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Puzzles for the Fun Side of the Brain

This Month’s Extravaganze: The Panda Bearly Mobile App

From the Editor

Editor/Constructor Friends of the MagazineFoggy Brume Justin Weinbaum

Lance NathanGordon DowBruce Kaskel

Mark HalpinJoe Cabrera

Hey folks, thanks for being patient. We’ll have a new issue mid-May and resume a normal schedule in July.

Because it look so long for puzzles to be created for this issue, the normal test-solving process was greatly appreciated. Both Justin and Lance did a great job doing as much as they could with this issue; any faults, errata, or insolvability rests squarely with me.

Foggy Brume

Issue 53 Top Ten#AAA Aardvarks (Rich Bragg and Jonathan McCue)

Dan Katz and Jackie Anderson

Michael Sylvia

Part of Palindrome (Chris Breaux, Eric Berlin, Dan Chall, Jeff

Davidson, Scott Lovejoy, Jeremy White, Arun Sannuti, Erik Brisson,

Rex Miller)

Brent Holman

Phlogizote (Ben Smith, Kevin Wald, Sue Glass, Aaron Fuegi, Joe

Cabrera, Jenny Gutbezahl)

Mark Halpin

Kate Leiserson

Nathan Fung

Buzz Lime Pi (Jay Lorch, Jonathan Anderson, Josie Naylor,

Michelle Teague, Robb Effinger, Sean McCarthy, Sean Osborn)

Issue 53 Completists#AAA Aardvarks (Rich Bragg and Jonathan McCue) •

#CocaColaDeath (Daniel Blackwell, Norah Burch, Dan Donato,

Ata Gurpinar, Matt Morse, Amy Swartz) • Alien Lab (Jeff and

David) • Alison Muratore, Audrey Muratore, Eric Suess • Anna

Barnes, Margaret Miller • Todd Becker • Black Fedora Group

(Moor Xu) • Joshua Bluestein • Nick Brady • Buzz Lime Pi

(Jay Lorch, Jonathan Anderson, Josie Naylor, Michelle Teague,

Robb Effinger, Sean McCarthy, Sean Osborn) • Central Services

• Isaac Chao • Dan Katz and Jackie Anderson • DelphiRune

(Anita Hollister and Steve Watt) • Martin Doublesin • Andrew

Esten • Peter Fedak • Andrew Feist • Joe Fendel • Dustin

Foley • Nathan Fung • Giant Palouse Earthworm (Jason Alonso,

Adrian Baur, Eli Bogart, David Farhi, Catherine Havasi, Casey

McNamara, Rob Speer) • Jason Gladden • GUToL (Evan

Ritt, Jane Showalter) • Mark Halpin • Paul Hlebowitsh •

Brent Holman • Horsefish (Mika Braginsky, Iolanthe Chronis,

John Hawksley, Brad Stronger, Jeff Walden) • Jonathan

Rivet, Pamella Rivet • Just-Us League (Alison Howard, Jim

Sempsrott, Mark Navarrete, Jimmy Williams, Steven Williams)

• Douglas Kouril • Kate Leiserson • Alan Lemm • Electric

Mayhem • Todd McClary • Ursa Minor • Tim Mitchell • Jesse

Morris • Alan Neely • Jon Olsen • Part of Palindrome (Chris

Breaux, Eric Berlin, Dan Chall, Jeff Davidson, Scott Lovejoy,

Jeremy White, Arun Sannuti, Erik Brisson, Rex Miller) •

Zachary Polansky • Randy Rogers • Andrew Rosenberg •

Derrick Schneider • Sean Lip and Xinyu Wu • Dan Seidman

• Some Regents (Josiah Schwab, Annelise Beck) • Special

Task Force: Unicorn (Adam Smiles, Joshua Bluestein, Richard

Spoonts, Craig Massey) • Michael Sylvia • taco taco taco (Jan

Chong, Yar Woo, Christopher Yao & Doug Zongker) • The Gipper

(Chris Harris, John Louie) • The Gipper (John Louie) • Samuel

Thomas • Toxolobersterdons (Joe Bohanon, Ron Clark, Dustin

Foley, Donna Korn, Mike Korn) • Sean Trowbridge • John Tuttle

• Tweleve Pack (Stvwz, Pianoman, Fuzzy, Rainman, Molnar) •

Asher Walkover • James Wentworth • Jay Winter • Henry Wong

• Jessen Yu • [citation needed] (James McTeague, Ange Strom-

Weber)

In Issue 54Pieces of Bamboo • 3-10

Wes Carpenter, Foreign Correspondent • 11-21

Answers to Pieces of Bamboo •27-28

Answers to Issue 53 •24-26

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Each clue’s answer is made up of consecutive state abbreviations. How quickly can you get all 10?

n Pieces of Bamboo

The Sixty-Second Test: An Abbreviation Quiz

1. Magician’s stick (2 states) 2. Wet, like morning grass (2 states) 3. Small bucket (2 states) 4. Killer whale (2 states) 5. Dads’ partners (2 states)

6. Soldier’s ____ jacket (2 states) 7. Andean animal (3 states) 8. Small globe-shaped cactus (3 states) 9. Send an army into a country (3 states) 10. Squid dish (4 states)

“But It’s Not in the Scripps...”Below are the last 15 winning words in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, except two are incorrect. Which ones?

