, but in the "you can't please everyone" department, another
solver said "it wasn't a satisfying solve", and only seemed more
disappointed that this lame puzzle idea wasn't even mine. So if you
hated this puzzle, don't visit Ryan's blog!</i></span>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-91146561652234282522024-03-06T08:00:00.021-06:002024-03-06T08:00:00.147-06:00Wordy Wednesday 586: Section 58<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #584
<br />SNAKE CRISSCROSS 27 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5g0kqcrciaa28lkqy5nru/WW584-snakecrisscross27-sol.pdf?rlkey=5g9ymhcuq3kn9jl3ofux31eso&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cpkrb6ytilqkb7rqj7hxi/WW584-snakecrisscross27.pdf?rlkey=3coxpnpj9ve6trpykluoudbp1&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r3flfamzuvl9tw1en7njm/WW584-snakecrisscross27-easier.pdf?rlkey=7cs4vpf5kyhsm74fcchd3opcx&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">James Haddad</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Joe Bernard</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Pavel Curtis</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Randy Rogers</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Russ Kale</font> **
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Luk Weyens **
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />Tower **
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #585
<br />PENT WORDS 117 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 13 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/73wxqitipki5k8ay509ar/WW585-pentwords117.pdf?rlkey=54a8ecrq9th69tzsuzg0zyo34&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d09zcbgnvk7qdwngflj83/WW585-pentwords117-easier.pdf?rlkey=mqq10pyrchkdeldz7wv19f0j5&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #586
<br />SECTION SIX 58
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o2itstectuh0r083ztohi/WW586-sectionsix58.pdf?rlkey=cakgm6owmkri1j6ds5guv3518&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
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.
<br />
<br />Arrange the letters in the starred spaces to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 6-letter word.
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGN9L3IhhBX_LshULGU3pd9lioB4pWOKDHpKDqCSz2PcYiOWgg4QvPJNzFt4X3VyHVYdkE7KwwFGsoy9MCQg-9c2NPWJa2lTuwGcT9lGKIlwb_Q3N80RAdEuOARguqzgfFUsdSKS2pidNN2nbCTkSAW17zkcnN71WrrPWnsaUxWIeRhXkBhd2dHkaha_fu/s1000/WW586-sectionsix58.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGN9L3IhhBX_LshULGU3pd9lioB4pWOKDHpKDqCSz2PcYiOWgg4QvPJNzFt4X3VyHVYdkE7KwwFGsoy9MCQg-9c2NPWJa2lTuwGcT9lGKIlwb_Q3N80RAdEuOARguqzgfFUsdSKS2pidNN2nbCTkSAW17zkcnN71WrrPWnsaUxWIeRhXkBhd2dHkaha_fu/w640-h640/WW586-sectionsix58.png" width="640" /></a></div><b>Ring 1</b>
<br />1 International treaties
<br />2 Prince Adam’s alter ego: hyph.
<br />3 Differ
<br />4 Heraldic clover shape
<br />5 Having recently come to be
<br />6 Peptic problem
<br />
<br /><b>Ring 2</b>
<br />• Venus Williams’s sport
<br />• Small amount, as of salt
<br />• Islamic pilgrimage destination
<br />• Mistreatment over one’s religion, say
<br />• Payment for a cabbie
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<br /><b>Ring 3</b>
<br />• Ryan who is Pat Sajak’s upcoming replacement as host of <i>Wheel of Fortune</i>
<br />• Far from just
<br />• Requires
<br />• Recess for a statue
<br />
<br /><b>Ring 4</b>
<br />• Had a sudden failure, as a computer system
<br />• Noisemaker on an ambulance
<br />• <i>Call of Duty: ____ Hour</i> (2004 video game)
<br />
<br /><b>Ring 5</b>
<br />• Throw, as a fishing line
<br />• Diabolical
<br />
<br /><b>Ring 6</b>
<br />• Kansas City team that won Super Bowl LVIII in 2024
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
*
What's an 18-letter, 3-word answer from "1993 romance film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan"?<br />* Patron Puzzle #118, which will be delivered on March 8, 2024, exclusively to <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mathgrant">Patreon</a> supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a pair of Codewords.
<br /><br />
Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VUsfRl8TwE/YLbC3TsbGRI/AAAAAAAAF0M/cxpHuyopjNIO5bPPNNUuCi_5cMqs8uO1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VUsfRl8TwE/YLbC3TsbGRI/AAAAAAAAF0M/cxpHuyopjNIO5bPPNNUuCi_5cMqs8uO1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-43839929495048249952024-03-04T00:01:00.048-06:002024-03-04T00:01:00.248-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6: Final hint and final week!<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>PREVIOUS </span><span>EPISODES</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Introduction</b> (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6"): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2024/01/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s6e1.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 1 (A High-Tec Puzzle)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qcv9upprlk3ik6qivog5y/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-hint.pdf?rlkey=y1fz8h6byjqdhu8qnftzktkvh&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 2 (Hopefully Not "Sew" Hard)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3e5dncg9q37dd8b3ji6z5/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e2.pdf?rlkey=cr4ee8qwro54yio0ym67r3omk&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p1vo9y66n828pws8ytjq8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-hint.pdf?rlkey=ch4trg41bkgf67pg7rp07dtyv&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 3 (Color My World)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cv64v13w57kylhuhqqpgn/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e3.pdf?rlkey=szaudskhboiupcwmsn2dp4fc4&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kylfgwmzv5630csxg0837/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-hint.pdf?rlkey=kdtdicgiaaju95jzzn3azlr1u&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 4 (Another Baseball Baffler)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p8qk5h0u6mdgh29vzo4i4/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4.pdf?rlkey=m4d096p7rdqk3jcmhtqu722ov&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/maa67vmuex2bazq1bbjyy/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-hint.pdf?rlkey=prwy22ikanrwhfl8jipjxnmco&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 19 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 5 (Confusing Columns)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9ruabt95bn2zdbw20bug9/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5.pdf?rlkey=xl1ny1apdpqlqmcc65w8ub2z0&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sdbr6bwlbvp85m0z9az29/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5-hint.pdf?rlkey=dw5t5kjrbn2ba470nnv2hr4vo&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 6 (Arcane Archipelago)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/12esr0lxzqptppiycjt28/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6.pdf?rlkey=d7ehat8fatu4890d2cs5xnnc3&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f504uqn01s6qr9ihlxgp8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6-hint.pdf?rlkey=uz49ha3trxir11jbkv2qfijqi&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 4 people solved it later for 25 points.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 7 (Work Your Magic)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pd0eafjo7otu3pk7x9505/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7.pdf?rlkey=rmf4sgo4kprug9d42umdthgnj&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cufchn1rx3x64zgwpvo4x/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7-hint.pdf?rlkey=ljn94mypwb801paa7wk6va5p4&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div>* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 8 ("Ken" You Solve This?)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pcygiying5nmtheiex9ho/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8.pdf?rlkey=nx8y0hpvj0stv63qo0svryiyx&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/11bn6ezvegajbdzfg5171/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8-hint.pdf?rlkey=vh8b1g9mtt4amsxq8fi6fdmey&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div></div>* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 9 (Meta) (Line 'em Up)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7j38oi38fh1i9krkhii1t/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e9.pdf?rlkey=g6y1ogjdhlfkwvwavh63xw3dx&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/85eeq18i5dykkwz6e0v8g/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e9-hint.pdf?rlkey=m6ubui3snft522kkqjrfb7a16&dl=0">hint PDF (new!)</a></div></div>* 17 people solved this within the first week for 100 points apiece. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The total number of points scored is 10200. Thus, the current money pool for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $102.00. Yowzer! Y'all managed to break my $100.00 ceiling, which is clearly too low; therefore, I am raising it to $150 (not only for this season, but for the foreseeable future). <b>Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $408.00.</b> 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!<br /> <br />Stay tuned next week for all of the solutions and the final results. Good luck!<i></i></div></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-23418663753428141722024-02-28T08:00:00.001-06:002024-02-28T08:00:00.146-06:00Wordy Wednesday 585: Pent Words 117<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #583
<br>DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 15 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/54vf447o7r1pz1lrii252/WW583-dividedintotriples15-sol.pdf?rlkey=fwzbdiqupsj5h4lio4vlqt0xv&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gmitme7itljea3mvfxvja/WW583-dividedintotriples15.pdf?rlkey=8syjqsbishoczdup0m6dgjn6y&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/aq8148lwnqm7ci4h4ahbs/WW583-dividedintotriples15-easier.pdf?rlkey=nu9obr0pb6aubx5w3gra6gp1u&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br><font color=#FF0000>Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Derek Allen</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>James Haddad</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Nan</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Pavel Curtis</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Randy Rogers</font> **
<br>Bartholomew Gold **
<br>Kevin Orfield **
<br>Ryan Faley **
<br>Sam Levitin **
<br>Tower **
<br>
<br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #584
<br>SNAKE CRISSCROSSS 27 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 14 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cpkrb6ytilqkb7rqj7hxi/WW584-snakecrisscross27.pdf?rlkey=3coxpnpj9ve6trpykluoudbp1&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r3flfamzuvl9tw1en7njm/WW584-snakecrisscross27-easier.pdf?rlkey=7cs4vpf5kyhsm74fcchd3opcx&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #585
<br>PENT WORDS 117
<br><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/73wxqitipki5k8ay509ar/WW585-pentwords117.pdf?rlkey=54a8ecrq9th69tzsuzg0zyo34&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vKMbHF__q2vQcvB_KZJY8eF4vfvhIfqyjeYnz7fdeb4m03vbnUSu-HrJDqfPraAxHIPi-RU0Ar7ZfLTtPBgtusba_UpKp5077xPz4bLDSkcUF7aRRwCJmFD3V1tv8eTqf0-royxaTQDnqM-70IimxO7Mq1Cr0pq77ncY4j91BasXrnUfJOa7vZinaA/s448/WW75-pentwords15-example.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="448" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vKMbHF__q2vQcvB_KZJY8eF4vfvhIfqyjeYnz7fdeb4m03vbnUSu-HrJDqfPraAxHIPi-RU0Ar7ZfLTtPBgtusba_UpKp5077xPz4bLDSkcUF7aRRwCJmFD3V1tv8eTqf0-royxaTQDnqM-70IimxO7Mq1Cr0pq77ncY4j91BasXrnUfJOa7vZinaA/s320/WW75-pentwords15-example.png" width="320" /></a></div>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.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomf0_W_xZud3fe9CK52p064d28aPA2OpB0u728DQzta11eX1Jb6Yzwhitd-JbXpX9deqKIl3UzS5x1nsiAr6cSNzUeAIVmhQPbPraE_IlymAGZmU7XG_jCMA2s2qeNVsNGrv87Ap-33PZRCZXCWGOAAvaEge0KKKl7LA9xZvGwKTXY-1VjFvaoFl7ag/s967/WW75-pentwords15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="967" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomf0_W_xZud3fe9CK52p064d28aPA2OpB0u728DQzta11eX1Jb6Yzwhitd-JbXpX9deqKIl3UzS5x1nsiAr6cSNzUeAIVmhQPbPraE_IlymAGZmU7XG_jCMA2s2qeNVsNGrv87Ap-33PZRCZXCWGOAAvaEge0KKKl7LA9xZvGwKTXY-1VjFvaoFl7ag/w640-h592/WW75-pentwords15.png" width="640" /></a></div>ACROSS (two answers per row):
<br>1 The mascot of the Baltimore Ravens / “Here is the church, here is the ____. . .”
