You may have noticed that Wordy Wednesday puzzles have not gone up last Wednesday nor this Wednesday. That's because I was not at my computer to make said posts. I was undergoing inpatient therapy at Oceans Behavioral Hospital for suicidal depression which I have battled for over 9 years. This happened too suddenly for me to give anyone any kind of warning. The first two days were absolute living hell, and my first roommate having memory problems and driving me crazy by appropriating my belongings thinking they were his drive me so crazy that I wanted to injure myself and go to a regular hospital so I wouldn't have a roommate to worry about; however, the staff made it very clear that if I did so, I'd just end up back at the behavioral hospital afterwards. I had to play along if I wanted to get out, whether to kill myself and make sure I never go back or to go out and enjoy life. A combination of coping skills and medicine has me back in the mood to live, at least long enough to celebrate my 30th birthday.
Living with autism is the worst. You can feel very irrational things and have a rational side of your brain which recognizes those things as such, yet feel trapped in feeling them. Past few months, I've been feeling like I need to kill myself over every single tiny foul-up I commit. The latest one? Getting banned from a Twitch stream I hadn't followed in a while for saying I'd watch for old times sake while waiting for another streamer to return from lunch. If you don't have autism, believe me, you don't want it. I'd give up all my puzzle-writing talents to be a normal person, without this irrational suicidal depression stuff. But since I'm stuck with it, I'll work on overcoming my issues and providing you with puzzle-related entertainment.
To give me time to recuperate and readjust to the real world, I will resume the Wordy Wednesday series next week. To compensate for the missing weeks, every week in June will be a double puzzle week!
I want to devote myself more to mental illness and/or suicide activism in the future. Are there any good charities for these things that I could add to my Patron Puzzles for Philanthropy initiative? The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has a four-star rating on Charity Navigator, and seems like a good candidate.
Until next time, keep on living, and yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 160: Pent Words 32
WORDY WEDNESDAY #158
CRYPTICROSTIC (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Edderiofer He **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
M. Sean Molley **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Deusovi **
Jason Boomer **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #159
FOXGERYPTICS 7 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #160
PENT WORDS 32
1 Terrier's tether / Additional
2 Material in an Elvis song title / Because
3 Become dry and wrinkled / "Friends in ____ Places" (Garth Brooks song)
4 Peter of tongue twister fame / Private instructor
5 ____ deco / Like the shape of DNA
6 Be a skeptic / Extremely angry
7 Dis / Item worn around the neck in cold weather, perhaps
8 One shouting "Safe!", perhaps / Marlin's son
9 Kerchief / "See ya!"
10 Makes a quick note / Old ____ (1957 Disney film)
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* New York city on the Mohawk River
* The ____ of Nibbleswicke (Roald Dahl book)
* Kazooie's partner
* "I Can't ____ 55" (Sammy Hagar song)
* Hotel lobby
* Impatient
* Saturday Night Live announcer Don
* A new ____ on life
* Fluid injected through the anus
* There are 19 in the board game Catan
* "Drops of Jupiter" band
* Large violin relative
* Japanese dish of rice and fish
* ____ of the ball
* The fourth most populous city in Australia
* Name on Joy Villa's dress at the 2017 Grammy Awards
* Large brass instruments
* Statue of Liberty's island
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* More cryptic clues!Until next time, yappy solving!
Patron Puzzles for Philanthropy Preview: Mini Cryptic Crossword Plus
I wrote this puzzle, a smaller version of Patron Puzzle #24, as a preview of what to expect in Patron Puzzles for Philanthropy Pack #1. Have fun with it!
ACROSS
1 Nannies head west for a buck (4)
6 Orchestra's initially considerate with a wind instrument (7)
7 Excellent supporter, at last (7)
8 Endless ceremony for poet Dove (4)
DOWN
2 Tennessee firearm: it's not worth much (6)
3 Ms. Knight is joyful, certainly (6)
4 Derisive person's strongbox (6)
5 Refrigerator decoration destroyed garment (6)
PATRON PUZZLES FOR PHILANTHROPY PREVIEW:
MINI CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PLUS
In this cryptic crossword, the answer from the wordplay half of each clue contains an extra letter. For example, if the clue were "Shy memo for North American canine (6)", the answer would be COYOTE, as clued by "North American canine"; the wordplay half clues COY+NOTE, which has an extra N. These extra letters can be anagrammed to produce this puzzle’s final 8-letter answer.1 Nannies head west for a buck (4)
6 Orchestra's initially considerate with a wind instrument (7)
7 Excellent supporter, at last (7)
8 Endless ceremony for poet Dove (4)
DOWN
2 Tennessee firearm: it's not worth much (6)
3 Ms. Knight is joyful, certainly (6)
4 Derisive person's strongbox (6)
5 Refrigerator decoration destroyed garment (6)
Wordy Wednesday 159: Foxgeryptics 7
WORDY WEDNESDAY #157
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 3 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith *
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #158
CRYPTICROSTIC (hint)
As of this writing, 12 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. The type of wordplay involved in each clue is specified in an effort to give cryptic crossword novices a foothold. 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!