Quote Square

A Terry Pratchet quote is hidden in the grid below. In each row and column, cross off an eight-letter country clued by its capital..

Addis AbabaAsunciónBangkokBogotá

BratislavaBridgetown

DodomaGaborone

HarareIslamabad

LisbonParamaribo

South TarawaTegucigalpaUlan BatorYaoundé

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1A I L B A I B A S B E I

E K P R W M C Y S P T S

2P T A K O I O O F A A N

W A A R O Y S L T O N U

3H H I E B L A B F R E L

Y Z R M T N L P O U W R

4C I A E M E O R H A O I

I A T S G M T O V T N T

5O E G A G I H A A L D E

T W H I W O L M S N U N

6B P A A R B A A D G I A

S S U T H L B K N O S T

7I A A N E I A A I A A I

S T O N P Z I R N I T M

8A H G A M A A N A A A E

N O Y N A D U R U L L S

laodiceansuccedaneum

stichomythia

pococurante

guerdon

prospicience

appoggiatura

serrefine

autochthonous

ursprache

cymotrichousstromuhr

guetapens knaidel

feuilleton

n Word GardenOur word garden conceals 10 words in a mystery category. Find words by selecting a starting square and then mov-ing the given direction and distance to get the next letter (e.g., 2L means move 2 squares to the left). Answers never travel off the grid. Some additional letters will be leftover. These will form a clue to help identify the mystery category.

A P O L B T S L L N

R P I G S L H R E O

C G N D E N E R S O

C U O G I R C A N A

T E H A R E D P A I

E O O N N R W T O I

A G T O A H H D T N

U N P N M E U O U F

A I M D I E A O C L

R B U N B S A P I T

?? 3D 2L 4R 2D 4L 2R 6U 2L 4R 5D 4L

?? 2D 3L 3D 3R 3D 2R

?? 4D 3D 3R 3R 3R 4U 4U 1U

?? 3L 4U 2U 2L 2D 5R

?? 3R 3U 3L 1U 3R 5D 3L 2D 3R

?? 3D 1L 3D 1R 1D 1L

?? 1D 1L 1D 1L 2L 1L 1U 1L 1U

?? 3U 2L 5U 2R 9D 1L

?? 2L 3U 6R 5U 8L 2D 1R 3U

?? 1U 3L 8R 4U 6D 4U 1L



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Stephen King (via Clickhole)

For the dropquote below, solve the clues to determine what letters belong in that column. An * indicates that the letters will go into that column in order.

1. Betrayer of Othello, with the 3rd letter changed to A*2. 14th letter, repeated three times*3. Entry room, minus the last two letters4. Candid Camera’s Allan5. Con man’s mark, with the last letter removed6. Russia’s Boris, minus the middle 3 letters7. Fargo’s state (abbr.)8. Small dog similar to a bulldog9. It matters, minus the Z*10. Irrational number + Keanu’s role in The Matrix*11. CD alternative*12. Highway fees, minus the vowel13. See 14*14. Playful laugh*15. Baseball’s Mel, minus the vowel*16. Tooth covering, minus the consonants*17. Related to the moon, minus the vowels18. Law enforcement groups19. “Quiet!”20. Juvenile literature genre*21. Automated process22. Butler’s outfit, minus the consonants*23. Half of 15*24. Copy*

n Jawdroppin’ Challenger

n Logic Puzzle: Museum of Vexillogical OdditiesThe Museum of Vexillogical Oddities has a showcase of ten unusual country flags. The ten flags are for the countries Atlantis, Blefescu, Camelot, Derkaderkastan, El Dorado, Fredonia, Genovia, Hyrule, Itchyland and Jerktopia. Each flag consists of either 3 horizontal stripes or 3 vertical strips, 1 to 5 stars, and an animal emblem. Each flag uses three of five possible colors (black, blue, green, red, and yellow). Using the clues below, can you reconstruct the flags?

1. Five flags have horizontal stripes; the other five have vertical

stripes. Flags have 1 to 5 stars; there are exactly two flags with

any particular number of stars. No two flags use the same three

colors.

2. The flags with red in them are: the dart-shaped flag, a flag with

horizontal stripes, a flag with exactly the same number of stars

as the flag with the markhor emblem, Atlantis’s flag, a flag with

fewer stars than Genovia’s flag, and a flag with exactly one more

or one fewer stars than the flag with the ocelot emblem.

3. The flags with blue in them are: a horizontal-striped flag with 5

stars, Fredonia’s flag (which is not a triangular flag), a flag with

exactly 2 stars, either the diamond-shaped or rhombus-shaped

flag, a flag with exactly 1 fewer stars than Blefescu’s flag, and a

flag with the same number of sides as El Dorado’s flag.

4. The flags with green in them are: a horizontal-striped flag with 5

stars, the diamond-shaped flag, Jerktopia’s flag, the flag with the

markhor emblem, a flag with 3 stars, and Blefescu’s flag.

