What a Great Place to Start

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“What a Great Place to Start” Hall of Heroes
Each trigram quote is taken from a movie where the movie’s name is part of Answers to clues are all Special Moves of DC Heroes in the videogame
the quote. It has been replaced with TITLE in each quote. Injustice 2.
• MYSTERY MEN: Champion City will forever owe a debt of gratitude to
these TITLE. AA_: Killing Field; AA_: Good and Evil; AEG: Night Ranger; AN_: Surrender; ANS:
• ARMAGEDDON: We are faced with the very gravest of challenges. The Beauty and the Beast; BOS: Hallucinations; CMS: Slaughter; COI: Blood Bath;
Bible calls this day “TITLE.” ENE: Disobeying Orders; ESI: Bogged Down; EVH: Mind Tricks; FSA: Breaking
• LOVE ACTUALLY: If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that Point; GWF: Double Trouble; HDL: Bad Seed; HE_: Violent Tendencies; HOA:
TITLE is all around. Blowout; IEW: Natural Disaster; IMM: Comeback; ISH: Greased Lightning; ITM:
• LAST OF THE MOHICANS: Tell them to be patient and ask death for Game Changer; LRG: Heartless; LRO: Queen’s Gambit; MN_: Sideline; NEY:
speed; for they are all there but one - I, Chingachgook - TITLE. Punishment; ODM: Destroy; OHE: Beware; ORN: Crimson Red; PME: Death
• ON THE WATERFRONT: If you don’t think Christ is down here TITLE you’ve Wish; REI: Man eater; RLM: Born to Kill; RNE: Hot Pursuit; RNE: Inner Strength;
got another guess coming. ROI: Overdose; RT_: Throwing Shade; RWC: Be Afraid; SEO: Checkmate;
• FULL METAL JACKET: Seven. Six. Two. Millimeter. TITLE. SNE: Anti-Life; SP_: Roller Coaster; SSE: Hybrid; TE_: Quiver; TIM: Subliminal
• THE ARISTOCRATS: and that’s the act! I’m gonna call it TITLE. Messages; UHE: Family Tree; URV: Dead to Rights
• MEN IN BLACK: You’re above the System. Over it. Beyond it. We’re ‘them.’
We’re ‘they.’ We are the TITLE. Group answers by character and order alphabetically. The three character
• ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND.: TITLE. Each pray’r prefix will form a clue related to the character. The enumerations provided will
accepted and each wish resign’d. match the characters and answers uniquely.
• REAR WINDOW: I’m not much on TITLE ethics.
Swamp Thing • HDL: Bad Seed He guards Plants
• INDEPENDENCE DAY: We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive!
• ESI: Bogged Down what life?
Today we celebrate our TITLE
• GWF: Double Trouble
• CON AIR: Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I have the
• UHE: Family Tree
only gun on board. Welcome to TITLE
• AA_: Killing Field
• ANY GIVEN SUNDAY: On TITLE you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose.
• RT_: Throwing Shade
First letters (ignoring “The”) spell MALL OF AMERICA. Green Arrow • AEG: Night Ranger Alter Ego Oliver
• LRO: Queen’s Gambit Queen
Dead Man’s Hand • TE_: Quiver
Each hand clues a five-letter word. In order: QUEEN, ROBOT, RABBI, COURT, Flash • ISH: Greased Lightning Iris's Wally West
JOKER, BLOND, FROST, RASTA, TALLY, CADET, FUNGI • RNE: Hot Pursuit Nephew
• IEW: Natural Disaster
Entering the letters into the chart gives: • SP_: Roller Coaster
BETEFICTAANOL
Cyborg • HOA: Blowout His Moms Elinore
AJUDABQURSLAN
• IMM: Comeback Name
GBROTUEROBYRT
• SSE: Hybrid
FCRDTOKTOROSL
• MN_: Sideline
This spells out a series of traitors, with a changed letter in each column. Atrocitus • COI: Blood Bath Color Ring Red
BEnEdICTArNOL • ORN: Crimson Red
dJUDAsQUiSLiN • LRG: Heartless
GBRuTUsROBeRT Scarecrow • RWC: Be Afraid Robert Who Englund
FoRDTOKyOROSe • OHE: Beware Voices Him
• BOS: Hallucinations
The incorrect letters spell ACT OF BETRAYAL. • EVH: Mind Tricks
• ROI: Overdose
Let’s Go • TIM: Subliminal Messages
Each paragraph clues a word or phrase ending GO.
Black Canary • FSA: Breaking Point First Name Dinah
• GINKGO
• ITM: Game Changer
• OSWEGO
• RNE: Inner Strength
• TANGO
• TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Robin • RLM: Born to Kill Real Name Damian
• ARCHIPELAGO • ENE: Disobeying Orders
• BINGO • AA_: Good and Evil
• LOGO Darkseid • SNE: Anti-Life Son And Orion
• ALTEREGO • ODM: Destroy Enemy
• NYONG’O • NEY: Punishment
• KEY LARGO • AN_: Surrender
• EMBARGO
Cheetah • ANS: Beauty and the Arch- Wonder
• MAR-A-LAGO
Beast nemesis Woman
• AMIGO
• REI: Man eater
• LINGO
• CMS: Slaughter
• LUMBAGO
• HE_: Violent Tendencies
First letters spell “Gotta blank ’em all,” a reference to the Pokemon slogan. Deadshot • SEO: Checkmate Super Move Never Miss
The blank is replaced with CATCH. • URV: Dead to Rights
• PME: Death Wish
First letters of the answers spell POWERED DOWN.
The Electric Can Opener The Berkeley Pit
Canned Clues: Canberra, Canthus, Canoodles, In the ON TOP grid, some squares contain the letters PIT. The corresponding
Candescent, Cancel, Canis, Cane, Can letters in the other grid spell LUMP.
Uncanned: Cel, E, Berra, Is, Oodles, Descent,
Thus
Arrange the cans in a pyramid shape, such that
each row is a canned clue answer (assuming the
first can is CAN). Read down the left hand side to
see HOLE IS IT. The answer is HOLE.