<br>2 Hallow / “Stayin’ ____” (Bee Gees hit)
<br>3 Tall marsh grasses / Barber’s tool
<br>4 Fixed gaze / Singer and rapper who played James Madison’s crystal flute in 2022
<br>5 Harley Quinn’s pet Bud or Lou, for example / Frasier’s last name
<br>6 Some periodicals, briefly / Holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ
<br>7 “Able was I ____ I saw Elba” / Quivering motions
<br>8 Place to land a copter / Was victorious
<br>9 <i>Metamorphoses</i> poet / Photography need
<br>10 Parch / Celebrity chef Lagasse
<br>PENTOMINOES:
<br>* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
<br>* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
<br>* Mistake
<br>* Cosmetics businesswoman Lauder
<br>* ____ de menthe
<br>* Regions
<br>* Actor Kagasoff of <i>The Secret Life of The American Teenager</i>
<br>* Remnant from the distant past
<br>* Book following Daniel
<br>* <i>Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and ____</i> (Simon & Garfunkel album)
<br>* A Latin dance or a chip dip
<br>* Football great Drew
<br>* ____ throat (bacterial infection)
<br>* Gas in the upper atmosphere
<br>* It has a fulcrum
<br>* Enraged
<br>* Ends of a magnet
<br>* Slow-moving gastropod
<br>* Female title
<br>* Concur
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<br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* What's a 7-letter word for "Heraldic clover shape"?
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Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VUsfRl8TwE/YLbC3TsbGRI/AAAAAAAAF0M/cxpHuyopjNIO5bPPNNUuCi_5cMqs8uO1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VUsfRl8TwE/YLbC3TsbGRI/AAAAAAAAF0M/cxpHuyopjNIO5bPPNNUuCi_5cMqs8uO1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-2203179240592967142024-02-26T00:01:00.049-06:002024-02-26T00:01:00.124-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6, Episode 9 (Meta): Line 'em Up<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>PREVIOUS </span><span>EPISODES</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Introduction</b> (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6"): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2024/01/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s6e1.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 1 (A High-Tec Puzzle)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qcv9upprlk3ik6qivog5y/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-hint.pdf?rlkey=y1fz8h6byjqdhu8qnftzktkvh&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 2 (Hopefully Not "Sew" Hard)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3e5dncg9q37dd8b3ji6z5/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e2.pdf?rlkey=cr4ee8qwro54yio0ym67r3omk&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p1vo9y66n828pws8ytjq8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-hint.pdf?rlkey=ch4trg41bkgf67pg7rp07dtyv&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 3 (Color My World)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cv64v13w57kylhuhqqpgn/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e3.pdf?rlkey=szaudskhboiupcwmsn2dp4fc4&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kylfgwmzv5630csxg0837/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-hint.pdf?rlkey=kdtdicgiaaju95jzzn3azlr1u&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 4 (Another Baseball Baffler)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p8qk5h0u6mdgh29vzo4i4/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4.pdf?rlkey=m4d096p7rdqk3jcmhtqu722ov&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/maa67vmuex2bazq1bbjyy/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-hint.pdf?rlkey=prwy22ikanrwhfl8jipjxnmco&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 19 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 5 (Confusing Columns)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9ruabt95bn2zdbw20bug9/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5.pdf?rlkey=xl1ny1apdpqlqmcc65w8ub2z0&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sdbr6bwlbvp85m0z9az29/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5-hint.pdf?rlkey=dw5t5kjrbn2ba470nnv2hr4vo&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 6 (Arcane Archipelago)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/12esr0lxzqptppiycjt28/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6.pdf?rlkey=d7ehat8fatu4890d2cs5xnnc3&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f504uqn01s6qr9ihlxgp8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6-hint.pdf?rlkey=uz49ha3trxir11jbkv2qfijqi&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 3 people solved it later for 25 points.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 7 (Work Your Magic)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pd0eafjo7otu3pk7x9505/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7.pdf?rlkey=rmf4sgo4kprug9d42umdthgnj&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cufchn1rx3x64zgwpvo4x/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7-hint.pdf?rlkey=ljn94mypwb801paa7wk6va5p4&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div>* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 8 ("Ken" You Solve This?)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pcygiying5nmtheiex9ho/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8.pdf?rlkey=nx8y0hpvj0stv63qo0svryiyx&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/11bn6ezvegajbdzfg5171/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8-hint.pdf?rlkey=vh8b1g9mtt4amsxq8fi6fdmey&dl=0">hint PDF (new!)</a></div>* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The total number of points scored is 8425. Thus, the current money pool for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $84.25. <b>Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $337.00.</b> 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.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 9 (META):</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">LINE 'EM UP<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7j38oi38fh1i9krkhii1t/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e9.pdf?rlkey=g6y1ogjdhlfkwvwavh63xw3dx&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What does it take to solve these puzzles? If you correctly line up their answers, you’ll be able to read the central columns to find out.</i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdsnM8em0btEWuP3G4ScxJSCaPAVj8k0wAohKIxUF67hBaldGjOAi0ey4855LLxNka9EutkgdA5aD8BF-4Spc6N-JZ3fs8LePI2z11E2gEFKS5YcsNGkS1Lmjyy7JxF7CrI7V53guODPkNiyowY3IxFpMjF4ZcR0lXkZ3S5iQTyLvwJFPWTI-71RKbGTg/s499/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="499" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdsnM8em0btEWuP3G4ScxJSCaPAVj8k0wAohKIxUF67hBaldGjOAi0ey4855LLxNka9EutkgdA5aD8BF-4Spc6N-JZ3fs8LePI2z11E2gEFKS5YcsNGkS1Lmjyy7JxF7CrI7V53guODPkNiyowY3IxFpMjF4ZcR0lXkZ3S5iQTyLvwJFPWTI-71RKbGTg/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e9.png" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div><span style="text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNzZkbMWalVDQuThxkrw-hyRRqmxSpgioVxboyhSmv6V5MM7skCRXm8IZvm01ctpUMQxqtRP9AHo98CMqwsxIfZD2VOLVGYYZ5SF5ycsLtlq3WsCrpRiOkToZH9hV9DGt2xFlfE9atuaA7uTIr_N4riUHppM2eDiJg9-K2CshU_6r9K_VllBTWI6ycjzJ/s2664/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e9-illustration.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="2664" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNzZkbMWalVDQuThxkrw-hyRRqmxSpgioVxboyhSmv6V5MM7skCRXm8IZvm01ctpUMQxqtRP9AHo98CMqwsxIfZD2VOLVGYYZ5SF5ycsLtlq3WsCrpRiOkToZH9hV9DGt2xFlfE9atuaA7uTIr_N4riUHppM2eDiJg9-K2CshU_6r9K_VllBTWI6ycjzJ/w640-h288/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e9-illustration.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of the puzzle.)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><i></i><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">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!</span><i><br /></i></div><i></i></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-23890008754737618152024-02-21T08:00:00.054-06:002024-02-21T08:00:00.140-06:00Wordy Wednesday 584: Snake Crisscross 27<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #582
<br />TOUCHWORD 30 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kuia9rkcamob2ekcq966b/WW582-touchword30-sol.pdf?rlkey=safxrj4r5e9nfggfn407jl9ay&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/my7a7vbm0ovtc1bna6jx7/WW582-touchword30.pdf?rlkey=9j8li6lz8n2qn8tonxz2x73hb&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5qaqit4oq8fgl8jt07rzx/WW582-touchword30-easier.pdf?rlkey=4bz10vwtztok2evmslho55rf6&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cole Kendall</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">James Haddad</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Joe Bernard</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Randy Rogers</font> **
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Patrick Jordan **
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />Tower **
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #583
<br />DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 15 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 12 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gmitme7itljea3mvfxvja/WW583-dividedintotriples15.pdf?rlkey=8syjqsbishoczdup0m6dgjn6y&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/aq8148lwnqm7ci4h4ahbs/WW583-dividedintotriples15-easier.pdf?rlkey=nu9obr0pb6aubx5w3gra6gp1u&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #584
<br />SNAKE CRISSCROSS 27
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cpkrb6ytilqkb7rqj7hxi/WW584-snakecrisscross27.pdf?rlkey=3coxpnpj9ve6trpykluoudbp1&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
<i>This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron <font color="#FF0000"><b>Cathy Bowen</b></font>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mathgrant">Support me on Patreon</a> 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!</i>
<br />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.
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<br />Arrange the letters in the highlighted cells to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.
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<br />3 LETTERS</b>
<br />Sheet used by an animator
<br />Prominent shark feature
<br />Handgun, slangily
<br /><i>____ the Science Kid</i> (PBS Kids series)
<br />Turf
<br /><b>4 LETTERS</b>
<br />Gatherings of comic book fans or of furries, briefly
<br /><i>Jane ____</i> (Charlotte Brontë novel)
<br />Ctrl+Y function, often
<br />Horse rider’s strap
<br />Loose-fitting outer garment
<br />Soft mineral
<br />“____ shalt have no other gods. . .”
<br />Ensnare
<br /><b>5 LETTERS</b>
<br />Something of value
<br />1994 action flick erroneously referred to by Homer Simpson as “The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down”
<br />Recurring motif
<br /><b>6 LETTERS</b>
<br />More than just request
<br />A type of printer
<br />United States ____ Service
<br />Talked back
<br /><b>7 LETTERS</b>
<br />Gospel singer and vocal band leader Bill
<br /><b>8 LETTERS</b>
<br />The ordinate’s counterpart in Cartesian coordinates
<br /><b>10 LETTERS</b>
<br />Finds through careful searching: 2 wds.
<br />With “The”, pro wrestler Mark William Calaway’s ring name
<br /><b>SNAKE WORDS
<br />5 LETTERS</b>
<br />Over
<br />Abrasive mineral
<br />Style of abstractionism that uses visual illusions: 2 wds.
<br />Not fresh
<br /><b>6 LETTERS</b>
<br />University of Texas Permian Basin’s city
<br /><b>7 LETTERS</b>
<br />Pine, for one
<br />Williams who designed the <i>King’s Quest</i> series of adventure games
<br />Member of a jazz orchestra
<br />“____ lies the problem”
<br /><b>8 LETTERS</b>
<br />They stand the test of time
<br /><b>9 LETTERS</b>
<br />Geographical region once linked to the Confederacy: 2 wds.
<br /><b>10 LETTERS</b>
<br />Baseball great known as Captain Clutch: 2 wds.
<br /><b>11 LETTERS</b>
<br />Short-legged hare-hunting dog breed: 2 wds.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* What's a 5-letter word for "Actor Kagasoff of <i>The Secret Life of The American Teenager</i>"?