5. The flags with yellow in them are: the equilateral triangle-

shaped flag, the flag with a markhor emblem, the circle-shaped

flag, a flag with exactly 1 star, a flag with exactly 4 stars, and

Derkaderkastan’s flag.

6. The two flags with exactly 4 stars are the diamond-shaped flag

and the flag with a narwhal (which does not have green).

7. The flag with the quetzal emblem has an odd number of stars or

odd number of sides, or both.

8. Neither flag with 5 stars has black. Neither does Fredonia’s.

Country Shape Stripes Stars Emblem Colors

.

9. The flags with black in them are: the isosceles triangle-shaped

flag, Camelot’s flag (which has either the saiga emblem or

the quetzal emblem), a flag with exactly one star more than

Itchyland’s flag, the flag with a kinkajou emblem, a flag with

horizontal stripes, and a flag with fewer stars than the flag with a

raccoon emblem.

10. The five flags with horizontal stripes are: Fredonia’s flag, the

rhombus-shaped flag, the flag with a panda, a flag with blue and

green, and a flag with 5 stars.

11. The five flags with vertical stripes are: Hyrule’s flag, the

trapezoid-shaped flag, the flag with a tanuki, a flag with blue and

green, and a flag with 1 star.

12. The lamprey emblem is on a triangular flag, and has red.

13. The flags that are triangular (isosceles, scalene, and equilateral)

are Jerktopia’s flag, a flag with yellow and black, and a flag with 5

stars. Only one of these flags has horizontal stripes.

14. The circular flag and oval flag both have vertical stripes; one has

3 more stars than the other.

15. No two flags with horizontal stripes have the same number of

stars. No two flags with vertical stripes have the same number of

stars.

16. The circular flag has an odd number of stars.

17. Exactly two flags with vertical stripes have green, but neither has

yellow in them.

18. The flag with a tanuki emblem does not have yellow.

19. Both flags with exactly 2 stars have the same number of sides.



n CryptolistomaniaWe’ve taken ten items that have something in common and encrypted them with a simple substitution cipher. Can you decode each list and figure out the connection? In each, the connection is related to a Peanuts character.

Snoopy

MQTIPU YEOUPC

OXZCQBOJZ

NCQTPCU TEPCI

XARBNPC

OZZQCBPU

ZCJVVEP MQJBK

KRXTQ KOBTPC

TPBXJX ZOIPC

LRN CRN QYPCOZQC

QCZMQYPKRT XJCNPQB

Lucy Van Pelt

CQWMUHK JCAUKQT

BCJMHK HVTMQZD

VHXJMBBMBA

MVBQJEXMZD

UICNMH

NMUCKHX

AEVJIHEBQV BDVWXCAQ

SKQUZCAHVMH

UHXHVCMH

VHXJCKQUBD

Charlie Brown

PEPPK FEALTROD

DVGSEP I’RIGGIA

XIFVS ZEGPSM

DEZTSM M. YERODIG

PA. UXVM

NXS KSMMIF OVP

UIUSKS

ZA. RMSEG

WVG PVSDSM

MIAP WIMPSZIAN

Woodstock

IMIILBLIMMFL

IDIDYJ SLDV

HZVQDQO GLQ

CRCX

HMQQLVMM

CLCUZLYEJ

EMLEJNIIL

CZGGNVSNCY

PMMAMM GZCDE NRBNVDNQEN

XLVBNA YMZV

Pigpen

QNL-LJYQLXXI

ROXTOQ TJYSL

ANQTX RNUX

WQOYPPX

CPOBSOYQ

KYDXIXQX

XIYDAO

TLXDOINDQOCJB

TEWTLYLELYNI

CQXLLB DNNU CQYKORB

Marcie

YBWUXBV

YPWSBSXW

AYXWBFYBY

YGWRXV XV JDG RXPVJ

YPWWGK

YGWABOX

OGWGQWFU

OBWOPY OUXLV

YPWWXPVM YXPVM

YGFWODUBCDJ

n Baseball Over The Ages

On these two pages are screenshots from fourteen different baseball videogames over the last four decades. Can you put them in chronological order, starting with 1977’s Tornado Baseball to 2014’s MLB: The Show?

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For each puzzle below, use the trigrams to form 10-letter words reading left to right. If done correctly, a song and its performer will read down in separate columns.

n Shuffle to the Beat

UPCEGDFS

ANT ARI BLE BOX DUL

EED ENT GED HAT ING

ISE KEA MOU NGA NLI

NOR OUS RAU REC RLY

SLY TER UAR ULA

ACI AFT BOO CAL EQU

ERS HAL HOV IGE JIN

KED LIB LOQ MIC NCE

NEG NEW NNI OIS OPH

OUS OVE PAP RCR RIA

TIC TYR

IUARSGTEL

THLMDECNGP

AMM ARC BAL BAT CIA

COM DAS DER DIA DIS

ERE ERF GNO GUS HET

INT IQU LIS MUN PAT

RIO SHI SPE STI TIN

TIO TIS TLE UNI YPA


The Panda Bearly Mobile AppEverybody’s got a mobile app these days, except our wonderful publication here. We tried some time back to create a mobile app, but found it difficult to motivate interest, create a functional design, and really make it truly mobile. (One reviewer called our beta version a “panda barely mobile app”, which was sadly accurate.) In the end, there was one thing truly that doomed our mobile app. What was it?