The Toaster
A. Mastermind, B. Deadeye Dick, C. Twisty, D.
Traffic signal, E. Children of the Corn, F. Confidently, G. Youtube, H. Dangal,
I. Peanuts, J. Flagellum, K. Stove, L. Indoor Tennis Court, M. Biscuit, N.
Television Without Pity, O. Goofoff, P. Chestnut, Q. Laundry Room, R. Arcadia,
S. Uruguay, T. Deep Trouble, U. Tweedledee, V. Rooster Cogburn, X. Stygian, Y.
Song of Solomon, Z. August, AA. Whereby
You can swim in the middle of a gunfight and your guns will not get I Write Off a Trip to the MIM
waterlogged. For you, descriptions of driving never get old. You are at once The instruments pictured are in this order on the audiofile. The real names of
amused and bewildered by your collection of matchsticks. You encounter a the instruments are given in parenthesis, but are not needed for solving.
troupe of thespian funambulists. They are glib, and not to be trusted. Your • Squeeze Toy (Udakai)
attic is full of secrets. • Fake Turtle (Tahitian Ukulele)
• Pixie Prong (Flabiol I cobla)
The text are a series of items taken from articles on the website The Toast • Big Old Bell (Trychle)
about “How To Tell If You Are In…” • Sheep Stick (Zampogna a
• How To Tell If You Are In A Bollywood Movie chiave)
• How To Tell If You Are In A Stephen King Novel • Cork Choker (Gopuz)
• How To Tell If You Are In A Logic Problem • Lemur Poker (Erhu)
• How To Tell If You Are In A Tom Stoppard Play • Face Pinner (Sho)
• How To Tell If You Are In Goosebumps book • Booty Juker (Ugly Stick)
• Tiny Stools (Pat-Waing)
Five clues explicitly correspond with these categories: clues H, E, A, R, and T.
The answer is HEART. All of the fake names are
10 letters long. Reading the
Address Check diagonal gives SAXOPHONES
Each answer is one of the sets of letters at the top plus a state abbreviation.
• ADJECTIVE (CT) • INJUSTICE (NJ) Knight Rider 3-D
• ARMADILLO (AR) • INSOMNIAC (MN) The knight travels along the
• AUTOPILOT (UT) • ISOSCELES (SC) surface of the clue, making
• BANDWIDTH (WI) • JUNKYARDS (KY) traditional knight moves (2
• BREAKFAST (AK) • LAWNMOWER (NM) squares in one direction, 1
• CAFETERIA (CA) • LOCKSMITH (MI) in another). This can have a
• CATERWAUL (WA) • MAGAZINES (AZ) significant effect as it crosses
• CHEST X-RAY (TX) • MAKESHIFT (MA) edges.
• CHIHUAHUA (HI) • MILKSHAKE (IL)
• CLAIM TO BE (MT) • PINEAPPLE (IN) The given destinations
• CRITIQUES (RI) • PROHIBITS (OH) are shown. The unused
• DIAPHRAGM (IA) • PROJECTOR (OR) squares spell out ANSWER
• EAVESDROP (SD) • PURGATORY (GA) IS TOUR OF DUTY.
• ENVELOPES (NV) • QUICKSAND (KS)
• EPONYMOUS (NY) • STORM DOOR (MD) Cross Your Heart
• EQUIPMENT (ME) • STRAW VOTE (WV) The completed grid is
• EXEMPLARY (LA) • SUPERNOVA (VA) to the right. Down the
• EXPANSIVE (PA) • TAXIDERMY (ID) center can be read DEEP
• FLASHBULB (FL) • TOM SAWYER (WY) PURPLE.
• FLUMMOXED (MO) • VIDEOTAPE (DE)
• FREQUENCY (NC) • WHIMSICAL (MS) Hope to Die
• HANDIWORK (ND) • WITNESSES (TN) Solve the Sudoku and
• HDTV TUNER (VT) • XYLOPHONE (NE) add up the colored dice.
• HEXAGONAL (AL) • ZIRCONIUM (CO) You’ll get 10-5-23-5-12 or
• INHIBITED (NH) JEWEL.
One state abbreviation is missing, and that’s OK. (Submitting OKLAHOMA will
instruct the solver to use the state abbreviation.)
Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em
The images all clue cigarette brands: Maverick, Fortuna, Basic, Kent,
Newport, Chesterfield, Camel, Pyramid, Embassy, Parliament
The cigarette brands fit into the blanks alphabetically. Take the letter
matching the ! in original clue order to get EAST OF EDEN.
Diamond Mine Lover’s Lane
The unclued second row spells out CENTRAL ARKANSAS. For each set, each underscore can be replaced with one of two letters (e.g.,
PAJAMAS or PANAMAS). If grouped correctly, they spell famous lovers with one
missing a letter.
• NAPOLEON and JOSE(P)HINE
• ORPHEUS and EU(R)YDICE
• GUIN(E)VERE and LANCELOT
• (T)RISTAN and ISOLDE
• BONNI(E) and CLYDE
RATAZ • ROMEO and JULI(E)T
RATAZ is VEXED Caesar shifted. Whitney Smith is the coiner of the word • CLEOPATRA and MARC A(N)TONY
vexillology. The items given are things found on country flags shifted a certain • PYRAMU(S) and THISBE
number of letters.
• Nguni Shield (Swaziland/15) Dominoes in Action
• Golden Lion (Sri Lanka/23) The completed grid is shown. Shaded
• Mokorotlo (Lesotho/18) areas spell DOES.
• Boar’s Horn (Vanuatu/4)
• Bird Of Paradise (Papua New Guinea/5) Rosalila, Stab A Little Harder
• Orange Eagle (Zambia/19) Different types of knives can be found
• Ashoka Chakra (India/9) in the grid in 4x4 squares reading
• Eagle Of Saladin (Egypt/5) clockwise or counterclockwise. As
• Angkor Wat (Cambodia/9) shown by the graphic, circle the letters
• Star Of David (Israel/18) that the handle would point to if it covered the first letter.
• Thunder Dragon (Bhutan/18)
• Sisserou Parrot (Dominica/20) Extra letters spell: “Read the letters covered by the handles and complete the
• Green Cedar (Lebanon/8) lyric with a related eleven-letter word. Doctor Stabby.”