I have recently begun an initiative called Patron Puzzles For Philanthropy, wherein my first 24 Patron Puzzles will be made available to those who make charitable donations to Child's Play Charity and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders. Click the link for more info!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #159
FOXGERYPTICS 7
This puzzle contains word suggested by patrons Anthony Bailey, James Sinnett, and M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!Insert a single letter in each space of each grid so that each grid's five rows and five columns spells a word from left to right or top to bottom (including the letters outside the grid). Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to form the final answer, an eight-letter word.
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What'a s 5-letter word for "Saturday Night Live announcer Don"?Until next time, yappy solving!
Patron Puzzles for Philanthropy: Patron Puzzles for Philanthropy Pack #1
I have now been on Patreon for approximately 2 years, during which time I've posted 24 Patron Puzzles, which are available to people who give me $5 or more per month. Since then, one of those puzzles has been made available for free and one of those puzzles was made available to all patrons at the $1 level and up (to compensate for being late). Therefore, the total cost to access all of these puzzles, according to my calculations, is US$111. However, starting from now, I will e-mail you a ZIP file of all 24 of these puzzles for the low price of US$10. The catch? You don't pay the money to me. (If you want me to have money, you should consider supporting me on Patreon and getting access to my Wordy Wednesday puzzles earlier than anyone else. You will also gain access to future Patron Puzzles.) Instead, in a small effort to contribute something good to the world, you shall instead make your payment to my local food bank, the Food Bank of West Central Texas.
So as to ensure that I have no opportunity to misappropriate funds, please e-mail me (glmathgrantATgmailDOTcom) a copy of your charitable receipt (it must be a new donation, dated no earlier than one day before you email me), and I will send Patron Puzzles #1-24 and Fox & Badger Magazine #1 & #2 (two small puzzle suites with metas). You will also receive all solutions.
Patron Puzzles include the following:
* Several 13x13 Codewords puzzles (example).
* Several 15x15 Pathfinder puzzles (example).
* Several 21x21 Framelinks puzzles (example).
* A giant Anacrossword (example).
* A Pent Words puzzle (example) that becomes a logic puzzle.
* Several 10x10 mini-crosswords.
* A puzzle three-pack inspired by my colleague Ryan Faley.
* A variety cryptic where the answers to the wordplay halves of the clues include extra letters (example).
* And much more!
As a reminder, this is a charity initiative. Please e-mail me (glmathgrantATgmailDOTcom) a copy of your charitable receipt to my local food bank, the Food Bank of West Central Texas, to receive this puzzle pack. (It must be a new donation, dated no earlier than one day before you email me.) Click here for a list of all of the puzzle packs in this initiative. Happy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 158: Crypticrostic
WORDY WEDNESDAY #156
SECTION SIX 15 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
M. Sean Molley **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #157
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 3 (hint)
As of this writing, 7 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #158
CRYPTICROSTIC
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Anthony Bailey. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!The answer is a 7-letter word.
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A Sacha Baron Cohen character and a Stark are in a row __ __ __ __ __ __ __
03 45 15 25 39 20 23
Disperses jazz vocalists? __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
16 11 43 13 28 21 33 04
Good master of ceremonies for word game __ __ __ __ __
32 05 12 18 08
Hides badly after play on words is penalized __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
22 38 30 44 41 19 26 40
Magician's skill is marginal, we hear __ __ __ __ __ __ __
10 02 34 07 31 09 42
Verily, a hoodlum hides an oaf __ __ __ __ __
35 27 17 24 37
Video streaming site has no time for enchantress __ __ __ __ __
06 29 14 01 36
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* Two more Foxgeryptics!* Patron Puzzle #24, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is Cryptic Crossword Plus. If you found the cryptic clues in this week's puzzle too easy, you might have slightly more difficulty when the answer to the wordplay portion of each clue includes an extra letter!