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Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-63797908621358995232024-02-19T00:01:00.040-06:002024-02-19T00:01:00.139-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6, Episode 8: "Ken" You Solve This?<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>PREVIOUS </span><span>EPISODES</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Introduction</b> (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6"): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2024/01/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s6e1.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 1 (A High-Tec Puzzle)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qcv9upprlk3ik6qivog5y/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-hint.pdf?rlkey=y1fz8h6byjqdhu8qnftzktkvh&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 2 (Hopefully Not "Sew" Hard)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3e5dncg9q37dd8b3ji6z5/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e2.pdf?rlkey=cr4ee8qwro54yio0ym67r3omk&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p1vo9y66n828pws8ytjq8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-hint.pdf?rlkey=ch4trg41bkgf67pg7rp07dtyv&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 3 (Color My World)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cv64v13w57kylhuhqqpgn/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e3.pdf?rlkey=szaudskhboiupcwmsn2dp4fc4&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kylfgwmzv5630csxg0837/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-hint.pdf?rlkey=kdtdicgiaaju95jzzn3azlr1u&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 4 (Another Baseball Baffler)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p8qk5h0u6mdgh29vzo4i4/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4.pdf?rlkey=m4d096p7rdqk3jcmhtqu722ov&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/maa67vmuex2bazq1bbjyy/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-hint.pdf?rlkey=prwy22ikanrwhfl8jipjxnmco&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 19 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 5 (Confusing Columns)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9ruabt95bn2zdbw20bug9/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5.pdf?rlkey=xl1ny1apdpqlqmcc65w8ub2z0&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sdbr6bwlbvp85m0z9az29/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5-hint.pdf?rlkey=dw5t5kjrbn2ba470nnv2hr4vo&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 6 (Arcane Archipelago)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/12esr0lxzqptppiycjt28/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6.pdf?rlkey=d7ehat8fatu4890d2cs5xnnc3&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f504uqn01s6qr9ihlxgp8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6-hint.pdf?rlkey=uz49ha3trxir11jbkv2qfijqi&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 7 (Work Your Magic)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pd0eafjo7otu3pk7x9505/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7.pdf?rlkey=rmf4sgo4kprug9d42umdthgnj&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cufchn1rx3x64zgwpvo4x/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7-hint.pdf?rlkey=ljn94mypwb801paa7wk6va5p4&dl=0">hint PDF (new!)</a></div>* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The total number of points scored is 7300. Thus, the current money pool for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $73.00. <b>Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $292.00.</b> If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 8:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"KEN" YOU SOLVE THIS?<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pcygiying5nmtheiex9ho/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8.pdf?rlkey=nx8y0hpvj0stv63qo0svryiyx&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kevin had a dream that he was kidnapped and trapped in a square room by two men named Ken (or maybe Tom). Luckily, Kevin was able to escape by exercising his math skills!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaG5fjGViaUq57uw8gdg8QZ1GmjILaN8ccxdIFqpPtUNz8hfGrLVpfBH9AKGQr9NghiYRYGpCF46HRuCv4ZzVUoFJxRl4_SVm2shXpfyc6FsWNAuMdO91Ghd1EWk19qHzdaZX7PsKvzQB3rKasRDfT0nU0KlCfkS_d9mhowY2EQbbrr_aD8YDDWqvKokB/s674/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="674" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaG5fjGViaUq57uw8gdg8QZ1GmjILaN8ccxdIFqpPtUNz8hfGrLVpfBH9AKGQr9NghiYRYGpCF46HRuCv4ZzVUoFJxRl4_SVm2shXpfyc6FsWNAuMdO91Ghd1EWk19qHzdaZX7PsKvzQB3rKasRDfT0nU0KlCfkS_d9mhowY2EQbbrr_aD8YDDWqvKokB/w640-h640/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8.png" width="640" /></a></div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div><span style="text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnN61G-XhhTOLXuT0hN-GGEVrJpvErsCVknZWAWyUe9t5VMr797qLSBlJcoY4uNrKtBTaZrHuUeRZZfR0NRtuDKOAk970m_OnWQ_z97f2D0z7deZzAo_V2Q08Z8fOCY029MaIzYSuCVa39fXURgrSQMCSXHYtiK-e1L9Po-mM3S_dXTp1ipU1toMdzilc/s2824/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8-illustration.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2824" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnN61G-XhhTOLXuT0hN-GGEVrJpvErsCVknZWAWyUe9t5VMr797qLSBlJcoY4uNrKtBTaZrHuUeRZZfR0NRtuDKOAk970m_OnWQ_z97f2D0z7deZzAo_V2Q08Z8fOCY029MaIzYSuCVa39fXURgrSQMCSXHYtiK-e1L9Po-mM3S_dXTp1ipU1toMdzilc/w640-h272/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e8-illustration.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of the puzzle.)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">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</span><span style="text-align: center;">, a meta requiring the 8 previous answers to be solved. Good luck!</span><i><br /></i><i></i></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-34310738856916944642024-02-14T08:00:00.035-06:002024-02-14T08:00:00.149-06:00Wordy Wednesday 583: DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 15<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #581
<br />GIBBERISH GENIUS 2 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f88eo1ttl3946csznvtsk/WW581-gibberishgenius2-sol.pdf?rlkey=6eisv6dgs4ms6i8mqe9cyvtoh&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ujw5cw62iif7jhwq2wmsz/WW581-gibberishgenius2.pdf?rlkey=1nx8n2n6b29bp90m6uk367i8l&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ez1sxkyymdwz5972pgdky/WW581-gibberishgenius2-easier.pdf?rlkey=nz590rg9vusqqdgn1j9bwa2ky&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cole Kendall</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Pavel Curtis</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Randy Rogers</font> **
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Luk Weyens **
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />Tower **
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #582
<br />TOUCHWORD 30 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 13 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/my7a7vbm0ovtc1bna6jx7/WW582-touchword30.pdf?rlkey=9j8li6lz8n2qn8tonxz2x73hb&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5qaqit4oq8fgl8jt07rzx/WW582-touchword30-easier.pdf?rlkey=4bz10vwtztok2evmslho55rf6&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #583
<br />DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 15
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gmitme7itljea3mvfxvja/WW583-dividedintotriples15.pdf?rlkey=8syjqsbishoczdup0m6dgjn6y&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a>
<br /><a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-guide-to-recurring-wordy-wednesday.html">(click here for rules)</a></span></div>
<i>This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron <font color="#FF0000"><b>M. Sean Molley</b></font>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mathgrant">Support me on Patreon</a> 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!</i>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* What's a 10-letter, 2-word answer "Baseball great known as Captain Clutch"?
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Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-70824858020615644002024-02-12T00:01:00.049-06:002024-02-12T00:01:00.380-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6, Episode 7: Work Your Magic<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>PREVIOUS </span><span>EPISODES</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Introduction</b> (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6"): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2024/01/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s6e1.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 1 (A High-Tec Puzzle)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qcv9upprlk3ik6qivog5y/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-hint.pdf?rlkey=y1fz8h6byjqdhu8qnftzktkvh&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 2 (Hopefully Not "Sew" Hard)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3e5dncg9q37dd8b3ji6z5/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e2.pdf?rlkey=cr4ee8qwro54yio0ym67r3omk&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p1vo9y66n828pws8ytjq8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-hint.pdf?rlkey=ch4trg41bkgf67pg7rp07dtyv&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 3 (Color My World)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cv64v13w57kylhuhqqpgn/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e3.pdf?rlkey=szaudskhboiupcwmsn2dp4fc4&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kylfgwmzv5630csxg0837/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-hint.pdf?rlkey=kdtdicgiaaju95jzzn3azlr1u&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 4 (Another Baseball Baffler)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p8qk5h0u6mdgh29vzo4i4/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4.pdf?rlkey=m4d096p7rdqk3jcmhtqu722ov&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/maa67vmuex2bazq1bbjyy/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-hint.pdf?rlkey=prwy22ikanrwhfl8jipjxnmco&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 19 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 5 (Confusing Columns)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9ruabt95bn2zdbw20bug9/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5.pdf?rlkey=xl1ny1apdpqlqmcc65w8ub2z0&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sdbr6bwlbvp85m0z9az29/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5-hint.pdf?rlkey=dw5t5kjrbn2ba470nnv2hr4vo&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 6 (Arcane Archipelago)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/12esr0lxzqptppiycjt28/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6.pdf?rlkey=d7ehat8fatu4890d2cs5xnnc3&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f504uqn01s6qr9ihlxgp8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6-hint.pdf?rlkey=uz49ha3trxir11jbkv2qfijqi&dl=0">hint PDF (new!)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 15 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece. <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The total number of points scored is 6250. Thus, the current money pool for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $62.50. <b>Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $250.00.</b> If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 7:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORK YOUR MAGIC<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pd0eafjo7otu3pk7x9505/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7.pdf?rlkey=rmf4sgo4kprug9d42umdthgnj&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kevin’s favorite magic trick is turning words into other words by rearranging their letters; his second favorite is arranging numbers to make their sums equal in every row and every column.</i><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKu0WFO6O40VxylBt_Prhyphenhyphen8t47piJyFEhD7TolS2mACMclu9bMDenTvB5dcJZ4FSXvU5pViCV5C3KlCL_0WceQH52N7fc_zvd30JyCFsH3yx_ilAVzRS2z655Dlz3EVHeNVm_JrCATOLVN-oJWXBJfJZiUyzsSnKmuquEBwx6zs-u5xb4f7AoKIjR6ttMk/s446/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKu0WFO6O40VxylBt_Prhyphenhyphen8t47piJyFEhD7TolS2mACMclu9bMDenTvB5dcJZ4FSXvU5pViCV5C3KlCL_0WceQH52N7fc_zvd30JyCFsH3yx_ilAVzRS2z655Dlz3EVHeNVm_JrCATOLVN-oJWXBJfJZiUyzsSnKmuquEBwx6zs-u5xb4f7AoKIjR6ttMk/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. ____ finger<br />2. Furniture store offering<br />3. Vigilant<br />4. ____ Day (September holiday)<br />5. Perfect<br />6. Stitch of <i>Lilo & Stitch</i> is one<br />7. Musical symbols<br />8. Hollow rock with a crystal-lined interior<br />9. “Home on the ____”<br />10. Ahead of schedule<br />11. Arm joint<br />12. Rich German cake<br />13. Brick of metal<br />14. Titles<br />15. Gather, as grain or information<br />16. Sesame Street’s grouchy resident<br />17. Word puzzle using pictures<br />18. Blazing<br />19. Metalworking tool<br />20. <i>Boléro</i> composer<br />21. Enthusiastic<br />22. <i>Murder, She ____</i> (1984-1996 TV series)<br />23. Certain heron<br />24. Jumped<br />25. Jouster’s need</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div><span style="text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmKEv5H_-aRUBqKwQM0oZey-zcQ5x7AxjmzO7AB28Oxpq9fIArEIQWkacVTSyhefLrh45_XTh9VA709aoGfaoANT9L6642Uhrfz_5ZIokgSsqPUn8c6nbW3x3unCftqNo5xxgzxAu02OnO8Qa_8DjgMozn00-RfCIXiN3lAPlfr-pplokZ5tI5r677L3F/s2967/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7-illustration.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2967" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmKEv5H_-aRUBqKwQM0oZey-zcQ5x7AxjmzO7AB28Oxpq9fIArEIQWkacVTSyhefLrh45_XTh9VA709aoGfaoANT9L6642Uhrfz_5ZIokgSsqPUn8c6nbW3x3unCftqNo5xxgzxAu02OnO8Qa_8DjgMozn00-RfCIXiN3lAPlfr-pplokZ5tI5r677L3F/w640-h258/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e7-illustration.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of the puzzle.)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">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!</span><i><br /></i></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-941201893763825022024-02-10T15:30:00.014-06:002024-02-10T15:30:00.130-06:00Patron Puzzles for Philanthropy: Anacrossword Twenty-Pack ThreeThis update to the Patron Puzzles for Philanthropy initiative is to announce Anacrossword Twenty-Pack Three!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJsorvMaXpGBPzzflW2z1X7nBdfdJpzqwYCLJZ5zsfBMHmF1GLz16pj-omA8-LAkCtRoX9nUjSRMUZWhjs3q8BAjyYztXGXUKEIujlhjHXFSCI5UKXG9mgZwXrmDgkHKi4JMX8GwjmjzjD0OACg-ZgSkvea1d0eZaRV0mEN2PRljjiMMW8BkLNYnw_zPd/s3698/anacrossword-twenty-pack-three-jannes-jambres.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2584" data-original-width="3698" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJsorvMaXpGBPzzflW2z1X7nBdfdJpzqwYCLJZ5zsfBMHmF1GLz16pj-omA8-LAkCtRoX9nUjSRMUZWhjs3q8BAjyYztXGXUKEIujlhjHXFSCI5UKXG9mgZwXrmDgkHKi4JMX8GwjmjzjD0OACg-ZgSkvea1d0eZaRV0mEN2PRljjiMMW8BkLNYnw_zPd/w640-h448/anacrossword-twenty-pack-three-jannes-jambres.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Artwork by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a></span></div><p></p><p>This pack contains 20 Anacrossword puzzles for the price of <b>US$10</b>, and is, as the title suggests, a sequel to the <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2021/03/patron-puzzles-for-philanthropy-update.html">Anacrossword Twenty-Pack</a> and <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2022/05/patron-puzzles-for-philanthropy-update.html">Anacrossword Twenty-Pack Two</a>. Anacrosswords are a recurring puzzle on this blog, inspired by a concept seen in <i>Games</i> magazine
