Dr. Dvd nd Lnd Rsnck (see solution)
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Vwls r th gl tht hlds r lngg tgthr. n ths crs, y wll bgn t pprct
+ thr mprtnc. Lstd blw r lvn grps f rltd wrds r phrss, frm whch th
+ vwls dn spcs hv bn xcsd. Yr tsk s t dntf th wrds nd rplc th vwls.
+ T mk thngs ntrstng, thr s n xtrns lttr smwhr n ch lst. Ths lvn
+ lttrs tkn n rdr wll gv ctgr nd mmbr f tht ctgr. Yr fnl nswr s th
+ ctgr mmbr. t s gd thng w'v tkn pt n y. W cld hv gvn n xm n th
+ mprtnc f cnsnnts!
+
Archivist's note: The errata told
+ us to replace nhh with nh where it is marked by
+ * below. This was already fixed on the copy we received.
+
| nppldkpsthdctrw + pnnsvdspnnrnd + sttchntmsvsnn + lkbfrylp + pnnwspndflsh + hwhfhsttsslst + lvndltlv + nncfprvntnswrthpndfcr + + + rs + rs + ppmp + dhl + lntn + cllll + ds + frs + rchd + + + mlts + chhh + tpdl + bsgl + trrr + dlmtn + lhsps + cll + fghn + |
+ hppds + ndttm + sp + lvlc + thddcppl + llnthfml + + + pcnp + fln + ccrm + pprlp + mss + trms + prft + bkdlsk + + + gnmd + rp + s + tths + rh + hprn + brn + rl + trtn + + + d + lh + gdb + rvr + ds + nc + fwdrshn + |
+ hw + m + ln + mlk + h + nh * + kn + + + sg + thm + ns + slt + blnf + cmn + clvs + + + mnplncknlpnm + blwsrswlb + + + lnn + sprgn + glcn + slcnl + lsn + srn + vln + cstn + |
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Dr. Dvd nd Lnd Rsnck (see solution)
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Vwls r th gl tht hlds r lngg tgthr. n ths crs, y wll bgn t pprct
+ thr mprtnc. Lstd blw r lvn grps f rltd wrds r phrss, frm whch th
+ vwls dn spcs hv bn xcsd. Yr tsk s t dntf th wrds nd rplc th vwls.
+ T mk thngs ntrstng, thr s n xtrns lttr smwhr n ch lst. Ths lvn
+ lttrs tkn n rdr wll gv ctgr nd mmbr f tht ctgr. Yr fnl nswr s th
+ ctgr mmbr. t s gd thng w'v tkn pt n y. W cld hv gvn n xm n th
+ mprtnc f cnsnnts!
+
Archivist's note: The errata told
+ us to replace nhh with nh where it is marked by
+ * below. This was already fixed on the copy we received.
+
| nppldkpsthdctrw + pnnsvdspnnrnd + sttchntmsvsnn + lkbfrylp + pnnwspndflsh + hwhfhsttsslst + lvndltlv + nncfprvntnswrthpndfcr + + + rs + rs + ppmp + dhl + lntn + cllll + ds + frs + rchd + + + mlts + chhh + tpdl + bsgl + trrr + dlmtn + lhsps + cll + fghn + |
+ hppds + ndttm + sp + lvlc + thddcppl + llnthfml + + + pcnp + fln + ccrm + pprlp + mss + trms + prft + bkdlsk + + + gnmd + rp + s + tths + rh + hprn + brn + rl + trtn + + + d + lh + gdb + rvr + ds + nc + fwdrshn + |
+ hw + m + ln + mlk + h + nh * + kn + + + sg + thm + ns + slt + blnf + cmn + clvs + + + mnplncknlpnm + blwsrswlb + + + lnn + sprgn + glcn + slcnl + lsn + srn + vln + cstn + |
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Dr. Dvd nd Lnd Rsnck (see solution)
+
Vwls r th gl tht hlds r lngg tgthr. n ths crs, y wll bgn t pprct
+ thr mprtnc. Lstd blw r lvn grps f rltd wrds r phrss, frm whch th
+ vwls dn spcs hv bn xcsd. Yr tsk s t dntf th wrds nd rplc th vwls.
