Hello, puzzlers!
Here we are at the end-of-summer back-to-school potluck! On the first Sunday of the month, everybody is a puzzle maker. If you have a puzzle, riddle, or illusion to share, just post it in the comments or send it to me via Kosmail and I'll post it here in the diary for everyone to solve.
For new puzzlers and visitors, we have a traditional puzzle style here which may or may not have been invented by our founder Julie Waters.
Here is Julie's explanation on this puzzle style, which we call a "Juliecrostic"
The rules for an acrostic are simple: for each row, the answer is of increasing length, such as a five-letter word, a six-letter word and a seven-letter word. Each next size word is formed by adding a letter to the previous answer and scrambling.
In the box in-between each answer, put the extra letter. I.e., if your answers were:
ITEMS, MISTER and RED MIST
You'd place an "R" in the box between ITEMS and MISTER and a "D" between MISTER and RED MIST.
When you solve the whole puzzle, you will get related words in the down columns.
And here is her puzzle, complete with her colors.
So, over the orange potluck plate for our end-of-summer feast!
Here is a Juliecrostic:
1 scarf
2 down dead
3 That's a good one!
4 optimistic
5 image
6 eating disorder
7 financial crisis
8 nepeta
9 Sallie or Ginnie
10 bad night follower
11 Moody Loner
12 illusion
13 eye state buttons
14 Scott
15 calculator
16 venerated
17 excellent play
18 a California Santa
19 that which we call
20 purpose
21 sheet material
22 cantor
23 public announcer
24 zip
25 of a gun
26 bluenose
27 perk
28 available
A word puzzle from science! (His are always so challenging. Help me solve it, guys!)
There are three different categories. The first two are given, and the first puzzle in each is solved, to give you the idea....
Female actresses
1a – span, hairy cousin, tavern, money --> Bridge, Itt, Bar, Dough --> Brigitte Bardot
1b – Hindu ascetic, masculine profession
1c – tramp, crane
1d – fish, Jamaican male, caviar
1e – profligate, cheat
1f – certainly, Irish street
Male actors
2a – penis, truck --> Peter Lorry --> Peter Lorre
2b – pry, manager
2c – smart guy, Stout
2d – chicken coop, more loving
2e – coffin, baby boy
2f – bandit, crimson car
Secret category
3a – irrigated, laser pistol
3b – Nazi, cook lightly
3c – British punk, knowledge, whirlpool
3d – wealthier; nuts to
Last month, we had some fun with Commonyms. These are sets of words that have one thing in common. I found these at
http://www.wuzzlesandpuzzles.com. For example: the words; A car - A tree - An elephant.. they all have trunks!
1. Hair - A Brain - An Ocean
2. A Bride & Groom - A Boat & Trailer - A Horse & Buggy
3. A Scale - A Tire - A Checkbook
4. An Aquarium - An Army - A Car
5. A Sports Page - A Movie - A Broadway Musical
6. A Cook - A Toilet - College Football
7. A Doughnut - A Cavity - A Prescription
8. A Coal Miner - A Dentist - A Guitar Player
9. A Male Goat - A Dollar - A Male Rabbit
10. A Doctor - A Mailman - Domino's