eons ago. Combining crosswords and acrostic puzzles, when the letters
in the crossword are transferred to the correspondingly-numbered blanks,
each of these puzzles yields a quote followed by its author (as opposed
to the ones on this blog which yield a clue to a final answer). Each
puzzle comes in a hard version (in which the solver must determine where
each answer goes, as well as where spaces and punctuation belong in the
quote) and an easy version (in which these things are given to the
solver). Puzzles vary in size from 50 blanks in the smallest puzzle to
167 blanks in the largest puzzle.</p><div><div>
As a reminder, <i>this is a charity initiative</i>. Please e-mail me (glmathgrantATgmailDOTcom) a copy of your charitable receipt to my local food bank, the <a href="https://www.fbwct.org/">Food Bank of West Central Texas</a>, to receive this puzzle pack. (It must be a new donation, dated no earlier than one day before you email me.) <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2022/12/patron-puzzles-for-philanthropy-list-of.html">Click here</a> for a list of all of the puzzle packs in this initiative. Happy solving!</div></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-74090486101088149312024-02-07T08:00:00.031-06:002024-02-07T08:00:00.255-06:00Wordy Wednesday 582: Touchword 30<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #580
<br />PENT WORDS 116 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c9btv2an4lkysly1z4sik/WW580-pentwords116-sol.pdf?rlkey=pdo6zrrs4ww599xulsefgb0we&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8258d6o2uakbg1gqnw83n/WW580-pentwords116.pdf?rlkey=qa9bv19ude45t4cqlt9sdvw4i&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4t2ppe8aiwelwjd0fpeno/WW580-pentwords116-easier.pdf?rlkey=lsz0hqcawb793rb98zrausk14&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">James Haddad</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Joe Bernard</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Pavel Curtis</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Randy Rogers</font> **
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Patrick Jordan *
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />Tower **
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #581
<br />GIBBERISH GENIUS 2 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 10 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ujw5cw62iif7jhwq2wmsz/WW581-gibberishgenius2.pdf?rlkey=1nx8n2n6b29bp90m6uk367i8l&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ez1sxkyymdwz5972pgdky/WW581-gibberishgenius2-easier.pdf?rlkey=nz590rg9vusqqdgn1j9bwa2ky&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #582
<br />TOUCHWORD 30
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/my7a7vbm0ovtc1bna6jx7/WW582-touchword30.pdf?rlkey=9j8li6lz8n2qn8tonxz2x73hb&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
In a crossword, words cross each other; in this puzzle, they merely touch. More specifically, all answers read across, and 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. (If you want more of these puzzles, the author offers the Touchword subscription service <i><a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2023/12/outside-fox-puzzles-year-1-also-fox.html">Outside the Fox Puzzles</a></i>.) Arrange the letters in the shaded squares to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYJVJPmJkDJHoR-aLlteJC7m1uvOejbOZj1MLXacug1zhGPifuJfQlmocL2QxwtpuDuAKshfs9D1LltXr6pe9JtcIgYVZk7xFaFaKOtH3rEnlixwFif85rbwYghVRVKjf8-a-N1NsSbaCU7ISuK-xyNBkNIUGaW9qY7wmE5zQnC9eo0CGEuwc30qq0aZx/s447/WW582-touchword30.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYJVJPmJkDJHoR-aLlteJC7m1uvOejbOZj1MLXacug1zhGPifuJfQlmocL2QxwtpuDuAKshfs9D1LltXr6pe9JtcIgYVZk7xFaFaKOtH3rEnlixwFif85rbwYghVRVKjf8-a-N1NsSbaCU7ISuK-xyNBkNIUGaW9qY7wmE5zQnC9eo0CGEuwc30qq0aZx/s16000/WW582-touchword30.png" /></a></div>1 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife after whom a video game princess is named / <i>Avatar: The Way of ____</i> / Inputs a phone number
<br />2 Persisted: 2 wds. / <i>Saturday Night Live</i> alum Cheri / Do nothing
<br />3 Common greeting / Part of Pinocchio that grows / With “The”, 1984 Nik Kershaw song covered by Gigi D’Agostino in 1999
<br />4 Flat-shelled marine mollusk / Vociferous
<br />5 Unawares / <i>Star Trek: The ____ Generation</i> / Ted of The Amboy Dukes
<br />6 It records flight data in the event of a crash: 2 wds. / Fabric softener brand with a teddy bear mascot
<br />7 Dark and desolate / Constricting snakes / Squirm
<br />8 1928 animated short film that entered the public domain in 2024: 2 wds.
<br />9 Ladder rung / <i>____ Lisa Smile</i> (2003 film) / Structure for climbing plants
<br />10 Surname of an infamous 1994 murder trial defendant / Rash
<br />11 Weaklings / Isaac who voiced Gomez in <i>The Addams Family</i> (2019) / Hallow
<br />12 Chardonnay, for example / Just average: hyph. / Edible fowl viscera
<br />13 Straightforward / Boo-Boo Bear’s companion / Decline
<br />14 Establishment with books that can be checked out / ____ butter / Ace of ____ (Swedish pop group)
<br />15 Marty of <i>Madagascar</i> is one / Did laundry / Lance of NSYNC
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
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What's an 8-letter, 2-word answer for "New York City detective voiced by James McCaffrey in a video game trilogy"?<br />* Patron Puzzle #117, which will be delivered on February 8, 2024, exclusively to <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mathgrant">Patreon</a> supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Framelinks.
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Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-52812118405233510382024-02-05T00:01:00.057-06:002024-02-05T00:01:00.142-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6, Episode 6: Arcane Archipelago<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>PREVIOUS </span><span>EPISODES</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Introduction</b> (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6"): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2024/01/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s6e1.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 1 (A High-Tec Puzzle)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qcv9upprlk3ik6qivog5y/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-hint.pdf?rlkey=y1fz8h6byjqdhu8qnftzktkvh&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 2 (Hopefully Not "Sew" Hard)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3e5dncg9q37dd8b3ji6z5/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e2.pdf?rlkey=cr4ee8qwro54yio0ym67r3omk&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p1vo9y66n828pws8ytjq8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-hint.pdf?rlkey=ch4trg41bkgf67pg7rp07dtyv&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 3 (Color My World)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cv64v13w57kylhuhqqpgn/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e3.pdf?rlkey=szaudskhboiupcwmsn2dp4fc4&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kylfgwmzv5630csxg0837/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-hint.pdf?rlkey=kdtdicgiaaju95jzzn3azlr1u&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 4 (Another Baseball Baffler)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p8qk5h0u6mdgh29vzo4i4/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4.pdf?rlkey=m4d096p7rdqk3jcmhtqu722ov&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/maa67vmuex2bazq1bbjyy/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-hint.pdf?rlkey=prwy22ikanrwhfl8jipjxnmco&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 19 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 5 (Confusing Columns)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9ruabt95bn2zdbw20bug9/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5.pdf?rlkey=xl1ny1apdpqlqmcc65w8ub2z0&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sdbr6bwlbvp85m0z9az29/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5-hint.pdf?rlkey=dw5t5kjrbn2ba470nnv2hr4vo&dl=0">hint PDF (new!)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The total number of points scored is 5500. Thus, the current money pool for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $55.00. <b>Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $218.00.</b> If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 6:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">ARCANE ARCHIPELAGO<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/12esr0lxzqptppiycjt28/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6.pdf?rlkey=d7ehat8fatu4890d2cs5xnnc3&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kevin recently vacationed at a chain of small islands. Naturally, the visit was rendered unnecessarily frustrating by the fact that the map of the islands was made into a puzzle.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rUDJGcAfvFjWpKLEFt8KI-fr7ZFg8wHqG39E7R-l6FLn3Kj0GARPluGksriRZwoQIZMO7R953rrI_1t9_fkMoAm701nc1kTW-128hrFMV3UDystRpmn2wEd8ERIO7lAdj-g0WaV0GbDYD_UYKUaB97AsDePr4j414QQIsVXnb-OYQMs6i9ZeeeA8XirW/s696/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rUDJGcAfvFjWpKLEFt8KI-fr7ZFg8wHqG39E7R-l6FLn3Kj0GARPluGksriRZwoQIZMO7R953rrI_1t9_fkMoAm701nc1kTW-128hrFMV3UDystRpmn2wEd8ERIO7lAdj-g0WaV0GbDYD_UYKUaB97AsDePr4j414QQIsVXnb-OYQMs6i9ZeeeA8XirW/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6.png" /></a></div></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div><span style="text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-yIHJPYPYR6iUj2SWKrb_Gjh57DQAwpKRih_brT4i44XTE-zkhq7DKI-pcTnHUt3AdnrLSIgYMHdXiVx9dso4Img40c_OR10vvuo_XqXWwRDb1P3Veqv4eVXzdSbil3Omowb08Y0-FXl9IExpMrjcXqUZB1kcKHOmLxTPJSOUC5O0z9lkx4VIneJ8z24/s2508/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6-illustration.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2508" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-yIHJPYPYR6iUj2SWKrb_Gjh57DQAwpKRih_brT4i44XTE-zkhq7DKI-pcTnHUt3AdnrLSIgYMHdXiVx9dso4Img40c_OR10vvuo_XqXWwRDb1P3Veqv4eVXzdSbil3Omowb08Y0-FXl9IExpMrjcXqUZB1kcKHOmLxTPJSOUC5O0z9lkx4VIneJ8z24/w640-h306/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e6-illustration.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of the puzzle.)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">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!</span><i><br /></i></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-38352504986356524322024-01-31T08:00:00.003-06:002024-01-31T08:00:00.191-06:00Wordy Wednesday 581: Gibberish Genius 2<div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #579
<br />FRAMELINKS 21 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/aafotr4i5l33ogfqqyc9f/WW579-framelinks21-sol.pdf?rlkey=hv9s74tbsikd30k0abz01brgp&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/siwymlgjfosgz2ig480ok/WW579-framelinks21.pdf?rlkey=nnqlmlybqryypzpsre02nbi1v&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lro40xx7crvryflqz57tt/WW579-framelinks21-easier.pdf?rlkey=v7kbvpo23exsuqmji0ln0ej7k&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">James Haddad</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Pavel Curtis</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Randy Rogers</font> *
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />Tower **
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #580
<br />PENT WORDS 116 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 10 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8258d6o2uakbg1gqnw83n/WW580-pentwords116.pdf?rlkey=qa9bv19ude45t4cqlt9sdvw4i&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4t2ppe8aiwelwjd0fpeno/WW580-pentwords116-easier.pdf?rlkey=lsz0hqcawb793rb98zrausk14&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #581
<br />GIBBERISH GENIUS 2
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ujw5cw62iif7jhwq2wmsz/WW581-gibberishgenius2.pdf?rlkey=1nx8n2n6b29bp90m6uk367i8l&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
<i>This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron <font color="#FF0000"><b>Randy Rogers</b></font>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mathgrant">Support me on Patreon</a> 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!</i>
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Are you gifted enough to grapple with this gobbledygook again?</i><br />ALTESNATIVETOPAPESOSSCISSOSS
<br />BRIEISHELEVAEOR
<br />COLORFULYPATERNEHANKERCHIEFCOMONLYWORNONTHEHEA
<br />DNCETHTORIGINTEDINBOHEMI
<br />EBEAVERSUBUILDHTHEM
<br />EOPPOSITEFOFEFORENINLNAUTICALYTERMINOLOGY
<br />FMOUSAUUSFLMILLMDRECTORIOORSIELBERGPRRG
<br />GATHARINGCATTLAORSHAAP
<br />GIONNTWEBSITETHONTHONSONUCTIONS
<br />HTSEQUAKSSMARSSTIMDSSACCELERATINNS
<br />LAUNDRYUREDETERGENTUREBRANDURE
<br />NOTORIOUASSASSIJOHWILKE
<br />OSERIESOOFOMOUNTAINS
<br />PHILOOPHYINPIEDBYGEMANCOMMUNITKAL
<br />PLITICALDAMASARRINGKRRYWSHINGTONAOIVIAPPE
<br />PRAYRRTHNTMIGUTPRECEQEDINNRR
<br />SECOREOEFZEEROIENGEOLF
<br />VIFEOHTUSANDOWTNUHDREDGIEHTYEEFT
<br /><br />Alphabetize by category:
<br />_______________(2,vii)
<br />_______________(4,iv)
<br />_______________
<br /><br />_______________
<br />_______________
<br />_______________(3,viii)
<br />_______________(3,i)
<br /><br />_______________
<br />_______________(2,vi)
<br />_______________
<br />_______________
<br />_______________(2,v)
<br /><br />_______________(3,iii)
<br />_______________
<br />_______________(2,ii)
<br />_______________
<br />_______________
<br />_______________
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* What's a 15-letter, 2-word answer for "1928 animated short film that entered the public domain in 2024"?