• Olive Leaves (Cyprus/1)
• Nutmeg Pod (Grenada/2) Knives are (ordered by circled letter, top to bottom)
• Maasai Shield (Kenya/4)
• Poniard (A) • Baselard (G)
• Yurt (Kyrgyzstan/20)
• Bowie (ND) • Basilong (G)
• Maple Leaf (Canada/7)
• Stiletto (G) • Bayonet (L)
• Poseidon’s Trident (Barbados/6)
• Cleaver (UR) • Kukri (ED)
• Taegeuk (South Korea/5)
• Xacto (GL) • Scalpel (I)
• Grey Crane (Uganda/18)
• Serpette (E) • Sickle (DR)
• Ginsu (DA) • Machete (EW)
Order the countries alphabetically and take each number as a letter to
• Bichuwa (ND) • Santoku (MY)
spell FRIGATE BIRD THREE WORDS. Frigate Bird is a part of the flag of the
• Dagger (GU)
REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI.
The lyrics can be completed with SNICKERSNEE.
Author
The last names of the authors of the first two books in each triple are an
GPS
anagram of the title of the third book, plus one additional letter.
Answers to Positioning clues all start
• Hugo/Verne [M]
OVER THE or UNDER THE.
• Austen/Bagnold [Y]
• Under the weather
• Grafton/Rice [S]
• Under the wire
• Gaiman/Salinger [T]
• Under the tabke
• Plath/Twain [E]
• Over the moon
• Woolf/Dickens [R]
• Over the top
• Wilde/Bronte [Y]
• Over the hill
• Clarke/Asimov [A]
Each of the last parts of these answers
• Kafka/Tolstoy [U]
appears in the grid. Take the word
• Shaw/Doyle [T]
above or below the word.
• Lewis/Martin [H]
•APIECE, LEKS, ISLANDS, BRO, IMAM,
• Carnegie/Steel [O]
SWEAT.
• Eliot/Ibsen [R]
• Stoker/Amis [E]
First letters spell ALIBIS.
• Angelou/Capote [L]
• Faulkner/Poe [L]
You Shall Not...
• Conrad/Updike [E]
Draw the bars in the completed grid,
• Dahl/Wilder [R]
and you’ll the grid splits in two. Find
• Camus/Proust [Y]
letters that are the same on both sides
In order, the extra letters spell Mystery
of the line to spell SAN ANDREAS.
Author Ellery. The answer is QUEEN.
Painter
The Paint-by-numbers can be treated
as jigsaw pieces in a 3x4 puzzle to give
the image to the right.
The answer is PRINCE.
More More More Spy vs. Spy
Cone answers: King, Ray, Her, All, Line, Ides, Ops, Cent, Low Much like the spies in Spy vs. Spy, each person wears either a black or white
top. Take each group of 2x3 as a braille letter. The answer is TOQUE.
Each MOAR, MOAAR, and MOAAAR answer builds on the cones by adding one
or more letters. In Cone order:
• B/L/IN/KING • B/ROAD/S/IDES
• A/S/T/RAY • BI/S/H/OPS
• SK/ET/C/HER • N/A/S/CENT
• IN/S/T/ALL • S/W/AL/LOW
• RO/S/A/LINE
The tops of the cones spell BASKIN ROBBINS.
Strays
Each block conceals five words related to “dog” in the same way.
• [Words mean hound or dog] SHADOW, CHASE, TRAIL, FOLLOW, PURSUE T O Q
• [Breeds of dog] GREYHOUND, SPANIEL, TERRIER, DACHSHUND,
LABRADOR
• [Dog treats] MILKBONE, SNAUSAGES, PURINA, PEDIGREE, PUPPYCHOW
• [Fictional dogs] SNOOPY, MARMADUKE, SCOOBYDOO, LASSIE, UNDERDOG
• [Dog toys] KENNEL, CHEWTOY, COLLAR, FOODBOWL, MICROCHIP
• [Hot dog condiments] RELISH, KETCHUP, MUSTARD, ONIONS,
SAUERKRAUT
For each, there is an unused square. From top to bottom, these letters spell
DALMATIANS.
Bumper to Bumper
Each image represents something that, like the title, can be part of a
U E
<BLANK> TO <BLANK> phrase. The words in each bumper sticker start with
the letters in these items, plus one other letter.
Fast Forward: Part of the border of the table is Morse Code for PINK HAT.
• HEART: BAKCE->BACK+E
• EYE: AYRTE->YEAR+T
Two Heads Are Better Than One
• HEAD: HRTAXE-> HEART+X
Each death comes from a movie showcased during a Rifftrax Live event or an
• APPLES: IAEHD->HEAD+I
episode of MST3K (red).
• YEAR: SPLSPAE->APPLES+S
• Birdemic: Shock and Terror (M)
• BACK: EREOP->PEER+O
• Swamp Diamonds (A)
• PEER (Calvin): CYEE->EYE+C
• Samurai Cop (A)
Chaining these together gives COEXIST.
• Tormented (T)
• Starship Troopers (T)
Let’s Bounce
• The Giant Gila Monster (ANS)
Answers can be found in the word search caroming off of the pink areas,
• Anaconda (C)
leaving a letter behind in each.
• Sharknado 2: The Second One (H)
• RICOCHET ROBOT • ALEXANDER • Rocketship X-M (E)
• TAINE • ELASTIC • Indestructible Man (N)
• SUPERBALL • ERASER • It Conquered the World (D)
• CASTLE • MARSUPIAL • Reefer Madness (ANS)
• SAN ANDREAS • CHECK KITING
• SQUASH • BISCUIT Looking at the Rifftrax Live letters gives MATCH ANS and MST3K letters gives
• FLUBBER • BOTTOM FERMENTATION AT ANS END. ANS (short for Answer) can be replaced with WITS.
• AFFLECK
Letters in the pink areas on the outside THIS LANDMARK and the inside TEN Gutsy Luchadors, Odd Warriors
LTRS. The answer is FORDLANDIA. The acronym of the puzzle is GLOW and the images all clue G.L.O.W. wrestlers.
Each phrase is an anagram of the real name of the wrestler (using IMDB as
T H I
confirmation). As a help, the images are ordered by the wrestler’s stage name.