Note: Not all of the boxes in the Panda Bearly Mobile App Offerings grid will be used.

Some Unkind Words About the Panda Bearly Mobile App

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Our Panda Bearly Mobile App Offerings For users who need to make just minor changes in their lives

A 3 2 6

B 7 5 3

C 7 4 8

D 2 4 6

E 3 7 1

F 8 1 2

G 1 8 7

H 2 6 7

I 5 4 7

J 6 2 3

K 1 8 5

L 4 5 8

M 1 3 4

N 5 6 1

O 6 2 4

P 4 2 7

Q 4 2 8

R 7 2 8

S 8 7 1

T 1 3 5

U 8 5 3

V 6 3 5

W 6 1 4

X 5 3 4

Y 5 7 6

Z 8 6 3


Freemium GamingLike most freemium games, you have to spend real money to obtain certain characters, albeit via special in-game currency relevant to the game.

The Walking DeadMerle Dixon, Tara .........................freeRick Grimes ............................ 1 brainMaggie Greene .................. 10 brainsThe Governor ..................... 27 brainsGabriel Stokes ................... 61 brainsDale .......................................? brains

SpartacusAshur, Agron .................................freeBatiatus ................................1 sandalSpartacus ...................... 100 sandalsCrixus ............................. 111 sandalsLucretia ......................... 151 sandalsMira ............................. 1001 sandalsNaevia ................................ ? sandals

Breaking BadSaul Goodman .............................freeTodd Alquist .......................... 13 vialsHank Schrader ...................... 21 vialsWalter White ......................... 74 vialsGustavo Fring ........................ 87 vialsJesse Pinkman .........................? vials

Too Many CooksBill .................................................freeKatelyn Nacon ...................... 3 cooksJayla James .........................11 cooksSmarf...................................20 cooksLars Von Trier ...................... 47 cooksKatie Adkins ........................55 cooksCameron Markeles ............... ? cooks

South ParkCartman, Chef .............................freeMr. Slave ...................3 Cheesy poofs Jesus .........................8 Cheesy poofsKyle Broflovski ........ 12 Cheesy poofs Butters Stotch ........ 15 Cheesy poofsSheila Broflovski .... 15 Cheesy poofsStan Marsh ...............? Cheesy poofs

Jeopardy!Cliff Clavin ....................................freea lot of people, pre-2004 ..5 TrebeksArthur Chu ........................11 TrebeksDavid Madden .................19 TrebeksJulia Collins ..................... 20 TrebeksKen Jennings ...................74 TrebeksJason Keller ....................... ? Trebeks

Saturday Night LiveGeorge Carlin, Steve Martin ........freeMichaela Watkins ............1 ShimmerChris Rock ......................3 ShimmersTina Fey ..........................6 ShimmersKristen Wiig ....................7 ShimmersAl Franken ....................12 ShimmersDarrell Hammond .......... ? Shimmers

LOSTJacob, The Smoke Monster ........freeJohn Locke .......................4 DharmasHugo Reyes ......................8 DharmasDanielle Rousseau ....... 20 DharmasJack Shephard .............. 23 DharmasCharlie Pace ................195 DharmasSayid Jarrah .....................? Dharmas


MinecraftMinecraft is all about putting together items using different materials, although something seems to be missing.

Goddess of wisdomVietnamese sandwich (2 wds)Road that allows travel aroundFeline herbPart of a mealSpring flowerBendsBeagle riderGobi or SaharaCalifornia cityMilky Way, for oneDragster (2 wds)Fantasy bookTin Man’s request (2 wds)Coastal statePhysicist MaxHouse of ill ____Actress MerylPTFE brand nameDetroit teamHorror movie stapleSafes

Snow

Water

Ice

Lava

Leaves

Wood

Air

Pumpkin

Dirt

Stone

Bedrock

Sand

BYLeaves Sand

COSand Water

CUWater Dirt

DAWood Bedrock

FRBedrock Wood

ORWood Snow

TEBedrock Stone

UNSnow Air

SnowGE

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Ice

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Bedrock

Pumpkin AirAM

Water LavaAN

Stone WoodCK

Air BedrockIP

Sand IceOD

Leaves DirtRT

Sand LavaXY


DropboxDrop Box has interesting options, but occasionally is missing some features.

A AA E E A I AH L V G K AN R W S O N

C BC A L G E LO I R K E NS I Y V O R

A CB A D I A EB L O K E EJ O O R S K

C AD A E I C AP U I N R NQ U R R Y Y

B AH A E L E MO B R T I NP O T T O T

C BF I D D A LS I O F A NV Y O L L R

C CP A E E E HS H I N E RW L N S R S

E EE L E L O LG O I R T NT W O V V Y

A AB L E A K EP O P R N NT O S T R Y

A EM E A H A NR O T M O NT R U R U R


Speech RecognitionIt’s great the way that Android phones have such wonderful speech functions.