+ T mk thngs ntrstng, thr s n xtrns lttr smwhr n ch lst. Ths lvn
+ lttrs tkn n rdr wll gv ctgr nd mmbr f tht ctgr. Yr fnl nswr s th
+ ctgr mmbr. t s gd thng w'v tkn pt n y. W cld hv gvn n xm n th
+ mprtnc f cnsnnts!
+
Archivist's note: The errata told
+ us to replace nhh with nh where it is marked by
+ * below. This was already fixed on the copy we received.
+
| nppldkpsthdctrw + pnnsvdspnnrnd + sttchntmsvsnn + lkbfrylp + pnnwspndflsh + hwhfhsttsslst + lvndltlv + nncfprvntnswrthpndfcr + + + rs + rs + ppmp + dhl + lntn + cllll + ds + frs + rchd + + + mlts + chhh + tpdl + bsgl + trrr + dlmtn + lhsps + cll + fghn + |
+ hppds + ndttm + sp + lvlc + thddcppl + llnthfml + + + pcnp + fln + ccrm + pprlp + mss + trms + prft + bkdlsk + + + gnmd + rp + s + tths + rh + hprn + brn + rl + trtn + + + d + lh + gdb + rvr + ds + nc + fwdrshn + |
+ hw + m + ln + mlk + h + nh * + kn + + + sg + thm + ns + slt + blnf + cmn + clvs + + + mnplncknlpnm + blwsrswlb + + + lnn + sprgn + glcn + slcnl + lsn + srn + vln + cstn + |
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First, identify the actors:
+ +Then, notice that all of them have been featured on tv shows with at least one other... Next, notice that some of these tv shows are anagrammed below with an extra letter:
+ + +| Smash | I | Ah miss |
| Lipstick Jungle | I | Epic killing juts |
| Life Unexpected | T | Exceed left input |
| Designing Women | T | Ginseng downtime |
| Big Love | I | Give boil |
| Girls | L | Grills |
| Gilmore Girls | U | Grislier mogul |
| Cougar Town | I | Grow auction |
| Ugly Betty | S | Guy belt sty |
| Chicago Sons | I | Iconic hog ass |
| Aliens in America | T | Inertial amnesiac |
| Modern Family | N | Manly informed |
| Swingtown | H | Nth sown wig |
| Phenom | W | Own hemp |
| Parenthood | A | Panda hooter |
| Rhoda | G | Rad hog |
| Valerie | N | Real vine |
| The West Wing | O | Showing tweet |
| Lost | S | Slots |
| Veronica Mars | T | Storm variance |
| Once Upon a Time | T | Tau omnipotence |
| Sports Night | N | Thong sprints |
| Star Trek: Voyager | E | Try average stroke |
| Bewitched | W | We ditch web |
| Samantha Who? | S | Woman has hats? |
Next, reorder the people in a circle with the common show linking them.
+ +| Judith Light | Phenom | W |
| Jennifer Lien | Star Trek: Voyager | E |
| Tim Russ | Samantha Who? | S |
| Jean Smart | Designing Women | T |
| Alice Ghostley | Bewitched | W |
| Shelley Berman | Chicago Sons | I |
| Jason Bateman | Valerie | N |
| Valerie Harper | Rhoda | G |
| Mary Tyler Moore | Lipstick Jungle | I |
| Sarah Hyland | Modern Family | N |
| Julie Bowen | Lost | S |
| Emilie de Ravin | Once Upon a Time | T |
| Ginnifer Goodwin | Big Love | I |
| Tina Majorino | Veronica Mars | T |
| Krysten Ritter | Gilmore Girls | U |
| Scott Patterson | Aliens in America | T |
| Dan Byrd | Cougar Town | I |
| Matthew Perry | The West Wing | O |
| Felicity Huffman | Sports Night | N |
| Peter Krause | Parenthood | A |
| Zosia Mamet | Girls | L |
| Shiri Appleby | Life Unexpected | T |
| Britt Robertson | Swingtown | H |
| Jack Davenport | Smash | I |
| Bernadette Peters | Ugly Betty | S |
Read off the extra letters from the anagrams, and that spells out WEST WING INSTITUTIONAL THIS... which clues the episode Institutional MEMORY... and MEMORY is the answer!