Z I Y I O B E T C E E N L T T U H
• Americana: Cindy Maranne - I
K B S F N A N O C A E T R G R E C
• Attache: Laura Fisher - S
K P T U S T G C E C L R M R E P H Y S • Brunhilda: Deanne Murray - N
C I M R C I A W A H L M M O B Y I • Daisy: Helena LaCount - T
N E E A R I A S R G L Y U K B B M • Dallas: Debi Pelletier - I
R S H D R T C Y H O U • Godiva: Dawn Maestas - T
A C U C Y S E S O T O T L • Hollywood: Jeanne Basone - A
R T C R P U L A S E F • Jailbait: Trish Casella - L
E I R P E I F D Q L • Justice: Narice Crockett - A
L K I N O R N E A F O U • Liberty: Penny Johnson - N
N A O L B E K U A S A • Little Egypt: Angelina Altishin - I
L I P A F T L S N W T S • Star: Suzanne Duplessis - S
T S L O P E A E O T T E H E X H A • Tulsa: Jody Haselbarth - H
A G L A D E E E M S R S O L G T L D • VH1: Taeler Hendrix - I
• Vine: Janet Bowers - T
T T K N Q I F A R A W T B G E O R
T N O I A E C F E E T E B X N D I
Missing letters spell ISNT IT ALANIS HIT, a clue for IRONIC.
I E E M R N L R A L D A A Y S A G
M D N
Activity Coordinator Scrimshaw
Each activity corresponds with a section from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Take Once the grid is filled in, five columns have harpoons. You can replace those
the minute as a letter of the alphabet. harpoons with letters to get a type of whale in that column (fin, beluga, blue,
a time to be born and a time to die,: sperm, humpback). The letters replacing harpoons spell FLESH.
• 8:09 PM: Help deliver the hotel owner’s baby [I]
• 8:04 AM: Pass away [D]
a time to plant and a time to uproot,:
• 5:05 AM: Put incriminating evidence on someone to frame them [E]
• 6:14 PM: Move some palm trees to a different part of the hotel [N]
a time to kill and a time to heal,:
• 5:20 AM: Slaughter the audience at our talent show [T]
• 9:09 AM: Give someone an aspirin [I]
a time to tear down and a time to build,:
• 7:06 PM: Demolish a gingerbread house in the lobby [F]
• 2:25 PM: Use a C++ compiler to make an executable [Y]
a time to weep and a time to laugh,:
• 3:02 PM: Do something after you “read ‘em” [B]
• 6:15 AM: Check out our stand-up comics [O]
a time to mourn and a time to dance,:
• 1:15 AM: Attend a funeral [O] Marked, Become Agog
• 7:11 PM: Join a conga line [K] Each paragraph clues a game with one letter changed.
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,: • SPECTER UPS (O)
• 8:20 PM: Throw a mancala game across the room [T] • CODEGAMES (N)
• 6:08 AM: Get Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood together [H] • CATTLE LINE (B)
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,: • KIND OF TOKYO (G)
• 3:01 PM: Hug a stranger [A] • ZOMBICIDE: BLACK PLAQUE (G)
• 6:20 PM: Sing “Fa la la la la la la la la” [T] • TERRAFORMING MARK (S)
a time to search and a time to give up,: • CLUB (E)
• 11:09 PM: Use Google [I] • RUNTBOUND (E)
• 1:14 AM: Donate copies of a Pixar movie featuring Ed Asner [N] • FORDS OF WATERDEEP (L)
a time to keep and a time to throw away,: • LEAR’S DICE (I)
• 6:19 PM: Check out the local castle [S] • CHEST (S)
• 4:16 AM: Bring things to the trash compactor [P] • SEA (T)
a time to tear and a time to mend,: • DIGIT (X)
• 8:09 AM: Rip up some newspaper [I] • ONO (U)
• 5:18 AM: Stitch up some socks [R] • GROOM (L)
a time to be silent and a time to speak,: • LOOT CITIES (S)
• 6:05 PM: Play charades [E] • BLOND RAGE (O)
• 5:04 AM: Play Outburst [D] • SECRET HITTER (L)
a time to love and a time to hate,: • RICE FOR THE GALAXY (A)
• 6:20 PM: Go to our Speed Dating event [T] • TICKET TO HIDE (R)
• 1:08 AM: Leave negative reviews on Yelp! [H] • THE JURY OF DRACULA (F)
a time for war and a time for peace.: • FLUSH POINT: FIRE RESCUE (A)
• 8:09 PM: Play a simple no-strategy card game [I] • ZITICULTURE (V)
• 7:19 PM: Hold two fingers up in the air [S] • THE GAME OF LIFT (E)
• MILLE BORNEO (S)
Letters spell IDENTIFY THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THIS. The answer is
ECCLESIASTES. The title anagrams to boardgamegeek. The original letters spell ON BGG, SEE
LIST XUL SOLAR FAVES. Search boardgamegeek.com for the list (you can also
Hand in the Sand google XUL SOLAR FAVES in quotes.) The list includes all of the games above,
Answers to the clues in the bottom are of the form “X in the Y”, where Y is one along with TWIXT, the answer to the puzzle.
of the images given.
• rumble in the jungle Hands Touching Hands
• nail in the coffin Hands can be combined such that fingers are interwined, forming two words.
• hole in the wall • mandel(B)rot/rou(G)hnecks
• drop in the bucket • (F)lourished/quatrefoi(L)
• order in the court • ba(N)kruptcy/headstr(O)ng
• flash in the pan • unst(E)adily/playg(R)ound
• shot in the arm • afterglo(W)s/d(I)scourage
• one in the oven
• irons in the fire There’s a letter missing in each position. From 1 to 10, these letters spell
• throw in the towel FINGER BOWL.
• ace in the hole
• walk in the park
• elephant in the room
• nip in the bud
• snake in the grass
• all in the family
• up in the air
In picture order, the first letters spell ANSWER IS OUT OF HAND.
Help the Dishwasher Downward Doug
Several spaces can be filled with either PAN or POT. Some cannot have either. Each pair of left limbs pairs with the right limbs of a different “Doug”. Each
• ACCOMPANIMENT pairs of clues leads to a six-letter word. The first 3 letters of the upward clue
• DISCREPANCIES and last 3 letters of the downward clue are provided. Inserting a letter into the
• (neither) circle will form a seven-letter word reading backwards.