* Something big is coming on May 1. . . .
Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 157: DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 3
WORDY WEDNESDAY #155
PENT WORDS 31 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith *
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
M. Sean Molley **
Bo Green **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #156
SECTION SIX 15 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #157
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 3
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Jack Bross. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!*__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Use a guillotine __ __ __ __ __ __
42 16 09 60 04 35
Period of a man’s youth __ __ __ __ __ __ __
03 73 53 81 95 32 63
It may be geodesic __ __ __ __
14 84 52 19
Ghosts ‘n ____ (1985 video game) __ __ __ __ __ __ __
25 61 10 46 37 51 76
Newspaper-dispensing item __ __ __ __ __
56 06 36 79 40
Rainy season near the Indian Ocean __ __ __ __ __ __ __
65 67 45 77 57 50 86
Record company founded in Detroit __ __ __ __ __ __
17 87 24 70 91 68
Artificial brain of sorts: 2 wds. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
02 66 88 20 62 43 55 29 83
Quilted ____ (toilet tissue brand) __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
38 64 05 85 31 22 90 92
Sitting on a horse, for example __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
15 80 96 78 27 39 93 47 58 28
Two-way radios, colloquially: hyph. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
33 01 11 72 34 18 89 07 49 54 75 13 41
One responsible for an online site __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
74 44 48 59 12 82 08 26 30
Word in the name of many Razzie awards __ __ __ __ __
94 71 23 21 69
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* My most cryptic Wordy Wednesday yet. . .Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 156: Section Six 15
WORDY WEDNESDAY #153
ANACROSSWORD 10 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Chris Hendricks **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin & Jonathan **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #154
HEX PATHFINDER 8 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #155
PENT WORDS 31 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #156
SECTION SIX 15
This puzzle's grid has six rings and six sections. Each ring contains a series of words placed end to end, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise; all the words in a given ring will read in the same direction. Ring 1 (the outer ring) contains six answers that read clockwise; the starting spaces are numbered in the grid. Clues for the answers in the remaining rings are given in order, but their starting points and direction are for you to determine. The sections (separated by the heavy lines radiating from the center) will help you place the inner rings: in a given section, each ring segment contains all but one of the letters in the next segment outward. In other words, a section's outermost segment contains six letters; the next segment inward contains five of those six letters in some order; and so on, until only one of the original six letters remains.Arrange the letters in the six starred spaces to form the final answer, a 6-letter word.
1 Harbor a grudge against
2 Wise
3 Game franchise featuring Ryuta Kawashima: 2 wds.
4 They might involve conspiracies
5 Normal
6 "You're kidding me!" 2 wds.
Ring 2
* Makes like a bear in winter
* Got bigger
* Popular dip for tortilla chips
* ____ pollution
* Period during which electric service is interrupted
Ring 3
* Magic: The ____ (popular trading card game)
* One of 50 on Old Glory
* Smith's partner in firearms
* Disney duck dressed in green
Ring 4
* In accord with moral law
* Less elevated
* Golden ____ Bridge (San Francisco landmark)
Ring 5
* Corpse eater in Arabic mythology
* Ugly item featured around Christmas
Ring 6
* Andy of "15 minutes of fame" fame
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 7-letter word for "Ghosts ‘n ____ (1985 video game)"?Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 155: Pent Words 31
WORDY WEDNESDAY #152
CODEWORDS 4 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith *
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver *
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin *
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #153
ANACROSSWORD 10 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved this puzzle from last week. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #154
HEX PATHFINDER 8 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved this puzzle from last week. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #155
PENT WORDS 31
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Anthony Bailey. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!1 Emulates a boxing referee, perhaps / "I ____ You Dance" (Lee Ann Womack song)
2 Pinky's partner / Planet that's one astronomical unit away from the sun
3 Virtuosity / Publicity piece
4 Sage / Luke Skywalker's father
5 Candies often bought around Easter / ____ of Home (cooking magazine)
6 Tear to pieces / Amalfi Coast's country
7 Like a memorable tune / What M&M's do in your mouth, and not in your hands
8 Stop sign color / Novelist Salman
9 Like Pepe le Pew / It may be pierced
10 Small waterfall / Attempt
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Windows ____ Player (Microsoft application)
* Wait ____ Dark (1967 thriller)
* ____ and bounds
* A Japanese dog breed
* Novelist Wharton
* "Mo ____ Mo Problems" (The Notorious B.I.G. song)
* Item worn by a chef
* Kiosk
* Was brilliant
* Capital of Western Australia
* Singer Miley
* One of 32 in Monopoly
* Military trainee
* Skedaddle
* Detested
* Evil organization in G.I. Joe
* Use Tinder, perhaps
* Black and white sea creatures
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's an 8-letter, two-word answer for "Game franchise featuring Ryuta Kawashima"?Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 153: Anacrossword 10 & Wordy Wednesday 154: Hex Pathfinder 8
WORDY WEDNESDAY #151
INTERSECTING WORDS (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Izak Bulten *
Ryan Faley *
Sam Levitin **
Walker Anderson **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #152
CODEWORDS 4 (hint)
As of this writing, 7 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #153
ANACROSSWORD 10
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Texas town in which singer Marty Robbins “fell in love with a Mexican girl”: 2 wds.