In both rounds, each line is a Vigenere cipher. The first round consists of various movie, TV, and videogame quotes, albeit with a random-seven letter word at the end. The key for each quote is its speaker. (Any numbers have been spelled out.)

Round 1

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Uby, kli eculpsmpxha hm jygrsulmlppn bcopxexxbi tu rwxtfqbk wmiar kl hgtvdlkfhkipn 3,720 hq 1. Yvcmevs

Isvir-Aki. Iotsxig

Zsex, ghflybs ourzzv xooky. Beraqhr

Qrrej, M zgnk xr sevx kkr. Rrwceit

Ilkh ofj rrlsx izuqgwrtnj karw bh ongtldpdk lt wvw iznfzmytoq cx zse wskz. Tmscmto

Dhlg iei rvi xgiaj Kagr? Seifswh

Witorp Owcr vq Jzpir. Hdylobv

Mc qvo wjbl ai puoq h aavs? Dpjshbu

B rvql lonf tesktmf, yhii usffa, nnw mfnv dabbrvmtei. Ymtpyhb

Ps’hw kfo ahjuw wzbb! Xltsyjo

Va S pvdo mqwvdzl, cw cic ut cxlzzcbvvnqio yn opo Bczom Giga. Bcdadmb

Round 2

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Bvpmemq mfqblvl ify spb oi jluqbvxx qk wmgdvve zvr pfvilzq.

Gomzwv knum avwgolxv blv tufw wj kncl ewzzk.

Ip pdtche mola Crhfrl trg Qcekbhhoe Scksrc.

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Qerv cx mkmx dcnbh.

Sadv lozl oq yfc V hm wqmyvug qqp.

Vmbs is wpuh jcqhw spay.

Wutp mj ihr gwqv df gaew ddvvx?

Xel Muvl eol flgf Hblp qztx?

Xg wgkr cyl pdqb Ulvis’q gtlkzwp.

Yvp xexwtb T im ziqztvg zlng tvfuvroeqot xt.


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UV LightMost phones don’t really have a UV light.

1905 movement (7)a/k/a Jugendstil (3 7)Appetizers (4 1’7)City in Canada (9)Continental quilt (5)Country that received $50 million in royalties for its top-

level domain (6)Destructive Mount (8)Foul-smelling outflow (8)French chicken dish (3 2 3)French museum (6)Lima being (8)Memento (8)Pale purple in color (5)

Person displaying exaggerated patriotism (10)Pre-flood (12)Preventative measure (3 7)Puff pastry shell with a savory meat texture (3-2-4)Rapid growers (5 5)Star of American Pie, American Beauty & American

Virgin (4 6)Surviving language of the Oghur branch (7)A tool for measuring rain (11)Use skill to move something or someone (8)Word on some Greek menus (8)Word that follows cabernet or precedes blanc (9)Youthful (8)Note: No entry is found completely within another entry.


Media Used

PicasaA picture’s worth...well, one word, really.

Like one of the characters in the Da Vinci’s Annunication

50% one medium,50% another + ?

Choose people that might be sketched by a courtoom artist


What abstract works like Persistance of Memory don’t seem like50% one medium + ?

Emulate objects depicted in Starry Night


Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee depicts an example of one of these50% one medium,50% another +?

A pattern of curving lines in the stone above a church window

50% one medium,50% another +?

Variety of opal that rhymes with “buy a light”


Close up a display cabinet, a second time


Painting made using the process invented by Castiglione


Understanding, such as one’s knowledge of artwork

50% one medium +?

The theme of a painting, perhaps, or clues that help you figure out what’s going on50% one medium,50% another +?

CON TÉACRY LIC CRA YON

ENA MEL GRAP HITE

TEMP ERAPEN CIL

PAS TELLA TEX MAR KER


C11 Part of capital: bread (4)G12 Pens or pen with 50 uses (8)A12 Piece of grade skool school furniture (4)J6 Place support for furniture (6)H2 Poem recital is due (4)E6 Pointers for not starting bar fights (6)H2 Slowly cook with white fish, for one (7)F3 Somewhere, prosperity offering many things that are

the same (6)E6 Stays on the radio with heavy things (7)A1 Stun some students with ecstasy (4)L9 Suppressed horrible tune in quiet (4-2)J6 Surprises with small pies containing lime zest? (8)K1 Unusual behaviors seen for passes, we hear (4)H5 A way to feed on bone and plant-covered pig guts (7)D12 Winged animal I killed initially with dyed fabric (5)C9 Wizards lacking irrational number of issues (4)

Location Services

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The coordinate for each clue is a square the answer passes through, and can be either across or down. The completed grid will have traditional crossword symmetry.