• HIPPOPOTAMUS Certain/fruit CITRUS Fast pace/for a horse GALLOP POLITIC
• (neither) Chewed a/tough thing GNAWED Plaster of/Paris part GYPSUM MUSTANG
• NEPOTISM Cowardly/color-wise YELLOW Accompany/On a date ESCORT TROLLEY
• COMEUPPANCE Greater/in size LARGER Furry/Rodent GERBIL LIBERAL
• (neither) Igor or/Renfield LACKEY In sync or a bike TANDEM MEDICAL
• TYMPANIC Make a/mess of MUCKUP Make a /mess of WISDOM MODICUM
• (neither)
Music/player STEREO Severe/Injury TRAUMA AMULETS
• HYPOTHERMAL
Sobber’s/request TISSUE African/tree BAOBAB BABYSIT
• CHIMPANZEE
“Stand/down” AT EASE PLO leader/Yassir ARAFAT TAFFETA
• OMNIPOTENT
Symbol of/disgrace STIGMA Of the/lower back LUMBAR RABBITS
• DESPOTICAL
Take off/from a pad LAUNCH Lech/of note WALESA ASEXUAL
• (neither)
• TREPANATION
The clues form a sequence. Starting with “Stand/down”, the extra letters spell
• BESPANGLED
FLEXIBILITY.
• FRANGIPANI
• (neither) Inside the Cage
• TRAINSPOTTER
The cages are:
• SPANDEX
• 1 (column 2, row 4)
• (neither)
• 3 (column 7, row 5)
• APOTHECARY
• 4 (column 11, row 11)
• HYPOTENUSE
• 3 (column 15, row 7)
• UNDERPANTS
• SPOTLIGHT
Taking 1=A gives AC/DC.
Rows that cannot take either spell “Don’t put letters in spaces instead use 4 8 7 13 12 3 1 15 16 6 9 11 10 14 2 5
circular pots and rectangular pans and leave these rows blank.” 14 2 5 10 4 8 7 13 12 3 1 15 16 6 9 11
Graphically representing each pot as * and pan as --- forms Morse Code 6 9 11 16 14 2 5 10 4 8 7 13 12 3 1 15
spelling out MEAT LOAF. 3 1 15 12 6 9 11 16 14 2 5 10 7 4 8 13
Help the Waitress 13 4 8 7 15 12 3 1 11 16 6 9 5 10 14 2
Anagram each top row to get someone who has been married multiple times. 10 14 2 5 13 4 8 7 15 12 3 1 11 16 6 9
• (Larry) King
• (Greg) Allman 16 6 9 11 10 14 2 5 13 4 8 7 15 12 3 1
• (Richard) Pryor 12 3 1 15 16 6 9 11 10 14 2 5 13 7 4 8
• (Hedy) Lamarr
• (Elizabeth) Taylor 7 13 4 8 1 15 12 3 9 11 16 6 2 5 10 14
• (Artie) Shaw 5 10 14 2 7 13 4 8 1 15 12 3 9 11 16 6
• (Mickey) Rooney
11 16 6 9 5 10 14 2 7 13 4 8 1 15 12 3
The remaining bottles can be combined to form one of their spouses. 15 12 3 1 11 16 6 9 5 10 14 2 8 13 7 4
• Keyes (S) (Shaw’s 8th wife)
• Alexander (Q) (King’s 7th wife) 8 7 13 4 3 1 15 12 6 9 11 16 14 2 5 10
• Fountain (U) (Allman’s 6th wife) 2 5 10 14 8 7 13 4 3 1 15 12 6 9 11 16
• Mitchell (E) (Rooney’s 5th wife)
• Stauffer (E) (Lamarr’s 4th husband) 9 11 16 6 2 5 10 14 8 7 13 4 3 1 15 12
• McGuire (Z) (Pryor’s 3rd wife) 1 15 12 3 9 11 16 6 2 5 10 14 4 8 13 7
• Wileding (E) (Taylor’s 2nd husband)
Outside the Cage
Order extra letters by the nth spouse, highest to lowest, to spell SQUEEZE.
Inward clues have an extra letter added to them. Outward clues must have a
letter added to them.
Echo Chamber
The complete grid is shown here. For
Inward: SENILE (B[E]atty), SABER, CUL-DE-SAC, NEREID (sea[L]), AERIES (fin[E]
five of the images, you’ll need two of
d), RECOIL ([c]heater), EDIFICE, NAM (war[T]), OCCAM, RAT RACE (st[R]uck),
the images plus one more letter to
DISTRESS, EDDIES (spo[U]ts), REPORTS (pa[M]pers), ACACIA, MAJORCAN ([S]
get something clued by the crossword
iberian), INK SAC
entry.
• BARBARA (A WOMAN’S NAME)
Outward: CASK (me[A]ds), NINA, CRO, JAMAICA ([W]ailers), CASTRO, PERSEID
• TINTING (COLORATION)
(s[h]ower), DESSERT (sh[A]red), SIDECAR (mo[T]orer), TARMAC ([c]hopper),
• ALFALFA (HAY)
COMANECI, FIDELIO, CERSEI, READIER, ENCASED (st[O]ring), LUCRE (co[I]ns),
• CONCONI (SPORTS TEST)
BASELINES (sing[L]ed)
• CHECHEN (A CAUCASIAN)
Extra letters, in image order, spell
Extra letters spell ELECTRUM’S A WHAT COIL. The answer is TESLA.
AGAIN.
Snowflakes Gaps
The completed grid is shown to the
S\MOTHER C\LIMBER C\RINGED B\OLDEST
right. The perimeter spells out, starting
IN\QUIRE LO\OPIER RE\ACHED SC\RUNCH
in the lower left, EDGE OF NOWHERE.