Crime scene finding, perhaps
It prevents a case from being discussed in public: 2 wds.
Auto mechanic’s milieu
Possible response to “Do you have any Kings?”: 2 wds.
All Dogs Go to ____ (1989 animated film)
____ and dry
Dawdle
Nursing pioneer Florence
Painter Rockwell
The ____ Professor (1996 Eddie Murphy film)
Rush about violently
Having no apparent pattern
Line along which fabric pieces are joined
1971 film starring Richard Roundtree
Keep ____ on (monitor)
“Stand by Your Man” singer: 2 wds.
Film with John Ratzenberger as the voice of Hamm: 2 wds.
Like O. J. and Jessica Simpson
With “The”, “Turning Japanese” group
WORDY WEDNESDAY #154
HEX PATHFINDER 8
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!In this puzzle, each answer starts in the correspondingly numbered hexagon and winds through the grid, starting in the indicated direction. When you have finished, every letter will be used in exactly two entries.
Rearrange the letters in the shaded spaces to get the final answer, a 7-letter word.
2NE Let’s Make a Deal host since 2009 (10, 2 wds.)
3NW It might lead into a garage (8)
4SE For ____ or Poorer (1997 comedy) (6)
5NW Football referee, slangily (5)
5SW Diego de la Vega’s secret identity (5)
6E Set in motion, as a missile (6)
7SE Pertaining to the sense of smell (9)
8E Legendary horse with a distinctive forehead protuberance (7)
9E Strong, uncontrollable emotion (8)
10W Make a valuation (6)
11E ____ Hood (Ever After High character) (6)
12NW The Strange ____ of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (4)
13E Mattress filled with H2O (8)
13SW Little ____ (Louisa May Alcott novel) (5)
14NE Hurt (4)
15SE Vulpes vulpes, familiarly (6, 2 wds.)
16NW 1992 film whose sequel was subtitled Back in the Habit (9, 2 wds.)
17SE Mass departure (6)
18W Not fair (6)
19NW Item in a Rorschach test (7)
20NE The Dark Side of the Moon group (9, 2 wds.)
20W Inconsistency in a fictional narrative (8, 2 wds.)
21NW They might grow in shady places (6)
22NE Navigate (5)
23SW Poisonous Japanese fish (4)
24W Offense taken at a remark (7)
25NW Is behind (4)
26W Ocean’s ____ (2001 George Clooney film) (6)
27SW Clay or mud monster of Jewish folklore (5)
28W Some gardening implements (4)
29E Washington Irving story setting (12, 2 wds.)
30NE Ryan who played Granny in The Beverly Hillbillies (5)
31E “Don’t Believe the ____” (Public Enemy song) (4)
32W Hugh Jackman’s role in X-Men (2000) (9)
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Windows ____ Player (Microsoft application)"?* Patron Puzzle #23, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a Snake Crisscross. 69 entries await your solving in this crossword where some of the answers read across and down as usual, and some of the answers snake around the grid.
Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 152: Codewords 4
WORDY WEDNESDAY #150
PENT WORDS 30 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith *
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
M. Sean Molley **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Izak Bulten **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #151
INTERSECTING WORDS (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #152
CODEWORDS 4
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Giovanni Pagano. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!
Arrange the letters in the shaded spaces to spell the final answer, an eight-letter word. (I kinda ran out of ideas for answer extraction mechanisms after the previous three.)
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What is the Texas town in which singer Marty Robbins "fell in love with a Mexican girl"?* What 1992 film's sequel was subtitled Back in the Habit?
Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 151: Intersecting Words
WORDY WEDNESDAY #149
FRAMELINKS 6 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Izak Bulten *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #150
PENT WORDS 30 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #151
INTERSECTING WORDS
Place each of the given words into the grid, one letter per cell, reading from left to right or top to bottom. All words must be connected, and no words other than the given words can appear in the grid. The numbers in the shaded cells indicate the total length of all the words going through that cell.
The answer is a name.
AMMO, ASEA, EAST, EDGE, ICKY, OGRE, RHEA, SHOE, STUD, TORY
CHURN, ETUDE, HEAVE, NIECE, SALVE, SYNOD, TRUNK, TWEED
ADHERE, FEALTY, ORDAIN, RELIEF, RIPPLE, SPEEDO, STUPOR
BURRITO, CARAMBA, HORMONE, LEAFLET, LOOKOUT
BLOWFISH, SOLUTION
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* A puzzle full of numbers! Can there really be words here?Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 150: Pent Words 30
WORDY WEDNESDAY #148
THE SQUARE SCARE (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Edderiofer He **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett *
Adam Weaver **
Ryan Faley **
Walker Anderson **
Yossi Fendel *
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #149
FRAMELINKS 6 (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #150
PENT WORDS 30
1 Pertaining to mail / ____ of God (metal band)
2 Ron of the Harry Potter books / The Mesozoic, for one
3 Petty of motorsports / ____ canal
4 Decimal alternative / It has phases
5 Johnny ____ (2003 Rowan Atkinson film) / Super Bowl group: abbr.
6 Onion relative / Horseless carriages
7 Mother ____ / Some male singers
8 Swiss cottage / "That's one small ____ for a man. . ."
9 Kiss / Coca-____
10 Abase / "La Vie Bohème" musical
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* ____ on the cake
* Hoard
* "My Bonnie lies over the ____. . ."
* Netgear offering
* Get a point
* Actor Eckhart of The Dark Knight (2008)
* ____ of the Dead (2004 film)
* Ness and Lomond, for two
* Cake relative
* A dark shade of yellow
* Item in a park, perhaps
* Dental hygiene accessory
* Actress Kirstie of Cheers
* Evil spirit
* Former CNN host King
* Perfect
* "Wanted Dead or ____" (Bon Jovi song)
* "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front ____"
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* A puzzle whose SOLUTION will give you RELIEF. . .Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 149: Framelinks 6
WORDY WEDNESDAY #147
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 2 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver *
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #148
THE SQUARE SCARE (hint)
As of this writing, 8 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version, with blatant instructions. If you would like some advice or assistance in solving my Wordy Wednesday, I pray you will not hesitate to contact me for immediate relief. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #149
FRAMELINKS 6
Fill in the empty squares in the diagram with the given letters to form words.Arrange the letters in the shaded squares to form the final answer, an 8-letter word.
AAAAAAAA BBBB CCC DDD EEEEE GG HH II J LLLL MMM NNNNNNNNN OOO P RRRRRRR SSS TTTTTT W Z
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 5-letter word for "Actor Eckhart of The Dark Knight (2008)"?Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 148: The Square Scare
WORDY WEDNESDAY #146
SECTION SIX 14 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
M. Sean Molley **
Adam Weaver **
Bo Green **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #147
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 2 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #148
THE SQUARE SCARE
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!It looks like the fourth floor of this hotel is haunted, too. “I tried so hard in life to make friends,” a ghostly spirit moans, “but everyone said I was a square. Will you help me square away some unfinished business? If you can help me find the 2-word answer to this puzzle, I’ll be ever so grateful.”
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* A Framelinks!* Patron Puzzle #22, which will be delivered exclusively to Patreon supporters ($5 or more per month), is a combination of Pent Words and Kin-Kon-Kan! The Pent Words grid becomes a Kin-Kon-Kan grid.
Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 147: DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 2
WORDY WEDNESDAY #145
PENT WORDS 29 (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
M. Sean Molley **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #146
SECTION SIX 14 (hint)
As of this writing, 11 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #147
DIV IDE DIN TOT RIP LES 2
This puzzle contains a word suggested by patron Jack Bross. Support me on Patreon at the $5 per month level and solve the monthly Patron Puzzle for a chance to suggest a seed word for a future puzzle, or at the $20 per month level to suggest one seed word every month!__ __ __ __ __ __ , __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
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22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
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43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
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64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81
Inventor Alexander Graham ____ __ __ __ __
78 54 14 40
Impudent __ __ __ __ __ __
18 81 22 59 37 15
Directly from personal experience __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
51 12 64 23 42 74 07 06 44
Henry VIII, for one __ __ __ __
66 62 05 36
Sea cow __ __ __ __ __ __ __
60 56 77 10 48 25 41
One climbing the Rockies, for example __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
02 49 24 35 73 04 31 38 19 71 58
Respectful __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
57 45 11 03 67 33 09 27
Instrument featured in “Put Down the __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Duckie” on Sesame Street 63 01 26 52 68 28 39 43 16
The ____ Night (van Gogh painting) __ __ __ __ __ __
17 70 69 61 55 79
____-crazy __ __ __ __
20 08 34 29
Plácido Domingo, for one __ __ __ __ __
21 75 32 46 72
Furry creature in many horror flicks __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
80 30 53 13 76 65 50 47
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* Hey, a puzzle that will keep you awake at night. . . .Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 146: Section Six 14
WORDY WEDNESDAY #144
BROKEN WORD SEARCH (answer)
It's been two weeks, so time to unveil the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:Anthony Bailey **
Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
James Sinnett **
Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Chris Hendricks *
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #145
PENT WORDS 29 (hint)
As of this writing, 9 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #146
SECTION SIX 14
This puzzle's grid has six rings and six sections. Each ring contains a series of words placed end to end, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise; all the words in a given ring will read in the same direction. Ring 1 (the outer ring) contains six answers that read clockwise; the starting spaces are numbered in the grid. Clues for the answers in the remaining rings are given in order, but their starting points and direction are for you to determine. The sections (separated by the heavy lines radiating from the center) will help you place the inner rings: in a given section, each ring segment contains all but one of the letters in the next segment outward. In other words, a section's outermost segment contains six letters; the next segment inward contains five of those six letters in some order; and so on, until only one of the original six letters remains.Arrange the letters in the six starred spaces to form the final answer, a 6-letter word.
1 Rival
2 Barbie, for one
3 Pictures in one's mind's eye
4 Mother ____
5 Poem where the first letter of each line spells something
6 From ____ with Love
Ring 2
* Wrote the music for, as a movie
* The stripes of the US flag represent these
* What records are made of
* GoDaddy offerings
* One of four in a deck of playing cards
Ring 3
* Old West outlaw Butch
* Auspice
* Small stringed instrument played with a bow
* Names at the start or end of a movie
Ring 4
* I Am Spock author Leonard
* Gave aid to
* Duplicate
Ring 5
* Euphoria
* Vegetable that famously induces tears when cut
Ring 6
* 14-line poem
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* ASE QUE LTH ATN OON EAS KED FOR!Until next time, yappy solving!
Wordy Wednesday 145: Pent Words 29
WORDY WEDNESDAY #143
DIVIDED INTO COLUMNS 2 (answer)
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Benjamin Smith **
Giovanni Pagano **
Jack Bross **
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Adam Weaver **
Bryce Herdt **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **
yyw **
WORDY WEDNESDAY #144
BROKEN WORD SEARCH (hint)
As of this writing, 10 people have solved last week's puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #145
PENT WORDS 29
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.
1 Mixing implement / Common apple color
2 Larboard / Trapped
3 Nairobi's country / Sheriff's star-shaped decoration
4 Twin ____ (1990-1991 TV series) / Ambulance feature
5 2012 title character voiced by Seth MacFarlane / Hell's ____ (reality series since 2005)
6 Candy made of sugar and butter / It may be of the drop-down variety
7 Poet William Butler ____ / Nolan Bushnell's company
8 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy ____ / Kimono sashes
9 D.W. Read's older brother / Like some losers
10 Whirlpool / Without warranty: 2 wds.
PENTOMINOES:
* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER
* Common apple color
* "The Yellow Rose of ____" (folk song)
* Boredom
* "Fly the Friendly ____" (United Airlines slogan)
* Stadium
* Natasha's partner in crime
* Judge ____ (1995 Stallone film)
* Butchered animal's internal organs and entrails
* Word preceding "park" or "song"
* Come up
* City in which UHF (1989) was filmed
* It connects a wheel's hub to its rim
* Tom of classic rock
* The ____ Brothers Band (2007-2009 Nickelodeon series)
* ____ Day (April 22)
* Programming language noted for its simplicity
* Pleasure trips
* Eagle feature
COMING NEXT WEEK. . .
* What's a 6-letter word for "14-line poem"?Until next time, yappy solving!
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