+ + + ++Author: Harvey Jones +
+ +Each clue actually clues a pair of songs, which can be filled into the +corresponding grid. Each pair of songs was sampled and combined into a +single Girl Talk track. Each grid represents one of Girl Talk's three +most recent album. Take the grid crossings that correspond to two +songs that appeared in the same track together and order them by +(album, track number) to get PLAYEDSTARSHINEFREEDMAN, cluing the +answer SUZANNE CROUGH.
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++Author: Harvey Jones +
+ +Each clue actually clues a pair of songs, which can be filled into the +corresponding grid. Each pair of songs was sampled and combined into a +single Girl Talk track. Each grid represents one of Girl Talk's three +most recent album. Take the grid crossings that correspond to two +songs that appeared in the same track together and order them by +(album, track number) to get PLAYEDSTARSHINEFREEDMAN, cluing the +answer SUZANNE CROUGH.
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The puzzle consists of various descriptions of couch gags from the + Simpsons. The first letter of each block of text spells MARTERS DR + WHO CHARACTER, which is the fake answer SULLIVAN. In addition, each + couch gag also features a catch phrase or unique description of one + of the first 12 Dr. Who doctors. To solve the puzzle identify the + Simpson's episode in which this particular couch gag first aired. + Either + this + site or + this + one should help you out. (You'll notice that the gags are + arranged alphabetically by episode title to help you know that + you're on the right track.) Then index into the title given the + number of the Doctor that is referenced. Rearrange into + chronological order by Simpsons episode air date and receive the + message, NIMOY KEEP BLANK THE SKIS. In the Simpsons episode "The + Springfield Files", Leonard Nimoy says "Keep watching the skis". WATCHING is the title.
+ +In puzzle order here are brief gag descriptions, episode titles, and doctor +references:
+ +| Gag Description | Episode No. | Episode | Doctor Reference | Doctor Number | Letter | |||
| Sgt. Pepper remake | 158 | Bart after Dark | Old man with a wooden cane | 1 | B | |||
| Simpsons sit in midair, couch builds itself on top | 104 | Bart of Darkness | "Brilliant!" | 10 | K | |||
| Eyeballs go to couch by themselves in dark | 89 | Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood | Frilly shirt | 3 | Y | |||
| Bayeux Tapestry | 410 | E. Pluribus Wiggum | From the North | 9 | S | |||
| Robbers are carrying the couch away | 45 | Flaming Moe's | Scarf | 4 | M | |||
| Alien escapes down trap door | 40 | Homer Defined | "Fantastic!" | 9 | I | |||
| MC Escher parody | 115 | Homer the Great | gummy candies (Jelly Babies) | 4 | E | |||
| Couch spins behind wall leaving another couch | 62 | Homer the Heretic | Stovepipe hat | 2 | O | |||
| Jump the shark | 293 | How I Spent My Strummer Vacation | Celery | 5 | S | |||
| Floor is hot coals | 245 | Kill the Alligator and Run | "Grandfather" | 1 | K | |||
| Couch springs them into ceiling | 111 | Lisa on Ice | Leather jacket | 9 | E | |||
| Gravity reversed | 160 | Lisa's Date with Destiny | Forgets surnames | 1 | L | |||
| Simpsons flushed down drain | 139 | Marge be not Proud | "Geronimo!" | 11 | P | |||
| Grandpa folded up into couch | 165 | Mountain of Madness | Brightly-colored coat | 6 | A | |||
| Chess pieces | 344 | Pranksta Rap | Cricket ball | 5 | K | |||
| Couch is slot machine | 275 | She of Little Faith | "Oh my giddy aunt!" | 2 | H | |||
| Walk like Egyptians | 15 | Simpson and Delilah | Playing the spoons | 7 | N | |||
| Harlem Globetrotters | 179 | The City of + New York vs Homer Simpson | Converse sneakers | 10 | N | |||
| Living room is giant fishbowl | 255 | The Great Money Caper | Amnesia | 8 | T | |||
| Blue Man Group | 282 | The Old Man and the Key | Yellow car | 3 | E | |||
| Couch on conveyer belt | 369 | The Seemingly Never-Ending + Story | "Physician, heal thyself" | 8 | I |
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Each of the clues leads to a two-letter answer.