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Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-81205395277606197042024-01-29T00:01:00.038-06:002024-01-29T00:01:00.125-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6, Episode 5: Confusing Columns<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>PREVIOUS </span><span>EPISODES</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Introduction</b> (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6"): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2024/01/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s6e1.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 1 (A High-Tec Puzzle)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qcv9upprlk3ik6qivog5y/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-hint.pdf?rlkey=y1fz8h6byjqdhu8qnftzktkvh&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 2 (Hopefully Not "Sew" Hard)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3e5dncg9q37dd8b3ji6z5/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e2.pdf?rlkey=cr4ee8qwro54yio0ym67r3omk&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p1vo9y66n828pws8ytjq8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-hint.pdf?rlkey=ch4trg41bkgf67pg7rp07dtyv&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 3 (Color My World)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cv64v13w57kylhuhqqpgn/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e3.pdf?rlkey=szaudskhboiupcwmsn2dp4fc4&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kylfgwmzv5630csxg0837/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-hint.pdf?rlkey=kdtdicgiaaju95jzzn3azlr1u&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 4 (Another Baseball Baffler)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p8qk5h0u6mdgh29vzo4i4/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4.pdf?rlkey=m4d096p7rdqk3jcmhtqu722ov&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/maa67vmuex2bazq1bbjyy/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-hint.pdf?rlkey=prwy22ikanrwhfl8jipjxnmco&dl=0">hint PDF (new!)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 19 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The total number of points scored is 4150. Thus, the current money pool for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $41.50. <b>Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $166.00.</b> If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 5:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">CONFUSING COLUMNS<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9ruabt95bn2zdbw20bug9/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5.pdf?rlkey=xl1ny1apdpqlqmcc65w8ub2z0&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This puzzle looks vaguely like one that confounded Kevin last May. Can you conquer these columns?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbmVUrUgTwjIORwZGWVTNrF1LMJd1f-BeV899ZyvSyocqYXlxK6FOZzRyGjIaGMGngNYAU8kfyfepOIigrpUK31v8R333C8qeBs8ClNc_3uWJttJkcGUQu4cZU1N5lBZulh1VM1lDBIBtIq2j8JPb3pcylBHa2iigHMKA_eghfVLomG_E3NdGRwaZemrB/s677/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="677" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbmVUrUgTwjIORwZGWVTNrF1LMJd1f-BeV899ZyvSyocqYXlxK6FOZzRyGjIaGMGngNYAU8kfyfepOIigrpUK31v8R333C8qeBs8ClNc_3uWJttJkcGUQu4cZU1N5lBZulh1VM1lDBIBtIq2j8JPb3pcylBHa2iigHMKA_eghfVLomG_E3NdGRwaZemrB/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5.png" /></a></div></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div><span style="text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCeHApDc22XbSUSoTFHX0UaRP1UTqWSwaI36AkGWQfvVZknE8OGoi-_dKtQuZVps4tPCU2IPwrZWtJXMYGxsjmEI21muYgu7Rq2WuHJDsUxDvCNcl0oHB6Ol02xpZ__y0acTx0NZRR_CXCO1_1OjMLGclTXn68NDGwDR5FoEq-hwlMWTDZHZGltznW9rg/s2355/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5-illustration.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2355" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCeHApDc22XbSUSoTFHX0UaRP1UTqWSwaI36AkGWQfvVZknE8OGoi-_dKtQuZVps4tPCU2IPwrZWtJXMYGxsjmEI21muYgu7Rq2WuHJDsUxDvCNcl0oHB6Ol02xpZ__y0acTx0NZRR_CXCO1_1OjMLGclTXn68NDGwDR5FoEq-hwlMWTDZHZGltznW9rg/w640-h326/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e5-illustration.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of the puzzle.)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Submit
your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay
tuned next week for Episode 5's hint and Episode 6's puzzle. Good luck!</span><i><br /></i></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-85905394703857530282024-01-24T08:00:00.001-06:002024-01-24T08:00:00.131-06:00Wordy Wednesday 580: Pent Words 116<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #578
<br>ANACROSSWORD 37 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kxmxmsml9jz5h1q7xvsrt/WW578-anacrossword37-sol.pdf?rlkey=gohhqw675zak9ah86hq51ilne&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ymx7ossk8qfs1pgnpsooo/WW578-anacrossword37.pdf?rlkey=2j85m7tkmc1vkzhfmdrwbzdpp&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/080jfe84ozrkfbgmif49g/WW578-anacrossword37-easier.pdf?rlkey=osqmn7ysacnatyhpxuyv398p0&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br><font color=#FF0000>Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Derek Allen</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Nan</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Pavel Curtis</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Randy Rogers</font> *
<br>Kevin Orfield **
<br>Ryan Faley **
<br>Sam Levitin **
<br>Tower **
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<br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #579
<br>FRAMELINKS 21 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 11 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/siwymlgjfosgz2ig480ok/WW579-framelinks21.pdf?rlkey=nnqlmlybqryypzpsre02nbi1v&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lro40xx7crvryflqz57tt/WW579-framelinks21-easier.pdf?rlkey=v7kbvpo23exsuqmji0ln0ej7k&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #580
<br>PENT WORDS 116
<br><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8258d6o2uakbg1gqnw83n/WW580-pentwords116.pdf?rlkey=qa9bv19ude45t4cqlt9sdvw4i&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vKMbHF__q2vQcvB_KZJY8eF4vfvhIfqyjeYnz7fdeb4m03vbnUSu-HrJDqfPraAxHIPi-RU0Ar7ZfLTtPBgtusba_UpKp5077xPz4bLDSkcUF7aRRwCJmFD3V1tv8eTqf0-royxaTQDnqM-70IimxO7Mq1Cr0pq77ncY4j91BasXrnUfJOa7vZinaA/s448/WW75-pentwords15-example.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="448" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vKMbHF__q2vQcvB_KZJY8eF4vfvhIfqyjeYnz7fdeb4m03vbnUSu-HrJDqfPraAxHIPi-RU0Ar7ZfLTtPBgtusba_UpKp5077xPz4bLDSkcUF7aRRwCJmFD3V1tv8eTqf0-royxaTQDnqM-70IimxO7Mq1Cr0pq77ncY4j91BasXrnUfJOa7vZinaA/s320/WW75-pentwords15-example.png" width="320" /></a></div>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.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomf0_W_xZud3fe9CK52p064d28aPA2OpB0u728DQzta11eX1Jb6Yzwhitd-JbXpX9deqKIl3UzS5x1nsiAr6cSNzUeAIVmhQPbPraE_IlymAGZmU7XG_jCMA2s2qeNVsNGrv87Ap-33PZRCZXCWGOAAvaEge0KKKl7LA9xZvGwKTXY-1VjFvaoFl7ag/s967/WW75-pentwords15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="967" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomf0_W_xZud3fe9CK52p064d28aPA2OpB0u728DQzta11eX1Jb6Yzwhitd-JbXpX9deqKIl3UzS5x1nsiAr6cSNzUeAIVmhQPbPraE_IlymAGZmU7XG_jCMA2s2qeNVsNGrv87Ap-33PZRCZXCWGOAAvaEge0KKKl7LA9xZvGwKTXY-1VjFvaoFl7ag/w640-h592/WW75-pentwords15.png" width="640" /></a></div>ACROSS (two answers per row):
<br>1 Deceptive act / Big name in lighters and pens
<br>2 <i>Frankenstein author Mary</i> / Spigot in a cask
<br>3 Long, blunt-ended cigar / ____ Straits (“Walk of Life” band)
<br>4 Marks on a rancher’s cattle / Ask for ID
<br>5 Nest on a cliff / Errand-running lackey
<br>6 Male flower organ / Peru’s capital
<br>7 Type of shellfish in Lewis Carroll’s poem <i>The Walrus and the Carpenter</i> / <i>EarthBound</i> protagonist who’s playable in the <i>Super Smash Bros.</i> series
<br>8 Entreaty / ____ stick (cell phone accessory)
<br>9 Homily / Produce a design using acid
<br>10 <i>____ John, M.D.</i> (medical drama that spun off from <i>M*A*S*H</i>) / Grain used in bread and whiskey
<br>PENTOMINOES:
<br>* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
<br>* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
<br>* Low point
<br>* Sheet of microfilm in a library
<br>* The ____ Crusader (Batman)
<br>* Nag or Nagaina of <i>Rikki-Tikki-Tavi</i>, for one
<br>* <i>The Boy and the ____</i> (2023 animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
<br>* Burns lightly
<br>* Green citrus fruits
<br>* Painter Velázquez
<br>* Account ledger entry
<br>* Japanese egg noodles
<br>* <i>Gasoline ____</i> (comic by Jim Scancarelli)
<br>* Painter Claude
<br>* Bind, as with long pieces of leather
<br>* Actor Daniel of <i>Home Alone</i> (1990)
<br>* Rub out, as erroneous pencil marks
<br>* Ancient Greek fabulist
<br>* Painter’s prop
<br>* Devour quickly, with “down”
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<br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* Are you enough of a genius to contend with even more gibberish?