I4 Beat in totem pole (5)C8 Bob lies around some rooms (7)L9 Class appearing like green things (4)K7 Come from green suede material (5)G1 Complicated situation with crowd covering choice (6)G10 Deranged pyros capturing head of endangered

bird (6)H11 Dirty louse’s somewhere in South Korea (5)K1 Dog with Republican soldier (5)E2 Each tattered cape that is included (6)I4 Equipment for morning addition (4)C4 Family with hold over cold seafood (4,4)D7 The French impressionist’s a gifted person? (6)G1 Get ready for a fight with bird and redhead wearing

caps (4,4)B9 Overweight round bees swarming (5)D3 Hank’s upset, cross (4)A10 Holy man had to have permit (8)C4 Horrible greed consuming one that’s more

honed? (6)F3 In favor of handling something cold with something

poker-like (7)I10 Joke about new group (4)B5 Like an entryway to the ear (5)D3 Loki’s tricky unit (4)J10 Look at section of dogleg (4)L2 Martin’s music taking one direction, then anoth-

er (8)K11 Mostly make true (mostly), in hindsight, to get inspi-

ration (6)F7 Move others around dead center (6)I7 Nothing right with genius’ first answer in parts (6)J2 One day I’d jest endlessly (4)E3 Ones with hot longings (5)


FoursquareLet’s check in with this early check in app. That’ll make me happy.

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WazeWaze is a great way to keep an eye out for speed traps.

You’re about to take a 130-mile road trip below. This is a traditional Masyu puzzle. Red circles indicate police officers lying in wait. You will fortunately not encounter all of them (in fact, you will encounter exactly half), but be sure to note how much distance has passed between the ones you do encounter.


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Password ProtectionHow protected is your phone?

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1. If your mother’s maiden name has an even number of letters, then the password is a 9-letter phrase with no repeated letters. Otherwise, the password uses 9 different letters of the alphabet exactly once each.

2. If your first pet was a dog, then the password never uses the 1 or 0 key. Otherwise, the password only uses the keys that also have letters on them.

3. If the password Nite Owl uses to unlock Ozymandias’ computer in Watchman ends with a vowel, then the first five characters of your password are spelled out by moving one square adjacently and use 5 different keys. Otherwise, the last five characters of your password are spelled out by moving one square adjacently and use 5 different keys.

4. If the launch code unlocked by WOPR contains more numbers than letters, then the second, fifth, and eighth characters are the only vowels. Otherwise, the first, fourth, and seventh characters are the only vowels.

5. If swordfish as a password first appears in the Marx Brothers’ film Duck Soup, then at some point, you will move directly from the 9 key to the 6 key. Otherwise, at some point, you will move directly from the 2 to the 3 key.

6. If King Roland’s password for the air shield is the same as President Skroob’s luggage, then the first character is in the upper right. Otherwise, the first character is in the lower right.

7. If Kevin Flynn’s password in Tron includes the name of an animal, then the 4 and 8 key are not used. Otherwise, the 2 and 6 key are not used.

8. In Pulp Fiction, if the combination to the briefcase is also the number of the Beast, then your first move is one key southwest. Otherwise, your first move is one key south.


Actor Malco or more appropriate term for gypsy : ROMANY

Add E before the last letter: ROMANEY=ROMNEY+A

Soft shoe or sort of snake: MOCCASIN Remove all Os: MOCCASIN=MCCAIN+S

Last name of Ally Mcbeal, Girl’s Club, and Boston Legal’s creator: KELLEY

Change all Ls to Rs: KERREY=KERRY+E

Suffix that means type of eater: VORE Add G after the first letter: VGORE=GORE+V

Editor’s term for removal: DELE Add O after the first letter: DOELE=DOLE+E

Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully: SNUB Reverse and add H: BUNSH=BUSH+N

Yellow brown army pants: KHAKIS Add DU to the beginning and remove the second letter: DUKLAKIS=DUKAKIS+L

What follows Sunday: MONDAY Change last letter to a Civil War general: MONDALEE=MONDALE+E

Withdraw a statement as untrue: RETRACT Reverse: TCARTER=CARTER+T

Connecticut capital: HARTFORD Remove first three letters: TFORD=FORD+T

Controlled, influenced, officiated, regulated, or reigned: GOVERNED

Add MC to the beginning and remove last letter: MCGOVERNE=MCGOVERN+E

Clumsy cartoon walrus companion for clever arctic fowl: CHUMLEY

Change C to R and L to PHR: RHUMPHREY=HUMPHREY+R

Like Jason’s fleece: GOLDEN Change second-to-last letter to basic element: GOLDWATERN=GOLDWATER+N

Atom that has gained electrons: ANION Change third letter to its Roman numeral equivalent: ANIXON=NIXON+A

Musical group Marilyn what: MANSON Change second letter to a boy’s name: MSTEVENSON=STEVENSON+M

Susan of L.A. Law: DEY Add a female animal before the last letter: DEEWEY=DEWEY+E

Sharp cutting utensil: KNIFE Add an auxiliary verb and remove the second letter: WILLKIFE=WILLKIE+F

Florida home for NBA’s Magic: ORLANDO Remove the second letter and add an N at the end: OLANDON=LANDON+O

Mars exploratory vehicle: ROVER Add HO to the beginning: HOROVER=HOOVER+R

Chemical element eighty-three: BISMUTH Move the second letter and replace the fifth letter with it: BSMITH=SMITH+B