+ +Microchip (IC)
+Superman's Krypton surname (EL)
+Sumerian sky-god (AN)
+Prince William's mom (DI)
+One hour earlier than ET (CT)
+The fatal quantity of a poison (LD)
24, above Mo (CR)
+WHO parent organization (UN)
+Switzerland, from Latin (CH)
+Kinetic or static coefficient (MU)
+Palmetto State (SC)
+Novelist John ____ Carré (LE)
Spin doctor's specialty (PR)
+Where the weak shall be eaten (EC)
+Talking horse's surname (ED)
+"It" in Germany (ES)
+Subject of 8.02 (EM)
Combining the answers gives three new clues:
+ +ICELANDIC TLD (IS)
+CRUNCH MUSCLE (AB)
+PRECEDES EM (EL)
The answer is ISABEL.
+ +Microchip
+Superman's Krypton surname
+Sumerian sky-god
+Prince William's mom
+One hour earlier than ET
+The fatal quantity of a poison
24, above Mo
+WHO parent organization
+Switzerland, from Latin
+Kinetic or static coefficient
+Palmetto State
+Novelist John ____ Carré
Spin doctor's specialty
+Where the weak shall be eaten
+Talking horse's surname
+"It" in Germany
+Subject of 8.02
Each of the clues leads to a two-letter answer.
+ +Microchip (IC)
+Superman's Krypton surname (EL)
+Sumerian sky-god (AN)
+Prince William's mom (DI)
+One hour earlier than ET (CT)
+The fatal quantity of a poison (LD)
24, above Mo (CR)
+WHO parent organization (UN)
+Switzerland, from Latin (CH)
+Kinetic or static coefficient (MU)
+Palmetto State (SC)
+Novelist John ____ Carré (LE)
Spin doctor's specialty (PR)
+Where the weak shall be eaten (EC)
+Talking horse's surname (ED)
+"It" in Germany (ES)
+Subject of 8.02 (EM)
Combining the answers gives three new clues:
+ +ICELANDIC TLD (IS)
+CRUNCH MUSCLE (AB)
+PRECEDES EM (EL)
The answer is ISABEL.
+ +
Answer: BLAZER
+Each fish picture clues a letter using Semaphore. When a card is flipped over, it usually gives the same image. The letters corresponding to the grid are:
+ +CRGDOI +ATLGBS +IULPHH +SRPCOA +NEQTBN +EUQFDF+ +
However, the player finds that when they try to flip two of the same at once, the second one shows a different picture than usual. The letters corresponding to these secondary pictures are: + +
HBFNCK +OGNUPO +GLSUTQ +AZMIDE +KCIFQD +TPHMRS+ +
Most of these letters are paired up; read the ones that are not paired up to get the answer, BLAZER.
+ + +Answer: BLAZER
+Each fish picture clues a letter using Semaphore. When a card is flipped over, it usually gives the same image. The letters corresponding to the grid are:
+ +CRGDOI +ATLGBS +IULPHH +SRPCOA +NEQTBN +EUQFDF+ +
However, the player finds that when they try to flip two of the same at once, the second one shows a different picture than usual. The letters corresponding to these secondary pictures are: + +
HBFNCK +OGNUPO +GLSUTQ +AZMIDE +KCIFQD +TPHMRS+ +
Most of these letters are paired up; read the ones that are not paired up to get the answer, BLAZER.
+ + +
Answer: PAPERS
+The picture contains a bunch of things cluing things from the song La Vie Boheme from RENT. See lyrics here.
+ +
Identify each of the images. When you put them in the order they are mentioned in the song "La Vie Boheme", they match up with the bottom part of an acrostic. Fill in the acrostic to get the phrase “The character proposing a toast to Lenny Bruce earlier sings this word directly before singing ‘that I know’.”
+ +This unambiguously clues the answer, PAPERS.
+ + +Answer: PAPERS
+The picture contains a bunch of things cluing things from the song La Vie Boheme from RENT. See lyrics here.
+ +
Identify each of the images. When you put them in the order they are mentioned in the song "La Vie Boheme", they match up with the bottom part of an acrostic. Fill in the acrostic to get the phrase “The character proposing a toast to Lenny Bruce earlier sings this word directly before singing ‘that I know’.”