<br><br>
Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-53652086506913646442024-01-22T00:01:00.055-06:002024-01-22T13:17:53.953-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6, Episode 4: Another Baseball Baffler<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>PREVIOUS </span><span>EPISODES</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Introduction</b> (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6"): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2024/01/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s6e1.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 1 (A High-Tec Puzzle)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qcv9upprlk3ik6qivog5y/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-hint.pdf?rlkey=y1fz8h6byjqdhu8qnftzktkvh&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 2 (Hopefully Not "Sew" Hard)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3e5dncg9q37dd8b3ji6z5/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e2.pdf?rlkey=cr4ee8qwro54yio0ym67r3omk&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p1vo9y66n828pws8ytjq8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-hint.pdf?rlkey=ch4trg41bkgf67pg7rp07dtyv&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 3 (Color My World)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cv64v13w57kylhuhqqpgn/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e3.pdf?rlkey=szaudskhboiupcwmsn2dp4fc4&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kylfgwmzv5630csxg0837/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-hint.pdf?rlkey=kdtdicgiaaju95jzzn3azlr1u&dl=0">hint PDF (new!)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The total number of points scored is 3150. Thus, the current money pool for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $31.50. <b>Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $126.00.</b> If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 4:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">ANOTHER BASEBALL BAFFLER<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p8qk5h0u6mdgh29vzo4i4/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e4.pdf?rlkey=m4d096p7rdqk3jcmhtqu722ov&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kevin recently found a childhood notebook in which he recorded the details of a series of baseball games he watched way back when.<br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">From January 1 to January 29, Kevin watched 5 baseball games. 5 teams (the Aardvarks, the Badgers, the Cougars, the Deer, and the Elephants) played. Each team was the home team in one game and the visiting team in a different game. (No team ever played against itself.) Using the clues below, determine who was the home team and who was the visiting team on each date.<br /><br />1. The home team on January 1 was the visiting team on January 29.<br /><br />2. The home team on January 8 was not the visiting team on January 22.<br /><br />3. The Elephants were the visiting team on January 15; their opponents were not the Cougars.<br /><br />4. Neither the Cougars nor the Elephants were the home team on January 8, nor were the Deer the visiting team on that date.<br /><br />5. The Aardvarks were the home team exactly three weeks before the Deer were the home team.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Yz7-4cnfoQqXtOd2enRdS7fp5fD4K6V-4Q2ahNDdEE6AzlP2vSRYLZYMSL2ii4XLu1Tvj2YOF8LA2Btah8BybhiRjxjmEYWjRSVSgC2ZUUzIKwN11uQCQpN_FV-DYDv6aO80xs5O48V9VtdECEf7eAzLL_Jr5V68V9X1S-8qO1kBp6v4AmsqcrzPD8Bf/s410/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Yz7-4cnfoQqXtOd2enRdS7fp5fD4K6V-4Q2ahNDdEE6AzlP2vSRYLZYMSL2ii4XLu1Tvj2YOF8LA2Btah8BybhiRjxjmEYWjRSVSgC2ZUUzIKwN11uQCQpN_FV-DYDv6aO80xs5O48V9VtdECEf7eAzLL_Jr5V68V9X1S-8qO1kBp6v4AmsqcrzPD8Bf/s16000/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div><span style="text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65SegJjojVlH3t3LuTRt7wU5EXos4dC-iurDFyiWcmbmyamtnJL92kNjyuKdkyJ6IXPyJqbhnDCkC6xVHE3FHkweC8YZAv9FUrGmIrXAuSsK-vVnhmHiicwAdxtKG89sWcE47c_iF9215lLU5oofR1g7yIFMvX6f6vQIAl4Ea2RUt4S8X7l3JO_BsNHvZ/s2306/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-illustration.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2306" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65SegJjojVlH3t3LuTRt7wU5EXos4dC-iurDFyiWcmbmyamtnJL92kNjyuKdkyJ6IXPyJqbhnDCkC6xVHE3FHkweC8YZAv9FUrGmIrXAuSsK-vVnhmHiicwAdxtKG89sWcE47c_iF9215lLU5oofR1g7yIFMvX6f6vQIAl4Ea2RUt4S8X7l3JO_BsNHvZ/w640-h334/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e4-illustration.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of the puzzle.)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Submit
your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay
tuned next week for Episode 4's hint and Episode 5's puzzle. Good luck!</span><i><br /></i></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-58314873846613824342024-01-17T08:00:00.030-06:002024-01-17T08:00:00.323-06:00Wordy Wednesday 579: Framelinks 21<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #577
<br />GIBBERISH GENIUS (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a99rh3k97499dxz51c5za/WW577-gibberishgenius-sol.pdf?rlkey=uck6two5uqlodeeytx9txnuox&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m3ny3td4c3gnis6lqzu45/WW577-gibberishgenius.pdf?rlkey=ds4ylkv4nnum74q3hn98virml&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e6vdtwdk1yovtfry0y2sj/WW577-gibberishgenius-easier.pdf?rlkey=gb1zztvbclyiud38olq57w4n9&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cole Kendall</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">James Haddad</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Pavel Curtis</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Randy Rogers</font> **
<br />Jason Boomer **
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />Tower **
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #578
<br />ANACROSSWORD 37 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 10 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ymx7ossk8qfs1pgnpsooo/WW578-anacrossword37.pdf?rlkey=2j85m7tkmc1vkzhfmdrwbzdpp&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/080jfe84ozrkfbgmif49g/WW578-anacrossword37-easier.pdf?rlkey=osqmn7ysacnatyhpxuyv398p0&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #579
<br />FRAMELINKS 21
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/siwymlgjfosgz2ig480ok/WW579-framelinks21.pdf?rlkey=nnqlmlybqryypzpsre02nbi1v&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
Fill in the empty squares in the diagram with the given letters to form words.
<br />Arrange the letters in the shaded squares to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 8-letter word.
<br /><br />A A A A A A A A A B B B B B B C C C C D D E E E E E E E E E G G H I I I I I J K K M<br />N N O O O O O P P R R R R R R R S S S S T T T T T T U U W Y<br /></div>
<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq83jAy_BoEC1D3WSoTSZCxA5vp2ToS2HFvPHuuTNBvme2JAM1gbOoPJgsRKmoSC7Fu1AFsfXi3u2vafyX9ofHe_xdZcV551VRCHGlZM98KtgP5ZDn6n8CBKeYcoQDkdN9dxqa8iC0W6MwQyQ2BdGL48bb58bhVIZSiZZOlrTcMHGvp3RSQm0tEhAeSPrp/s425/WW579-framelinks21.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq83jAy_BoEC1D3WSoTSZCxA5vp2ToS2HFvPHuuTNBvme2JAM1gbOoPJgsRKmoSC7Fu1AFsfXi3u2vafyX9ofHe_xdZcV551VRCHGlZM98KtgP5ZDn6n8CBKeYcoQDkdN9dxqa8iC0W6MwQyQ2BdGL48bb58bhVIZSiZZOlrTcMHGvp3RSQm0tEhAeSPrp/s16000/WW579-framelinks21.png" /></a></div> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* What's a 5-letter word for "<i>The Boy and the ____</i> (2023 animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki)"?
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Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-8574204630135484562024-01-15T00:01:00.058-06:002024-01-15T00:01:00.126-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6, Episode 3: Color My World<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>PREVIOUS </span><span>EPISODES</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Introduction</b> (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6"): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2024/01/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s6e1.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 1 (A High-Tec Puzzle)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qcv9upprlk3ik6qivog5y/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-hint.pdf?rlkey=y1fz8h6byjqdhu8qnftzktkvh&dl=0">hint PDF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 0 people solved it later for 25 points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 2 (Hopefully Not "Sew" Hard)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3e5dncg9q37dd8b3ji6z5/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e2.pdf?rlkey=cr4ee8qwro54yio0ym67r3omk&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p1vo9y66n828pws8ytjq8/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-hint.pdf?rlkey=ch4trg41bkgf67pg7rp07dtyv&dl=0">hint PDF (new!)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 21 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The total number of points scored is 2200. Thus, the current money pool for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $22.00. <b>Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $88.00.</b> If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 3:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">COLOR MY WORLD<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cv64v13w57kylhuhqqpgn/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e3.pdf?rlkey=szaudskhboiupcwmsn2dp4fc4&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>While Kevin’s fur comes in many different colors, this puzzle only has fifteen. Can you find them?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqoC13Dd4M3t6IA44cZ2iWh4DIKRQgsUKijXwI1xMYFyzKnx4nuxpbnnYIWAgh6PwRc1rhwHxns4Jq2SW1RADK1QKFt36k5h5K2qhdQbFozMkDmV46__bNnUocbhNs6y1BkN4MHJDq7s2cp3LeCceZQRpr1XBODSOJrAqLh_rRL3noOaxmYCjB-MljFoF/s285/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="285" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqoC13Dd4M3t6IA44cZ2iWh4DIKRQgsUKijXwI1xMYFyzKnx4nuxpbnnYIWAgh6PwRc1rhwHxns4Jq2SW1RADK1QKFt36k5h5K2qhdQbFozMkDmV46__bNnUocbhNs6y1BkN4MHJDq7s2cp3LeCceZQRpr1XBODSOJrAqLh_rRL3noOaxmYCjB-MljFoF/s1600/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3.png" width="285" /></a></div></i><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div><span style="text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8s56lHoRvuh1ByAK730qA9UYUYtVRmWwXAXkH8_bM0xXclDBLM5W4QVePpWUgYP7lbB45U3cvFrOF-fDsEVQbf_wO8zy3VaTycaMaseMgs7vqa9MReHFPYTTiij8d6k3FZ4cxYXnchHBNV9cCSDac0ekNs-D9ZC6o4tiSmtcFIGLWGbxz77S_YB_494x/s2785/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-illustration.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2785" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8s56lHoRvuh1ByAK730qA9UYUYtVRmWwXAXkH8_bM0xXclDBLM5W4QVePpWUgYP7lbB45U3cvFrOF-fDsEVQbf_wO8zy3VaTycaMaseMgs7vqa9MReHFPYTTiij8d6k3FZ4cxYXnchHBNV9cCSDac0ekNs-D9ZC6o4tiSmtcFIGLWGbxz77S_YB_494x/w640-h276/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e3-illustration.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of the puzzle.)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Submit
your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay
tuned next week for Episode 3's hint and Episode 4's puzzle. Good luck!</span><i><br /></i></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-38180542070610774342024-01-10T08:00:00.033-06:002024-01-10T08:00:00.138-06:00Wordy Wednesday 578: Anacrossword 37<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #576
<br />SECTION SIX 57 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2fwmmjbocrx41n6o2webq/WW576-sectionsix57-sol.pdf?rlkey=fc2d7f2zjs741n594plmi6fks&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zv4qvmew5z7r43ec3ulrj/WW576-sectionsix57.pdf?rlkey=un2wz0rh3ar22wtwx5sbvijp1&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2tru3c8m00i34cb3ipe5t/WW576-sectionsix57-easier.pdf?rlkey=bvqmzgcaaq3bqfsciixhbij0z&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Pavel Curtis</font> **
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />Tower **
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #577
<br />GIBBERISH GENIUS (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 13 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m3ny3td4c3gnis6lqzu45/WW577-gibberishgenius.pdf?rlkey=ds4ylkv4nnum74q3hn98virml&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e6vdtwdk1yovtfry0y2sj/WW577-gibberishgenius-easier.pdf?rlkey=gb1zztvbclyiud38olq57w4n9&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #578
<br />ANACROSSWORD 37
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ymx7ossk8qfs1pgnpsooo/WW578-anacrossword37.pdf?rlkey=2j85m7tkmc1vkzhfmdrwbzdpp&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a>
<br /><a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-guide-to-recurring-wordy-wednesday.html">(click here for rules)</a></span></div>
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</span><br />• Extremely clumsy: 2 wds.
<br />• Bynes of <i>Hairspray</i> (2007)
<br />• Phoenix-based motel chain: 2 wds.
<br />• Prince in <i>The Chronicles of Narnia
</i><br />• Caribou, for one
<br />• Shortage
<br />• Inhibit
<br />• Media franchise based on a Bandai virtual pet
<br />• Congressional Medal of ____
<br />• The Hoosier State’s largest city
<br />• Anchorman
<br />• Witherspoon of <i>Legally Blonde</i> (2001)
<br />• A blade’s protective case
<br />• Certain myrtle relative: 2 wds.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* A Framelinks!