CLO\SURE AVE\NGER SER\VILE PAR\ENTS
BREA\THE REVE\RSE POKE\MON CHAR\ITY
Circulation
SHRIN\KS BARRE\LS CAREE\RS PASSA\GE
Answers for each clue replace the
COMPOS\E THEBAN\D BITTER\N THOUGH\T
stars in the following clue, with the last
[compost] [reveals] [coached] [coldest]
answer replacing the stars in the first
clue in another column. The process T\REASON D\RUGGED U\NEATEN
goes full circle. In order: DR\AUGHT VO\ICING PE\PPERS
PAR\AGON SLE\IGHT VER\DANT
1, 13, 5, 6, 9, 3, 8, 7, 2, 10, 12, 4, 11 PLAT\ING ACHI\EVE PLAY\TEX
MEDIA\TE BARRI\ER SALIN\AS
The center row spells VITRIOL OF MARS. PRESTO\N ALFRED\O DIVERS\E
[parting] [barrico] [pendant]
O O B T H H S R N H G C I
D P E E U O A E I O U U S
For each grid, answers are 6- or 7-letters long. One 7-letter long answer won’t
D P G L G S N C E U I S L work with the rest of the grid, and instead requires a letter to fall in the gap
E O G E H P G E C S D T A in a six-letter word (these are in brackets at the bottom). Ordering by position
S S A T E I R N E E A O N spells CONTACT.
T E R H S T I T G S N D D
QStation
A M N O E A A I I M C I S
Answers have two or more Qs in them. They line up with the bandages, with
R I A N G L A M R I E A L one extra bandage covering a non-Q letter.
R S M B O S P B A L F N I • Aliquot Seqeunce [T]
I S E U T E P R F E L F E • Albuquerque New Mexico [X]
• Queen Of Burlesque [S]
V I T R I O L O F M A R S
• Quebec Nordiques [I]
E O A R S U E G E E M A W
• Powaqqatsi [W]
D N G O T L B L P T E C O • Nyquist Frequency [F]
B D P W S B A I A A N T M • Quack-Quack [A]
A U A E M O K O S P C U E • Quadratic Equation [R]
• Quid Pro Quo [D]
R L C D E T E A T H O R N
• Tu Quoque [T]
B L K C D H R N A O W E G
• Quinquennial [E]
A B F O I E Y I M R I D R • Quote Unquote [O]
R E L L A R J M E J R A E • Squash Racquet [T]
I A A O T E E A A A E I E • Coquilles St.-Jacques [L]
• Quaquaversal [V]
C K T R E D T L T R S S T
• Quelque Chose [H]
• Frequently Asked Questions [D]
Now That’s a Knife
• Marquess Of Queenberry [R]
Different types of knives can be found in the grid in 4x4 squares reading
• Equivoque [O]
clockwise or counterclockwise. As shown by the graphic, circle the letters that
• Saqqara [R]
the handle would point to if it covered the first letter.
In blanks order, this spells FLAVORTEXT’S THIRD WORD, which is EFFETE.
Extra letters spell: “Read the letters covered by the handles and complete the
lyric with a related eleven-letter word. Doctor Stabby.”
Wings
Several five-letter words can be found on both sides of the grid. The
Knives are (ordered by circled letter, top to bottom)
symmetrical letters from the other side are a six-letter word that can precede
• Poniard (A)
or follow the five-letter word, missing a letter.
• Bowie (ND)
• Stiletto (G) • (M)USCLE BOUND • EMPTY HAN(D)ED
• Cleaver (UR) • SPRE(A)D EAGLE • CROSS ST(I)TCH
• Xacto (GL) • (S)AVOIR FAIRE • PRICE FI(X)ING
• Serpette (E) • T(O)ILET TRAIN • PLAIN SP(O)KEN
• Ginsu (DA) • SECO(N)D GUESS • KITTY COR(N)ER
• Bichuwa (ND)
• Dagger (GU) Extra letters spell
• Baselard (G) MASON-DIXON.
• Basilong (G)
• Bayonet (L)
• Kukri (ED)
• Scalpel (I)
• Sickle (DR)
• Machete (EW)
• Santoku (MY)
The lyrics can be completed with SNICKERSNEE.
****Hugs**** Monkey See, Honeydew
There are three theme entries. Each pre-theft clue contains an anagram of a fruit that is stolen by one of the
• EAT SOME TOFFEE monkeys and place on the right in alphabetical order. Post-theft clues are
• HI STATE what’s left after the theft. Each fruit has a monkey touching one of its letters.
• O NEGATIVE
Pre-Theft Post-Theft Fruit Letter
If you take a letter and add it to both
sides of the first word, you get a word gerundial gel (6) durian R
clued by the rest of the entry. capacitor Ca (10) apricot R
• HEATH
rumpled red (1) plum M
• OHIO
• NON cheapskate skate (11) peach A
The answer is HON. loveliest lest (9) olive O
unprepared pared (3) prune N
Playtime
The stars clue Mario, and the stars monogamist moist (2) mango A
represent a character from the frequencies frees (8) quince N
Mario Universe. (Each character is
bigfoot boot (7) fig I
used twice.) In addition, there is one
additional letter covered. Timeless Tess (14) lime E
• Blushing Bride (Luigi & N)
speargun sun (13) grape G
• Thousand (Toad & U)
appeals A’s (5) apple A
• Comparison (Mario & C)
• Blossom (Boo & L) elongated Ed (12) tangelo N
• Escape Hatch (Peach & E)
belatedly belly (4) date D
• Mayorship (Yoshi & A)
• Yorkshire (Yoshi & R)
In Post-Theft order, the letters obtained from the fruit spell MANDARIN
• Hallucinogenic (Luigi & C)
ORANGE.
• Blowtorch (Boo & L)
• Tornado (Toad & O)
Heirlooms
• Pentateuch (Peach & U)
Each Family Renuin style puzzle leads to a word that must lose two letters to
• Marigold (Mario & D)
lead to a final answer in each category. The arrows indicate which order the
two removed letters should be read.
Additional letters spell NUCLEAR CLOUD.
Multiple Oscar winning actors: Heston (C), Tracy (H), Irons (A), Hanks (R),
Good Boy!