+ +This unambiguously clues the answer, PAPERS.
+ + +
The clues can each be solved with two-word phrases, with one letter changed between each pair. These pairs can be assembled into a word chain that branches once:
+ +
+Took one turn at darts -- THREW THREE
+Tossed an ill-tempered woman - THREW SHREW
+Scatter a mole-like mammal - STREW SHREW
+Disseminate plague - STREW STREP
+Soak throat bacteria - STEEP STREP
+Cliffside nap - STEEP SLEEP
+Alarm clock chime - SLEEP BLEEP
+Censorship going too far, perhaps - BLEEP BLEED
+Transfusion result - BLEED BLEND
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+(branch 1)
+Barbie/Ken offspring, genetically - BLOND BLEND
+Jeff Healey, e.g. - BLIND BLOND
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+(branch 2)
+Flavorless signature coffee - BLAND BLEND
+Milquetoast shutout - BLAND BLANK
+
The unused ends of the chain are THREE, BLIND, and BLANK, thus the answer is MICE.
+ + +The clues can each be solved with two-word phrases, with one letter changed between each pair. These pairs can be assembled into a word chain that branches once:
+ +
+Took one turn at darts -- THREW THREE
+Tossed an ill-tempered woman - THREW SHREW
+Scatter a mole-like mammal - STREW SHREW
+Disseminate plague - STREW STREP
+Soak throat bacteria - STEEP STREP
+Cliffside nap - STEEP SLEEP
+Alarm clock chime - SLEEP BLEEP
+Censorship going too far, perhaps - BLEEP BLEED
+Transfusion result - BLEED BLEND
+
+(branch 1)
+Barbie/Ken offspring, genetically - BLOND BLEND
+Jeff Healey, e.g. - BLIND BLOND
+
+(branch 2)
+Flavorless signature coffee - BLAND BLEND
+Milquetoast shutout - BLAND BLANK
+
The unused ends of the chain are THREE, BLIND, and BLANK, thus the answer is MICE.
+ + +
The title is a Spoonerism of “Little Spoon.” Fittingly, each story can be ended with a phrase that is a spoonerism of an English idiom. Correct the spoonerisms to the original idiom and read down the initial letters to find FAR BED. This is a spoonerism of sorts for BARFED, the answer.
+ + + +| Mare to fiddling | Fair to middling |
| Basalt and 'attery | Assault and battery |
| Habit role | Rabbit hole |
| Had bear day | Bad hair day |
| Beers are earning | Ears are burning |
| Fog dude | Dog food |
The title is a Spoonerism of “Little Spoon.” Fittingly, each story can be ended with a phrase that is a spoonerism of an English idiom. Correct the spoonerisms to the original idiom and read down the initial letters to find FAR BED. This is a spoonerism of sorts for BARFED, the answer.
+ + + +| Mare to fiddling | Fair to middling |
| Basalt and 'attery | Assault and battery |
| Habit role | Rabbit hole |
| Had bear day | Bad hair day |
| Beers are earning | Ears are burning |
| Fog dude | Dog food |
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Description of vets by a tomcat? (4 4 2 4)
+Two smelly rugby teams? (6 5 3)
+Tale of loopy cheapskate? (5 5 4)
+Fido wins poetry slam despite stature? (4 4 6)
+Cyan game chicken laying rare earth eggs? (4 7 3)
+Helpful DNA recommendation to RNA? (4 3 7)
+Angry cry of herb farmer's heir? (5 2 2 5)
+Barney Stinson might hum this when he wants to get laid? (5 5 4)
+Property of even metallic shacks? (3 3 8)
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+ CUSPS + DELVE + DISKS + IMPLY + MORON + OLDEN + ORBIT + RADAR + ROTOR + SENSE + SMASH + UNIFY + WALTZ + |
+
Each island in the solved Hashi puzzle corresponds to one word in the column on the right. Two islands have one or two connecting bridges if the corresponding words share one or two letters in the same positions. Read the letters on the double bridges to spell out the answer, ROSES.
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Each island in the solved Hashi puzzle corresponds to one word in the column on the right. Two islands have one or two connecting bridges if the corresponding words share one or two letters in the same positions. Read the letters on the double bridges to spell out the answer, ROSES.