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Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-78328924227355198712024-01-08T00:01:00.068-06:002024-01-08T00:01:00.125-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6, Episode 2: Hopefully Not "Sew" Hard<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>PREVIOUS </span><span>EPISODES</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Introduction</b> (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6"): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2024/01/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s6e1.html">click here</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Episode 1 (A High-Tec Puzzle)</b>: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">puzzle PDF</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qcv9upprlk3ik6qivog5y/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-hint.pdf?rlkey=y1fz8h6byjqdhu8qnftzktkvh&dl=0">hint PDF (new!)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">* 23 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The total number of points scored is 1150. Thus, the current money pool for the <a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a> is $11.50. <b>Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Palm Beach County Food Bank will actually receive $46.00.</b> If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzle for 25 points, possibly with the aid of the hint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 2:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">HOPEFULLY NOT "SEW" HARD<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3e5dncg9q37dd8b3ji6z5/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e2.pdf?rlkey=cr4ee8qwro54yio0ym67r3omk&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kevin found a quilt that his grandmother made him when he was a pup. She always kept her brain young by solving and writing puzzles; Kevin wonders if she cleverly hid a puzzle in the blocks of this quilt.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweRQKcZuatRc1CUqQgaWaGXafMQa9P2eWqHjNTCNfdXcsyJlat7S9BlGc09iofuhbrg8RzRtDqRk2Hx5mXTCbopz9eUxFBSzTT3JyxZLMo7ygPZJsgiu6z4IYcfZ0ZsUWS2VauKX2Q42Q_XWVIWUf53Sx7_ssCrbd4tXCrgftFNSsUhL0NTfB_VjxkDlG/s731/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="731" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweRQKcZuatRc1CUqQgaWaGXafMQa9P2eWqHjNTCNfdXcsyJlat7S9BlGc09iofuhbrg8RzRtDqRk2Hx5mXTCbopz9eUxFBSzTT3JyxZLMo7ygPZJsgiu6z4IYcfZ0ZsUWS2VauKX2Q42Q_XWVIWUf53Sx7_ssCrbd4tXCrgftFNSsUhL0NTfB_VjxkDlG/w640-h198/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2.png" width="640" /></a></div></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><i></i><div><span style="text-align: center;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoD4c3w6RJzQd19Na4hUIOeZ2U10xHZ-4AAvV4jFlN4tehqVueUbruoWtQSQbuEMcEuAPBt2B_7Redy3hSqbwNnczEtdYHFuRJ1Ktr_URqhtZOL-B8MpStD-jd4i8VffEVYUp_53f3u6X6kxx2GMBZbLBXNkxbzqqQ6v1KvI7lD8gBT27UPSj9sp-XM_V/s2658/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-illustration.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2658" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmoD4c3w6RJzQd19Na4hUIOeZ2U10xHZ-4AAvV4jFlN4tehqVueUbruoWtQSQbuEMcEuAPBt2B_7Redy3hSqbwNnczEtdYHFuRJ1Ktr_URqhtZOL-B8MpStD-jd4i8VffEVYUp_53f3u6X6kxx2GMBZbLBXNkxbzqqQ6v1KvI7lD8gBT27UPSj9sp-XM_V/w640-h288/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e2-illustration.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of the puzzle.)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Submit
your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay
tuned next week for Episode 2's hint and Episode 3's puzzle. Good luck!</span><i><br /></i></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-66715537642672832652024-01-03T08:00:00.033-06:002024-01-03T08:00:00.155-06:00Wordy Wednesday 577: Gibberish Genius<div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #575
<br />PENT WORDS 115 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bv8xtjleyv794l77nhlk8/WW575-pentwords115-sol.pdf?rlkey=oeim77716hdbfugbaiwjumn42&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lp2nooxplwqby9pjdjijq/WW575-pentwords115.pdf?rlkey=r14rji2adaanbkzqihukwj56v&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e6hmj05w3frh4yqpebcuh/WW575-pentwords115-easier.pdf?rlkey=c6slx3n5ydqhlbh8lbqzf5efp&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cole Kendall</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">James Haddad</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Patrick Jordan *
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />SquishmallowsUnited **
<br />Tower **
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #576
<br />SECTION SIX 57 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 10 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zv4qvmew5z7r43ec3ulrj/WW576-sectionsix57.pdf?rlkey=un2wz0rh3ar22wtwx5sbvijp1&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2tru3c8m00i34cb3ipe5t/WW576-sectionsix57-easier.pdf?rlkey=bvqmzgcaaq3bqfsciixhbij0z&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #577
<br />GIBBERISH GENIUS
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m3ny3td4c3gnis6lqzu45/WW577-gibberishgenius.pdf?rlkey=ds4ylkv4nnum74q3hn98virml&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
<i>This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron <font color="#FF0000"><b>Cathy Bowen</b></font>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mathgrant">Support me on Patreon</a> 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!</i>
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Are you gifted enough to grapple with this gobbledygook?</i><br />BJECTRBITINGETWEENARSNDUPITER
<br />CAPTACNPLAYCDCYWILLICMSHATNCR
<br />HAVNLYCOUNRPARSOHSVNDADLYSINS
<br />LOFFICIAEMARINLMAMMAFOAFLORID
<br />MFAMOUSUSOUPNCANIPAINTERRWARHOL
<br />PIIDLEIRBIXER
<br />PRESIDENUFOLLOWINHCOOLIDGF
<br />PRESONALJUORNAL
<br />SBLNGOFMARONNNTENDOGAMES
<br />SETALUMEMENIMEROEKARD
<br />SPPROJECTILESPUSEDSPINSPARCHERY
<br />STATEWHERENASHVIEANDCHAANGAARE
<br />TIMEDGOARDBAMEPLAYEDONABRIDOFLETTEREDCUGES
<br />TOBACCOTOBACCORESIDUERESIDUE
<br />YUOUNGMUALECUHILD
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* What media franchise is based on a Bandai virtual pet?
<br />* Patron Puzzle #116, which will be delivered on January 8, 2024, exclusively to <a href="http://www.patreon.com/mathgrant">Patreon</a> supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Fill-In Crossword.
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Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div></div></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-58439635128494164662024-01-01T00:01:00.048-06:002024-01-01T00:01:00.138-06:00Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 6, Episode 1: A High-Tec Puzzle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">INTRODUCTION</span></div><div>This series is inspired by the website <a href="https://kevinspuzzles.com/">Kevin's Puzzles</a>, on which Kevin Orfield posts an instructionless puzzle-hunt-style puzzle every Monday. Kevin Orfield's puzzles usually lean towards the easy side of this genre in order to target a less experienced and/or younger audience. Kevin's Puzzles at Home is my knockoff of Kevin's Puzzles, so called because of the "we have X at home" meme:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDbl3BaSYk0ejX68iAx4R4eb6QYwHsH1KPVyyPMOB7u1ef7AYv0pT7ELehgUur8_yY0DDKnCLiva4GbIe_9mUo7OmPRHbafTMRYGlodFx-aUeukkDd2A9GkPU6suz1rdHGQllrYCFsqBR8-fcbnQV75zGa0mFxR0AvYTzNSGZlKfoWwJ_eZJQctnIQU3N/s669/235.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="593" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDbl3BaSYk0ejX68iAx4R4eb6QYwHsH1KPVyyPMOB7u1ef7AYv0pT7ELehgUur8_yY0DDKnCLiva4GbIe_9mUo7OmPRHbafTMRYGlodFx-aUeukkDd2A9GkPU6suz1rdHGQllrYCFsqBR8-fcbnQV75zGa0mFxR0AvYTzNSGZlKfoWwJ_eZJQctnIQU3N/w355-h400/235.png" width="355" /></a></div><div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The puzzles in Kevin's Puzzles at Home are intended to be easier than my
Wordy Wednesday posts, and hopefully at least 80% as entertaining as the
real Kevin's Puzzles. Kevin's Puzzles at Home will be presented by my
"we have X at home" version of Kevin, a prodigious and colorful wolf named Kevin Edmund Kepler:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20eLmmfQyg15ztjx6x0HAVqHMvuSSqTIUeGioE7D6LTGx6mvWp95a1KIMJBPFdvflAikssFU0KTJaIEt9jfPjO0ybHd-ZHMSBN6h574qi26k1Z8_e1Jt__jsq-lguGv7SVdWh31USu1y2SnmO7jg-nBddzdHwE9HipZlUNV1PMis3MGqS7SX0nW6g1g/s3300/Kevin%20Edmund%20Kepler%20v2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="3300" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20eLmmfQyg15ztjx6x0HAVqHMvuSSqTIUeGioE7D6LTGx6mvWp95a1KIMJBPFdvflAikssFU0KTJaIEt9jfPjO0ybHd-ZHMSBN6h574qi26k1Z8_e1Jt__jsq-lguGv7SVdWh31USu1y2SnmO7jg-nBddzdHwE9HipZlUNV1PMis3MGqS7SX0nW6g1g/w640-h494/Kevin%20Edmund%20Kepler%20v2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of any puzzle. Any resemblance between this Kevin and the real Kevin, or any real Kevin, is entirely coincidental.)</i></div></div><div> </div><div>Every Monday during <b>January and February 2024</b>, a new episode will be posted at 12:01 AM (Central); as
with the real Kevin's Puzzles, as is the standard with other puzzle hunts, the final answer will be a word or
phrase. Email me (at glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com) the correct solution
to this puzzle within the next week to score 50 points. Each puzzle will
also have a hint posted for it one week later; solving the puzzle while
the hint is up will be worth 25 points. <b>Episode 9</b>, which will be posted
on <b>February 26</b>, is a meta puzzle which requires the answers to all of
the previous puzzles in order to be solved; this puzzle will be worth <b>double</b> (<b>100</b> points before the hint, <b>50</b> points after). The highest
possible score a solver can attain will thus be 500 points, by solving
each puzzle during its first week. In an effort to aid people who don't have food at home, for every point scored by my readers
by <b>11:59 PM (Central) on March 10</b>, I will donate 1¢ to the <b><a href="https://www.pbcfoodbank.org/">Palm Beach County Food Bank</a></b>,
up to a maximum of $100. (Thus, each solver can contribute a maximum of
$5 to this pool.) <b>Three</b> anonymous benefactors have
agreed to match my donation as well, making the maximum possible
donation <b>$400 </b>(and thus the maximum contribution to this donation by a
single solver <b>$20</b>).<b> </b>To date, the Kevin's Puzzles at Home series has raised <b>$1,759.50</b> for
various food banks! A huge thank you to the solvers and anonymous
benefactors who have made this impact possible! </div><div><br /></div><div>Unlike the
real Kevin's Puzzles, which posts each puzzle's solution one week after
its hint is posted, all puzzle solutions will be posted simultaneously
on <b>March 11</b>, one week after the final hint is posted. This will make
the meta slightly harder, since you can't just look up the solutions to
the previous puzzles to start solving it, but will also permit
latecomers to score more points (and thus raise more money) than
otherwise possible.</div><div><br /></div><div>Astute readers will notice
that the words <b>"Season 6"</b> appear in the title. Links to the previous seasons follow:</div><div>Season 1 (May-June 2022): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2022/07/kevins-puzzles-at-home-final-hint-and.html">Puzzles and hints</a>, <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2022/07/kevins-puzzles-at-home-final-results.html">solutions</a>.</div><div>Season 2 (September-October 2022): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2022/11/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s2-penultimate.html">Puzzles and hints</a>, <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2022/11/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s2-final.html">solutions</a><div>Season 3 (January-February 2023): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2023/03/kevins-puzzles-at-home-penultimate.html">Puzzles and hints</a>, <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2023/03/kevins-puzzles-at-home-final.html">solutions</a><br /><div>Season 4 (May-June 2023): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2023/06/blog-post_19.html">Puzzles and hints</a>, <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2023/07/blog-post.html">solutions</a><br /></div><div>Season 5 (September-October 2023): <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2023/11/kevins-puzzles-at-home-s5penultimate.html">Puzzles and hints</a>, <a href="https://mathgrant.blogspot.com/2023/11/kevins-puzzles-at-home-season-5-final.html">solutions</a></div></div></div><div> </div><div>Have fun, and remember to check out the real Kevin's creations (which go up at noon Central time every Monday) if these fake ones are up your alley!</div><div> </div><div>Special thanks to Jason Boomer, John Bulten, and Joseph DeVincentis for testing these puzzles!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SEASON 6, EPISODE 1:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A HIGH-TEC PUZZLE<br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3ex432ol4dhpuwwrzmyl/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6-e1.pdf?rlkey=r2lnydz6p70ba7fuukob4co32&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kevin is a huge fan of detective fiction, but sometimes he forgets some of the details.<br /></i>Much to Kevin’s disappointment, Rex Stout’s character Nero (__) ___ ___ ___ ___ is a human being and not a canine like he is.<br /><br />Due to his enormous range of knowledge, like a huge volume of reference books, boy detective Leroy Brown has the nickname “___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (__) ___ Brown”.<br /><br />In the 1980’s, Stephanie Zimbalist played private investigator Laura Holt on the metallically-titled television series <i>Remington ___ (__) ___ ___ ___ ___</i>.<br /><br />Adrian ___ ___ (__) ___ is not a friar; instead, he is a detective with OCD portrayed on television by Tony Shalhoub.<br /><br />Arguably the most famous fictional detective, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock<br />___ ___ ___ ___ (__) ___ first appeared in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>.<br /><br />Although you might expect otherwise, teenage television detective Veronica ___ ___ ___ (__) lives on Earth and not on a red planet in our solar system.<br /><br /><i>The Maltese Falcon</i> protagonist Sam (__) ___ ___ ___ ___ is, oddly enough, not accompanied by cohorts named Club, Diamond, and Heart.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><hr /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyx2QMb5mt2-2uVU0-JubrmTMbqZvlLKBOOf7AnQkQjr3wq76e68gThs5VrsgGPp879S95yDdLsSQLmADG73P112tv5fP7Q5UvXDVQa7bVym6xA7cvbJFWWN8KhVRGx3eVHRx9GqzVAZ9MfvczspCcxlcpLtJYQWbUXeo2B3J5LwflI4e77zHbXoIpi2dX/s2453/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-illustration.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="2453" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyx2QMb5mt2-2uVU0-JubrmTMbqZvlLKBOOf7AnQkQjr3wq76e68gThs5VrsgGPp879S95yDdLsSQLmADG73P112tv5fP7Q5UvXDVQa7bVym6xA7cvbJFWWN8KhVRGx3eVHRx9GqzVAZ9MfvczspCcxlcpLtJYQWbUXeo2B3J5LwflI4e77zHbXoIpi2dX/w640-h313/kevinspuzzlesathome-s6e1-illustration.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(This illustration by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tintinabar">Tintinabar</a> is not part of the puzzle.)</i></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Submit
your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay
tuned next week for Episode 1's hint and Episode 2's puzzle. Good luck!</span></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-23320254630241897402023-12-27T08:00:00.019-06:002023-12-27T08:00:00.149-06:00Wordy Wednesday 576: Section Six 57<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #574
<br />SNAKE CRISSCROSS 26 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/drwnhcqf9u9hkj3tjbr2a/WW574-snakecrisscross26-sol.pdf?rlkey=hatmcnunk4obxjipxo1lynidi&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ucy3ps4i2sji3c3srnekv/WW574-snakecrisscross26.pdf?rlkey=b7epo41yce38wgozivi3vs694&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/43dpr09r607rfjtab1erl/WW574-snakecrisscross26-easier.pdf?rlkey=q11vxc8uyqg1ux41xnanogknu&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Cole Kendall</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Derek Allen</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">James Haddad</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Joe Bernard</font> **
<br /><font color="#FF0000">Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br />Kevin Orfield **
<br />Ryan Faley **
<br />Sam Levitin **
<br />SquishmallowsUnited *
<br />Tower **
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #575
<br />PENT WORDS 115 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 12 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lp2nooxplwqby9pjdjijq/WW575-pentwords115.pdf?rlkey=r14rji2adaanbkzqihukwj56v&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e6hmj05w3frh4yqpebcuh/WW575-pentwords115-easier.pdf?rlkey=c6slx3n5ydqhlbh8lbqzf5efp&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #576
<br />SECTION SIX 57
<br /><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zv4qvmew5z7r43ec3ulrj/WW576-sectionsix57.pdf?rlkey=un2wz0rh3ar22wtwx5sbvijp1&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
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.