Pacino (M), Crowe (I), Carney (N), March (NI)
Unstarred clues
Across 20. G+ASTRO, 21. ELEGANT*,
Countries: Peru (S), Ireland (H), Israel (A), Laos (P), France (I), Latvia (N),
28. TORT+ILL+AS, 32. REN+T, 34.
Suriname (G), Spain (GH)
wINGEr, 36. THAW*, 43. K+REMLIN*,
44. CO+U+LEE, 46. R(A+G+L)AN, 47.
Greek letters: Mu (A), Xi (S), Iota (P), Omega (H), Rho (A), Psi (L), Upsilon (T),
ESSEX* Down 2. SH+Y, 4. A(B)BA,
Alpha (TS)
11. ACUTEp*, 13. STROPHES*, 22.
GAT+HER, 23. AMISH (pun), 26. US+ED
Mammals: Cougar (E), Otter (A), Goat (R), Bear (S), Gnu (H), Deer (O), Dingo
(T), Horse (TA)
Stay: 1-A: PS(H)AW*, 33. GATE+AU [2
clues]
Constellations: Leo (S), Pictor (A), Cetus (R), Mensa (D), Octans (I), Grus (N),
Crater (R), Aries (ND)
Fetch: 16-A: T(A)O [patch->path], 9-D:
TEA+M [splay->play], 25-D: SLAT* [barn->bar], 28-D: TICK+LE [relate->elate],
The final removed letters spell out NIGHTSTAND.
42. dediCATion [poet->pet] [5 clues]
Overcrowded Gravestones
Roll Over: 10-A, S+CAM, 14-A. BA+HA, 25-A. PEES (peas hom.), 45-A: PE+ELS,
Each gravestone clues a person known for dying repeatedly.
7-D: TI+PS, 10-D: SPAM*, 19-D. TOIL+E, 24. poweRELITes [8 clues]
• Paige Matthews (Charmed) (G)
• The Doctor (Doctor Who) (R)
Shake Hands: 18-A: PULLet, 38-A: COLLAR (&lit), 6-D: COR(O)NER, 12-D:
• Rasputin (History) (I)
trecnoCOLLECTeniralc, 29. LE+GLESS [5 clues]
• Kenny McCormack (South Park) (M)
• Phil Connors (Groundhog Day) (L)
Leave It:48-A: FACT(IOU)S (factitious), 37-D. W+HEN (whiten), 39. O(R)BS
• Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) (Y)
[orbits] [3 clues]
Indexed letters spell GRIMLY.
Play Dead: 17-A: CLO(T)EN*, 41-A: DUN+CAN, 3-D:: LAERTES*, 8-D,
GONERIL*, 30-D: RODE(RIG)O [5 clues]
Gate Control
The first circle covers the HU on the west wall to form REASON, REGION, and
Heel: 15-A. HOP*, 35-A. tHEROom, 31-D. B+ELIE, 40-D. ALE (d.def) [4 clues]
RECKON.
Speak: 27-A: fLOCK, 1-D: P+ACT, 5-D. WAY (rev) [3 clues]
The third cricle covers the BB on the south wall to form MYSTIC, MYTHIC, and
MYOPIC.
Index each trick by the number of clues that do that trick to get THREADLE.
The second circle covers the UB to form SIMILE, SICKLE, and SINGLE.
The letters covered form HUBBUB.
Couched Answers Going the Distance
Some cushions lead to three-letter answers. They can be combined to form Each clue is exactly 25 letters long. The terminal letters of each answer are
six letter words clued by the couches. Count up the change found under the consecutive letters.
cushions. • QUICKSILVER [D]
• ASP+IRE (dime, nickel, four pennies) = S • ELF [E]
• FAT+HER (four pennies, a penny) = E • AIRBNB [A]
• HAS+TEN (a nickel, a dime and a nickel) = T • P.D.W. [I]
• LEG+ION (a dime, a dime) = T • RICTUS [E]
• PAL+ATE (two pennies, three pennies) = E • GOLIATH [F]
• VIEWED (a nickel, nothing) = E • YAZ [Y]
• DETECTIVE [W]
The answer is SETTEE. • XYLOGRAPHY [T]
• COD [S]
Fast Forward: Take the first word of each unused clue in descending value to • FURLONG [R]
get FAST FOUR WORD DEE COR. One Fast Forward is DECOR. • SWIFT [T]
• TOFU [H]
Kcymaerxthaere • NEMO [T]
Each image is a word cloud for a song that does not have a very wide variety • HAWAII [O]
of words. One prominent word is missing in each. • LUKEWARM [O]
• “You Are So Beautiful...” (To) • I’M GONNA DJ [U]
• “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” (Everybody) • VIEW [C]
• “Hava Negila” (Negila) • JAYWALK [N]
• “One (Is the Loneliest Number)” (One) • USTINOV [E]
• “Help Me Rhonda” (Rhonda) • OVER THE TOP [S]
• “(This Song’s Just) Six Words Long” (Six) • MILLION [U]
• BARBARIC [N]
First letters of the missing words spell TENORS. • WAX [I]
• KNEEL [D]
Even Bigger Rocks
Theme answers are Take the first letter of the clue for the A...B answer, second letter of the clue for
• STANLEY PINT (2x bigger than the the B...C answer, etc to get “Answer found outside the city (6).” This is actually
Stanley Cup) a cryptic clue (as hinted in the flavortext) with the answer A(THE)NS.
• QUARTERBACK (5x bigger than
Nickelback) Spice Blend
• EZRA STONE (14x bigger than Eztra
M E T E O R O N A G E R S ORE[G]ANO
Pound)
• LEAP SCORE (20x bigger than Leap U M L A U T C R I M E A N TU[R]MERIC
Year) T A N N I C N O M A D I C CINN[A]MON
In traditional A=1, Z=26 code, 2-5-14-
B R E A T H I N F I E L D TAH[I]NI
20 spells BENT.
R A M O N A T O T A L L Y AN[N]ATTO
G L U M D A R T B O A R D MU[S]TARD
Don’t Stop!
Several clues extend into the black T A L C E V I D E N C E D CL[O]VE
square and the first letter of the next S O F A S O R N A M E N T SAF[F]RON
entry (e.g., GALAXY in the right-hand
O V E R L A P R A K I S H PA[P]RIKA
round). Letters in the black squares
spell out INEXORABLY clockwise. M I C R O R E N D E R E D CORI[A]NDER
S C U M B A G C L I E N T GA[R]LIC
Dusty Home
If you take the opposite of most of the D U R E S S E M B A S S Y SES[A]ME
words given, you will have incomplete F U L C R A A M M O N I A CAR[D]AMOM
titles of Queen songs. (Lead singer
T U N A E S S E N T I A L AN[I]SE
Freddie Mercury was born in Stone
Town and there is a house there O L L A E P I C E N T E R ALL[S]PICE
commemorating his birth.)