+ + +
Here is a collection of items that would get more than 150 points (not counting bonus points):
+ +Here is a collection of items that would get more than 150 points (not counting bonus points):
+ +
In the treasure chest, teams received a physical Rubik's cube that was scrambled like this:
+
+Each square has a letter, and part of a path. In the solved cube, the letters on each face have the same orientation, and the black lines form a continuous path that winds around the cube. (There are two satisfying solutions, but one of them does not lead to a sensible clue phrase.)
+The solved cube looks like this:
+
Reading the letters along the black path gives the clue phrase SURNAME OF THE TEACHER WHO TAUGHT HARRY POTTER TRANSFIGURATION. The answer to the puzzle is MCGONAGALL.
+ + +In the treasure chest, teams received a physical Rubik's cube that was scrambled like this:
+
+Each square has a letter, and part of a path. In the solved cube, the letters on each face have the same orientation, and the black lines form a continuous path that winds around the cube. (There are two satisfying solutions, but one of them does not lead to a sensible clue phrase.)
+The solved cube looks like this:
+
Reading the letters along the black path gives the clue phrase SURNAME OF THE TEACHER WHO TAUGHT HARRY POTTER TRANSFIGURATION. The answer to the puzzle is MCGONAGALL.
+ + +
Answer: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
+The final jigsaw puzzle looks like this:
+
Reading the letters along the ripple lines top to bottom gives names of fabrics with letters missing.
+ +FEL*
+DAMASK
+REP K*AKI
+JERS*Y COOLMAX CAMBRIC
+DUCK GABARDINE VELOUR
+LACE CHEESECLOTH *PANDEX
+CHIFFON RI*STOP BURLAP MUSL*N
+O*GANDY S*LK LYCRA COT*ON NYLON SERGE
+VELVETEEN SEER*UCKER CORDUROY
+SACKCLOTH *OOL LINEN RAYON DOBBY G*NGHAM
+*AFFETA CAS*MERE GAUZE
+TWEED MOLESK*N
+FLANNEL JUTE
+CA*VAS
+FLEECE
Reading the missing letters (again along the ripples) gives the answer, THE SPIRITS WITHIN.
+ +The puzzle was inspired by this real quilt designed and made by Evelyn Judson.
+
Answer: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
+The final jigsaw puzzle looks like this:
+
Reading the letters along the ripple lines top to bottom gives names of fabrics with letters missing.
+ +FEL*
+DAMASK
+REP K*AKI
+JERS*Y COOLMAX CAMBRIC
+DUCK GABARDINE VELOUR
+LACE CHEESECLOTH *PANDEX
+CHIFFON RI*STOP BURLAP MUSL*N
+O*GANDY S*LK LYCRA COT*ON NYLON SERGE
+VELVETEEN SEER*UCKER CORDUROY
+SACKCLOTH *OOL LINEN RAYON DOBBY G*NGHAM
+*AFFETA CAS*MERE GAUZE
+TWEED MOLESK*N
+FLANNEL JUTE
+CA*VAS
+FLEECE
Reading the missing letters (again along the ripples) gives the answer, THE SPIRITS WITHIN.
+ +The puzzle was inspired by this real quilt designed and made by Evelyn Judson.
+
Answer: FAERIE CORNUCOPIA
++The puzzle answers are all words that can have a food taken out to leave a word leftover: +
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+
+Reading only the circles that are in the same food group as the subtracted out food for that answer, from left to right, the meta answer is FAERIE CORNUCOPIA. + +
Answer: FAERIE CORNUCOPIA
++The puzzle answers are all words that can have a food taken out to leave a word leftover: +
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+Reading only the circles that are in the same food group as the subtracted out food for that answer, from left to right, the meta answer is FAERIE CORNUCOPIA. + +
+
+ The dogs are being put through their paces, but none of them is wearing a lead.