Doctor archenemy that created Daleks: DAVROS Replace the fourth letter to I: DAVIOS=DAVIS+O

Baseballers in Chicago or Boston: SOX Add C to the front: CSOX=COX+S

What’s paired with kisses: HUGS Add a pronoun before the last letter: HUGSHES=HUGHES+S

Male chicken: ROOSTER Replace the last letter with VELT: ROOSTEVELT=ROOSEVELT+T

Paper towel brand with lumberjack logo: BRAWNY Move the last letter after the second: BRYAWN=BRYAN+W

Bosc, anjou, or bartlett fruit: PEAR Add KER to the end: PEARKER=PARKER+E

Continues to endeavor or has a temper tantrum: CARRIES ON

Change first letter to H: HARRIESON=HARRISON+E

Allen Funt’s blank camera: CANDID Change second letter to a tool, remove penultimate letter: CLEVELANDD=CLEVELAND+D

Unimpressed, indifferent: BLASÉ Add IN after the fourth letter: BLAINSE=BLAINE+S

This prevents forward motion: CHOCK Add a Star Wars character to the beginning: HANCHOCK=HANCOCK+H

One’s posterior or follow a suspect: TAIL Add a room to the end: TAILDEN=TILDEN+A

Like someone filled with avarice: GREEDY Replace penultimate letter with LLE: GREELLEY=GREELEY+L

Western author Louis: L’AMOUR Change second letter to SEY: LSEYMOUR=SEYMOUR+L

Verbal GymnasticsClues lead to two word phrases where all but the first two letters of the first word are flipped to make the first part of the second word. The size of the flip is given by the enumerations.• ASIDE EDITS• STEELS SLEEPY• DIVERT TREVOR• CITRUS SURTAX• MOISTER RETSINA• JUICER RECIPE• FLORETS STEROID• USUAL LAUGH• UNVEILER RELIEVED• FOREVER REVERTSThe first and last letters are given in the table. Place the answers in the table, and the underlined letters spell (reading down the left) SOLUTION IS (reading up the right) TOETAPPING.

Gecko-Roman WrestlingIn each case, indicate losers with 0s, and winners with 1s and read the result as binary.Bracket 1: All of these are hybrid creatures from the Simpsons segment Island of Dr. Hibbert. Winners are in the McFarlane toy version. (00001=B)Bracket 2: Creatures of Greek myth. Winners are winged, per Greek myth (00101=E)Bracket 3: Cartoon characters. Winners wear glasses. (10100=T)Bracket 4: On Beyond Zebra animals. Winners are blue in the book, losers are red. (00101=E)Bracket 5: Pokémon creatures. Winners evolve from eggs, losers are ultimate form. (01110=N)Bracket 6: Star Wars creatures. Winners have appeared in the movies. (01111=O)Bracket 7: Animals from advertisements and corporate logos. Winners can talk. (01001=I)Bracket 8: Various creatures, all of which have a constellation counterpoint. Winners also have astrological counterparts. (10010=R)Bracket 9: Creatures in phrases. Winners are (for the) birds. (00101=E)Answer is BETE NOIRE.

400-Meter GerrymanderingEach “tortured question” leads to the name of someone who ran for US president and lost. Order by their most recent loss. Added letters spell “A seven-letter name for Boss Tweed’s hall” which is TAMMANY.

n Answers: #RejectedOlympicEvents

Hopscotch Heptathlon

The completed grid is shown above. Some letters fall outside of the squares and spell SKIP PAST.

Synchronized Shotputting Part 1In each case, one can form the name of a cocktail by writing the alphabet around the perimeter and following the lines. The top of each circle is different.• Cadillac Margarita (top=S)• Cosmopolitan (top=R)• Old Fashioned (top=A)• Screwdriver (top=E)• Stinger (top=W)• Wet Martini (top=N)The colored dots in each case form an ingredient in that cocktail minus one letter.• (T)EQUILA• COINT(R)EAU• (W)HISKEY• VODK(A)• (B)RANDY• V(E)RMOUTHThe tops of each circle can be rearranged to spell ANSWER. The extra letters spell in this new order WET BAR.

Pairs ArcheryEach clue leads to two answers.• SPLURGES & THOROUGH• COMPADRE & WREATHE• CELLOPHANE & VIOLATION• STUPOROUS & SPONSORS• AFGHANISTAN & DROPQUOTE• CATCHPHRASE & BUCKWHEAT• FURLOUGH & IGNORANT• KAMIKAZE & VENETIANLeftover words are SOLUTION DIAGONAL ADJACENT SECTIONS. Each pair of answers is adjacent to just one word.• VENETIAN• AFGHANISTAN• DROPQUOTE• THOROUGH• BUCKWHEAT• WREATHE• VENETIAN• IGNORANTReading the diagonal gives V for what. The answer is VENDETTA.

Synchronized Shotputting Part 2Copy the colored dots in Part 1 over to the circle with the same-colored dots, and then complete the rest of the circle with the rest of the alphabet. One can then get the following words:• Red: NEW ORLEANS• Orange: COCKTAIL• Yellow: EMPLOYING• Green: ABSINTHE• Blue: RINSED• Violet: GLASSA New orleaNs cocktail employiNg absiNthe-riNsed glass would be a SAZERAC.