V I S O R Y A R M U L K E ROS[E]MARY
• [Bicycle] Race
Shaded areas are anagrams of spice minus a letter. Missing letters spell
• Bohemian [Rhapsody]
GRAINS OF PARADISE.
• [I] Go Crazy
• Fat-Bottomed [Girls]
This Puzzle Needs A New Title
• Leaving [Home] Ain’t Easy
The completed grid contains a series of former names of places.
• A Winter’s [Tale]
• Good [Old-Fashioned] Lover Boy • Peking [Beijin(G)] • Constantinople [Istanbu(L)]
• Don’t Stop Me [Now] • Gaul [Franc(E)] • Edo [(T)okyo]
• Ride the Wild [Wind] • Formosa [Taiwa(N)] • Saigon [Ho Chi M(I)nh City]
• [Hammer] To Fall • Abyssinia [(E)thiopia] • Burma [Mya(N)mar]
• [Action] This Day • Ceylon [S(R)i Lanka] • Kampuchea [Cambod(I)a]
• Death On [Two] Legs • Persia [Ir(A)n] • Upper Volta [Burkina Fas(O)]
Indexing the modern names of places by the numbers following each place.
First letters of unclued words spell Brighton What, a reference to the Queen Indexed letters spell GENERAL TINIO, the former name of PAPAYA.
song Brighton ROCK.
Arsenic • NOME (Alaskan city)/OMEN (Harbinger)
This is a runaround in the Periodic Table of Elements, starting in the space • NUTRIMENT (Material that/Enriches the body)
Arsenic. If the element has a two-letter symbol, then the “room” has double • PANHANDLERS (They ask/For change)
doors; otherwise it’s single doors. The “annex” are the two rows typically • RACEHORSE (Animal involved/In the Belmont Stakes)
shown separate. • REIGN (A monarch’s/Time of rule)
• #33 Arsenic->#30 Zinc (there are 3 rooms to the right) • ROGUE (One who has/Gone off on their own)
• #30 Zinc->#80 Mercury (two rows down) • RUSTY (Covered in/Oxidization)
• #80 Mercury->#72 Hafnium (8+0=8 rooms left) • SANCTUM (Place of/Protection or safety)
• #72 Halfnium->#36 Krypton (half) • SELFDEFENSE (It’s what karate/Might be used for (hyph.))
• #36 Krypton->#19 Potassium • SHAFT (Richard/Roundtree role)
• #19 Potassium->#37 Rubidium • SKIER (Traveler over/Snow)
• #37 Rubidium->#35 Bromine (Rb->Br) • SLOT (Kind of machine)/LOTH (Unwilling (obs.))
• #35 Bromine->#53 Iodine • STEEL (Shaquille O’Neal/Superhero film)
• #53 Iodine->#106 Seaborgium • STIRRUP (It supports/Your foot)
• #106 Seaborgium->#74 Tungsten • STREAMLINED (Made more/Efficient)
• #74 Tungsten->#23 Vanadium->#22 Titanium • SWEAR (Attest to/In court)
• #22 Titanium->#50 Tin • THETA (Eighth/Greek letter)
• #50 Tin->#78 Platinum (Platinum and Astatine are the ones) • TIDE (Crimson ____)/IDES (Unlucky day)
• #78 Platinum->#77 Iridium • TOUGH (That’s not chewable/Like steak)
• #77 Iridium->#75 Rhenium • YOKEL (Unintelligent/Rube)
• #75 Rhenium->#57 Lanthanum Letters on the ends of these words spell HANDSTANDS reading as an arc.
• #57 Lanthanum->#59 Praseodymium
• #59 Praseodynium->#60 Neodymium->#92 Uranium Snappy Turtles
• #92 Uranium->#113 Nihonium
• #113 Nihonium->#114 Flerovium
• #114 Flerovium->#35 Bromine
Read the diagonal to spell POISON.
Old Lace
The completed grid is to the right. Each
inner 4x4 square can be completed,
forming two four-letter words.
• OUTS/TOPS (T)
• CHAR/HOAX (H)
• ACRE/SIRE (E)
• JACK/EACH (C)
• ABUT/HUSK (U)
• ORAL/BRAN (R)
• ROBE/USES (E)
The answer is THE CURE.
Team Gymnastics
In five cases, clues lead to overlapping four letter words that make a new five
letter word. Turtles can be arranged so that bordering edges of the turtles match. The
• ABASH (Cause to be/Embarrassed) perimeter spells “Centers are ternary. White is zero, dark green is two. Read
• ADIOS (Goodbye in/Oaxaca) down.” Taking the three hexes in the center of each turtle as ternary (e.g., 201
• AMATEUR (Like an Olympic/Athlete, in the upper left) forms the phrase SEAWORLD ORLANDO.
typically)
• AMAZE (Fill/With wonder) Got Your GOAT?
• AMEN (Prayer ending)/MEND For each clue, the left-facing goat repreats THE
(Recuperate) GREAT (as in “The Greatest of All Time”, or GOAT):
• APPARATUS (Equipment for/A • Leader: ALEXANDER THE GREAT
specific purpose) • Formation: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
• ARGON (Element/Number 18) • Show: THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE-OFF
• ARTWORK (It’s often hanging/In a • Empress: CATHERINE THE GREAT
gallery) • Period of time: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
• ASSISTANT (Executive’s/helper) • King: FREDERICK THE GREAT
• ASTRO (Jetson’s/Dog) • Novel: THE GREAT GATSBY
• ATTACHE (Embassy/Employee) • Cartoon alien: THE GREAT GAZOO
• CAFETERIA (Mess/Hall) • Cartoon animal: THE GREAT GRAPE APE
• COMET (Galactic/Streaker) • Cartoon vegetable: THE GREAT PUMPKIN
• DEMON (Monster/From Hell) • Wonders: THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT
• DOGIE (Motherless/Calf) • Wonder: THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
• DRAM (Small amount of drink)/RAMA (Avatar of Vishnu)
• EMPEROR (Variety of/Penguin) Right-facing goats spell out from top to bottom
• ENTERTAINER (One who provides/Amusement) WAYNE GRETZKY.
• GALLIVANT (Wander in/Search of adventure)
• GYROSCOPE (Wheel that stays/Steady)
• INTRUDING (Breaking into/Or trespassing)
• LUNAR (Related to the/Moon)