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<br />Arrange the letters in the starred spaces to form the final answer, a Scrabble-legal (unhyphenated, uncapitalized, etc.) 6-letter word.
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYWm5RTE56qKt_YCr9ioZxO8TAyz4-d1zfBz5VfB0T1gc1ryYOYBS_TxYpDavA1WAyGvvqflaDxWHSxSskVNlLaMm-SN7JhEDsItdSjmD2pk19dC3Rj9AUu7VAj8OuEOXff9kKo6zF4OsSUgJz-OAAVPxDGqAgPfcpM0ejHe1yexwQj1FZf3tB4YUwgwj/s1000/WW576-sectionsix57.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYWm5RTE56qKt_YCr9ioZxO8TAyz4-d1zfBz5VfB0T1gc1ryYOYBS_TxYpDavA1WAyGvvqflaDxWHSxSskVNlLaMm-SN7JhEDsItdSjmD2pk19dC3Rj9AUu7VAj8OuEOXff9kKo6zF4OsSUgJz-OAAVPxDGqAgPfcpM0ejHe1yexwQj1FZf3tB4YUwgwj/w640-h640/WW576-sectionsix57.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b></b><b>Ring 1</b>
<br />1 Vitamin B3
<br />2 Candy bar brand made from toffee, almonds, and chocolate
<br />3 Spacey term for a guiding principle
<br />4 Honking birds
<br />5 Its flag depicts the Ashoka Chakra
<br />6 Discard: 2 wds.
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<br /><b>Ring 2
</b><br />* Neap ____
<br />* Department store associated with a catalog
<br />* Another name for the game Chinese whispers
<br />* Type of cake named after a lightweight fabric
<br />* <i>The Binding of _____</i> (2011 roguelike video game)
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<br /><b>Ring 3</b>
<br />* Yearn (for)
<br />* Seize with legal authority
<br />* Leave in the lurch
<br />* Sandal or sneaker
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<br /><b>Ring 4
</b><br />* Recess for a statue
<br />* Ironed
<br />* Place for baccarat and blackjack
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<br /><b>Ring 5
</b><br />* Caesar shift, for one
<br />* <i>Open ____</i> (2006 animated film about a grizzly bear named Boog)
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<br /><b>Ring 6
</b><br />* Actor Wesley of <i>Passenger 57</i> (1992)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* Can you decode gibberish?
<br /><br />
Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148258960763686565.post-47856542123772093672023-12-20T08:00:00.027-06:002023-12-20T08:00:00.134-06:00Wordy Wednesday 575: Pent Words 115<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #573
<br>SPICY GERMAN SAUSAGE 6 (answer)</span></div>
Here is <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r1uzjmwk9x0a4kgszr9km/WW573-spicygermansausage6-sol.pdf?rlkey=58mbxp7tl0llah9e2kdgl2427&dl=0">the answer</a> to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jcdnqks0xmjwort09aql2/WW573-spicygermansausage6.pdf?rlkey=x27ykv5qs2td2vvtb3fu3628e&dl=0">here</a> for the normal version of the puzzle, or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2nro4hshi159mnjmkknrf/WW573-spicygermansausage6-easier.pdf?rlkey=zdb2pzjzdckq8t8hn53u290qs&dl=0">here</a> for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
<br><font color=#FF0000>Bonnie Veenschoten</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Cathy Bowen</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Cindy Heisler</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Derek Allen</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>James Haddad</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Joe Bernard</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Michael Lebowitz</font> **
<br><font color=#FF0000>Randy Rogers</font> *
<br>Kevin Orfield **
<br>Ryan Faley **
<br>Sam Levitin **
<br>SquishmallowsUnited **
<br>Tower **
<br>
<br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #574
<br>SNAKE CRISSCROSS 26 (hint)</span></div>
As of this writing, 12 people have solved <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ucy3ps4i2sji3c3srnekv/WW574-snakecrisscross26.pdf?rlkey=b7epo41yce38wgozivi3vs694&dl=0">this puzzle</a>. Haven't solved it yet? <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/43dpr09r607rfjtab1erl/WW574-snakecrisscross26-easier.pdf?rlkey=q11vxc8uyqg1ux41xnanogknu&dl=0">Here's</a> 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!
<br>
<br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WORDY WEDNESDAY #575
<br>PENT WORDS 115
<br><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lp2nooxplwqby9pjdjijq/WW575-pentwords115.pdf?rlkey=r14rji2adaanbkzqihukwj56v&dl=0">(click here for a PDF version)</a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vKMbHF__q2vQcvB_KZJY8eF4vfvhIfqyjeYnz7fdeb4m03vbnUSu-HrJDqfPraAxHIPi-RU0Ar7ZfLTtPBgtusba_UpKp5077xPz4bLDSkcUF7aRRwCJmFD3V1tv8eTqf0-royxaTQDnqM-70IimxO7Mq1Cr0pq77ncY4j91BasXrnUfJOa7vZinaA/s448/WW75-pentwords15-example.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="448" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vKMbHF__q2vQcvB_KZJY8eF4vfvhIfqyjeYnz7fdeb4m03vbnUSu-HrJDqfPraAxHIPi-RU0Ar7ZfLTtPBgtusba_UpKp5077xPz4bLDSkcUF7aRRwCJmFD3V1tv8eTqf0-royxaTQDnqM-70IimxO7Mq1Cr0pq77ncY4j91BasXrnUfJOa7vZinaA/s320/WW75-pentwords15-example.png" width="320" /></a></div>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.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomf0_W_xZud3fe9CK52p064d28aPA2OpB0u728DQzta11eX1Jb6Yzwhitd-JbXpX9deqKIl3UzS5x1nsiAr6cSNzUeAIVmhQPbPraE_IlymAGZmU7XG_jCMA2s2qeNVsNGrv87Ap-33PZRCZXCWGOAAvaEge0KKKl7LA9xZvGwKTXY-1VjFvaoFl7ag/s967/WW75-pentwords15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="967" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomf0_W_xZud3fe9CK52p064d28aPA2OpB0u728DQzta11eX1Jb6Yzwhitd-JbXpX9deqKIl3UzS5x1nsiAr6cSNzUeAIVmhQPbPraE_IlymAGZmU7XG_jCMA2s2qeNVsNGrv87Ap-33PZRCZXCWGOAAvaEge0KKKl7LA9xZvGwKTXY-1VjFvaoFl7ag/w640-h592/WW75-pentwords15.png" width="640" /></a></div>ACROSS (two answers per row):
<br>1 Small bend a cheater might make in a card / Lute relatives
<br>2 Blunder / Reagan’s veep
<br>3 Granted temporary use of / Glide
<br>4 Maxims / Item at a birthday party or wedding, often
<br>5 Revolve rapidly / NFL mascot Poe, for example
<br>6 Sailor’s greeting / Erase, as computer files
<br>7 Child-eating monsters / Rubbery glove material
<br>8 Non-human Twitter user, for example / Obsolete
<br>9 Wildebeest / “____ to Watch Over Me” (song from the Gershwin musical <i>Oh, Kay!</i>)
<br>10 2005 horror film about three backpackers in Europe / Vessel for soup, often
<br>PENTOMINOES:
<br>* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
<br>* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
<br>* Bit of bread
<br>* Certain mackerel
<br>* Casper is a friendly one
<br>* Food derived from milk, collectively
<br>* A dark shade of grey
<br>* ____ horizon
<br>* Garbo of <i>Ninotchka</i> (1939)
<br>* Juliet’s lover
<br>* “Hello” singer
<br>* Pictorial word puzzle
<br>* Money paid in addition to one’s usual wages
<br>* Subtly suggest
<br>* Arm joint
<br>* Parade sighting
<br>* Word before “letter” or “reaction”
<br>* Be the best
<br>* City in West Yorkshire, England
<br>* Grouchy Muppet
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<br><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COMING NEXT WEEK. . .</span></div>
* What's a 6-letter word for "Actor Wesley of <i>Passenger 57</i> (1992)"?
<br><br>
Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s190/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmLqDrLpDjnt2AOFoYUhaLeubx8iVXPjnanZw64l6G0kjhF6qdzGcXLOu-Tu7_2p_bZwHCzJ50-qVQ9kYV5zI6JTtp7P3m43BHHtMqqE_PizCAxpfJ4okqBP8mywlhoh_HGF7aJqGClXe/s16000/pencil-sword-horizontal.png" /></a></div>Grant Fikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060596353844196026noreply@blogger.com