+ +"Stay!" (6 5, 3, 10, 9, 7 4)
+"Heel!" (5, 7, 4, 5, 4, 8, 3 4)
+"Speak!" (7, 9, 6, 5, 5)
+"Play Dead!" (7, 9, 6, 11, 6, 12, 7)
+"Sit!" (3, 6, 8, 5)
+"Shake!" (5 6, 6 5, 5 8, 3 5, 3 6 4)
++ADV AKE ANA ANI AOS ATF CHI +CTR DAN DUM EAM EBR ECR EDV +EIN ELV EMO ENC ENG EOO ERN +ESD ESO ETC GEU IAN ICE ILD +ILI INK IUM IZE LDE LIA LLO +LNN NAM NDI NDO NGC NGH NOU +NST NUI OER OGE OME OTE OUS +PAL PHE PLE PLI RAN RAN RAT +REM RMO RPH RRI RSI RTH SLE +SPE TEP THE TOE TOR TOR TZM +ULE USS ZER ++ +
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+ The dogs are being put through their paces, but none of them is wearing a lead.
+ +"Stay!" (6 5, 3, 10, 9, 7 4)
+"Heel!" (5, 7, 4, 5, 4, 8, 3 4)
+"Speak!" (7, 9, 6, 5, 5)
+"Play Dead!" (7, 9, 6, 11, 6, 12, 7)
+"Sit!" (3, 6, 8, 5)
+"Shake!" (5 6, 6 5, 5 8, 3 5, 3 6 4)
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+Answer: Click here to reveal
+Mattresses may be stacked as shown to create pairs of clues reading down the columns. Q's on the mattresses are convenient starting points and the break between clues in each pair is uniquely positioned, which allows stacks to be oriented per the inserted peas.
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The answers to each pair of clues differ by exactly one letter and in order these spell SKILLZ CEELO SONG. This refers to the answer SUZIE Q.
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+Answer: Click here to reveal
+Mattresses may be stacked as shown to create pairs of clues reading down the columns. Q's on the mattresses are convenient starting points and the break between clues in each pair is uniquely positioned, which allows stacks to be oriented per the inserted peas.
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The answers to each pair of clues differ by exactly one letter and in order these spell SKILLZ CEELO SONG. This refers to the answer SUZIE Q.
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+ As Princess Buttercup can attest, if you need to cross a fire swamp, the best way to do it is together.
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+ As Princess Buttercup can attest, if you need to cross a fire swamp, the best way to do it is together.
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+ by Mark Halpin
+Answer: Click here to reveal
+This is a Double or Nothing crossword. In each box enter either two letters + (which are read in the same order for the across and down answers) + or no letters (in which case the box is simply skipped over for reading the answers). Once the Double or Nothing puzzle is solved, additional bigrams can be entered in the four spaces indicated in order to complete entries for the additional clues. In grid order these spell EL / MS / WE / LL.
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+Answer: Click here to reveal
+This is a Double or Nothing crossword. In each box enter either two letters + (which are read in the same order for the across and down answers) + or no letters (in which case the box is simply skipped over for reading the answers). Once the Double or Nothing puzzle is solved, additional bigrams can be entered in the four spaces indicated in order to complete entries for the additional clues. In grid order these spell EL / MS / WE / LL.
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by Mark Halpin
+Answer: Click here to reveal
++ Answers can be split in half and reassembled to form four palindromes that each have a pair of mismatched + letters. The mismatches occur in unique positions, which provides an ordering for the mismatched letters, + which spell the answer. +
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+ It was 50 years ago, and the details of that horror have thankfully + faded from my memory, but there are records, printed copies of that + program from so long ago and historical artifacts associated with + it. The one thing I do remember is that I was so rattled, I made a + single mistake in every line.
+When you receive this puzzle, contact HQ to receive the + historical + artifacts associated with this puzzle. (Teams received three cards like the ones shown at the link)
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+ It was 50 years ago, and the details of that horror have thankfully + faded from my memory, but there are records, printed copies of that + program from so long ago and historical artifacts associated with + it. The one thing I do remember is that I was so rattled, I made a + single mistake in every line.
+When you receive this puzzle, contact HQ to receive the + historical + artifacts associated with this puzzle. (Teams received three cards like the ones shown at the link)
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+ "Let me tell you something about full moons: kids don't care about full moons." -Endymion
+Sweet perjury of Mercury! Where did you find all of this stuff?
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+Answer: Click here to reveal
+The message in this dream fragment ("Deep, deep down amongst the rocks and the calcite, we struck oil!" refers to World's Longest Diagramless which contains clues near the bottom of the list for ROCKS and CALCITE. Around these clues were six four-letter answers which consisted of a single letter plus a permutation of the letters O-I-L:
+| Loam (4) | SOIL |
| Stitch's cartoon pal (4) | LILO |
| Of the hipbone: Prefix (4) | ILIO |
| Snake shape (4) | COIL |
| Limestone, mostly (7) | CALCITE |
| Sways back and forth (5) | ROCKS |
| Drug shipment, maybe (4) | KILO |
| Songs for one (4) | SOLI |
In order, the additional initial letters of these six clues spell the dream fragment answer SLICKS.
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+Answer: Click here to reveal
+The message in this dream fragment ("Deep, deep down amongst the rocks and the calcite, we struck oil!" refers to World's Longest Diagramless which contains clues near the bottom of the list for ROCKS and CALCITE. Around these clues were six four-letter answers which consisted of a single letter plus a permutation of the letters O-I-L:
+| Loam (4) | SOIL |
| Stitch's cartoon pal (4) | LILO |
| Of the hipbone: Prefix (4) | ILIO |
| Snake shape (4) | COIL |
| Limestone, mostly (7) | CALCITE |
| Sways back and forth (5) | ROCKS |
| Drug shipment, maybe (4) | KILO |
| Songs for one (4) | SOLI |
In order, the additional initial letters of these six clues spell the dream fragment answer SLICKS.
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+Answer: Click here to reveal
+The message in this dream fragment ("Deep, deep down amongst the rocks and the calcite, we struck oil!" refers to World's Longest Diagramless which contains clues near the bottom of the list for ROCKS and CALCITE. Around these clues were six four-letter answers which consisted of a single letter plus a permutation of the letters O-I-L:
+| Loam (4) | SOIL |
| Stitch's cartoon pal (4) | LILO |
| Of the hipbone: Prefix (4) | ILIO |
| Snake shape (4) | COIL |
| Limestone, mostly (7) | CALCITE |
| Sways back and forth (5) | ROCKS |
| Drug shipment, maybe (4) | KILO |
| Songs for one (4) | SOLI |
In order, the additional initial letters of these six clues spell the dream fragment answer SLICKS.
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by Craig Kasper and Nick Poulos
+Answer: Click here to reveal
++ The image shown is taken from "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" by + Edward Gorey. The accompanying caption is reminiscent of that + book's style. +
++ The flavortext for the puzzle "The Eldritch, Gambrel Scavenger + Hunt" includes the following references to tragedies that befell + specific children from the book: +
+ Since the first event (E) happened twice, the answer is EEK. +
+by Craig Kasper and Nick Poulos
+Answer: Click here to reveal
++ The image shown is taken from "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" by + Edward Gorey. The accompanying caption is reminiscent of that + book's style. +
++ The flavortext for the puzzle "The Eldritch, Gambrel Scavenger + Hunt" includes the following references to tragedies that befell + specific children from the book: +
+ Since the first event (E) happened twice, the answer is EEK. +
+by Craig Kasper and Nick Poulos
+Answer: Click here to reveal
++ The image shown is taken from "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" by + Edward Gorey. The accompanying caption is reminiscent of that + book's style. +
++ The flavortext for the puzzle "The Eldritch, Gambrel Scavenger + Hunt" includes the following references to tragedies that befell + specific children from the book: +
+ Since the first event (E) happened twice, the answer is EEK. +
+by Mike Sylvia and Tyler Hinman
+Answer: Click here to reveal
++ This dream fragment is a representation of the LED + finger-flipping Mooninite from the 2007 Boston Aqua Teen + Hunger Force scare with the (obscenely) re-kernable caption + linked to the mechanism + for Gravitational + Pull. Overlaying the LED grid onto the completed crossword + grid from that puzzle yields the following: +
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+ All the blue lit cells correspond to letters F, L, I, C or K + except for four letters which spell the dream fragment + answer SNOW. +
+by Mike Sylvia and Tyler Hinman
+Answer: Click here to reveal
++ This dream fragment is a representation of the LED + finger-flipping Mooninite from the 2007 Boston Aqua Teen + Hunger Force scare with the (obscenely) re-kernable caption + linked to the mechanism + for Gravitational + Pull. Overlaying the LED grid onto the completed crossword + grid from that puzzle yields the following: +
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