1000-Meter Reading1. 750 at most (A)2. $500 (A)3. 399 (B)4. 1080° (U)5. 1043 (S)6. 1000 (M)7. 1060 (Y)8. 900 (G)9. 962° (I)10. 500,000 (T)11. 1186 (L)12. 1560 (H)13. 672 (although he has written many more) (O)14. 602 (O)15. 1,000,000 (N)16. 1000 (E)17. 1100 (E)18. 887 (R)19. 1003 (C)20. 24 (T)21. 1000 (W)22. 1000 (F)23. 35 (V)24. 1200 (D)25. 1701.8 (N)“Movie studio that is three letters meaning a grand and can be followed by Grand for a casino.” The answer is MGM.

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Long-Distance NarcolepsyEach pair of Zs encodes a specific letter. Each item in the list is a celebrity with exactly one Z in their name.• Hector Berlioz• Benazir Bhutto• Wolf Blitzer• Paul Cezanne• Cesar Chavez• Franz Ferdinand• F Scott Fitzgerald• Leeza Gibbons• Jay-Z• Catherine Zeta-Jones• Krazy Kat• Jennifer Lopez• Zebulon Pike• Freddie Prinze, Jr.• Alex Rodriguez• Ebenezer Scrooge• Suzanne Somers• Zachary Taylor• Denzel Washington• Pia Zadora• Moon Unit Zappa• Renee Zellweger• General Zod• Rob ZombieThe Z in each case is encoded by a different pair of Zs, and the Zs are in a specific order. Arranging the letters these pairs encode gives a 4x6 grid.

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Downhill Battle of the BandsEach image represents two words of a two-word band. From top to bottom, left to right (roughly)• TALKING SALT• VIOLENT PUMPKINS• T PISTOLS• DAFT JAM• NO SURFERS• LIMP BUTTERFLY• DEF STRIPES

The pairs of other words in each pair of band names goes into one of the grids at the bottom. From left to right:• SMASHING FEMMES (M)• IRON BIZKIT (I)• SEX REX (X)• BUTTHOLE DOUBT (T)• TALKING VERUCA (A)• PEARL PUNK (P)• WHITE LEPPARD (E)The answer is MIX TAPE.

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shhh shhh shhh P shhh shhh shhh C shhh shhh C

shhh shhh K E N shhh shhh shhh shhh shhh shhh

Each room contains letters that can be anagrammed to go in the spaces below. Each of these characters are associated with a notably silent or mostly silent character:• Scarlett (G.I. Joe): Snake-Eyes• Bob Smith (Howdy Doody): Clarabell the Clown• Grumpy: Dopey• Groucho: Harpo Marx• Dante Hicks (Clerks): Silent Bob• Bart (The Simpsons): Maggie Simpson• Dick Loudon (Newhart): Darryl (either)• Penn: Teller• Cartman: Kenny McCormick• Karnak (The Inhumans): Black BoltIndex by the number of shhh’s in each room to get KEEP SILENT.

Picnic Basketball

Across 12. regATTAINvolved; 14. C(URI)UM, 15. kITSchy, 16. TORN (ddef), 19. ONLYn*, 20. NOTA (rev), 22. cellophANEWrapper, 24. DIVO (rev)+T, 26. sLAVe, 27. MAmmoTH, 32. B+IN, 34. IS+EmotivE, 35. VIC (rev), 36. T(Y)ROLl, 39. D+FaQS, 42. AGE+E, 43. MI+LO, 47. fOYER, 48. ERS (ddef), 49. AD+NATE, 50. ON A BET*

Down 1. BAILOR (baler hom.), 2. ATTENDANTS*, 3. NTS (odd letters), 4. A+N(TIH rev.)ERO, 5. IN(TEN)T, 6. T(W)OS, 7. R+UN, 8. P+RAT, 9. ANTIGENg*, 10. D(UR)ANTE, 11. O(MS)K, 13. A+SHY, 14. CRETAN*, 17. C+LIVE, 18. SA(VAN)T, 21. O+LIVE (rev.), 22. glAMORous, 23. WHY (y hom.), 25. moVIES, 28. AB+OIL, 29. TOLL-FREE, 30. thE+ID, 31. SCAT*, 32. B(tIGEr)YE, 36. TERROiR, 37. YVONNE*, 38. CO+iNSTANT, 40. FO(NDA*)NT, 41. Q(B)ING, 43. shaMANTRAins, 44. LOAD (lode hom.), 45. S+HAW, 46. RE(N)D, 47. OTO*, 48. dEBBie

Eight down clues only fit if ANT is entered into one square. The entries the ANTs have gotten into are all sandwiches: banh mi (M), torpedo (E), cheesesteak (A), e(L)vis, (P)o’boy, lobster ro(L)l, D(A)gwood, reube(N). The answer is MEAL PLAN.

#RejectedOlympicEventsEach answer contains, if a letter is replaced, a Greek letter from alpha to mu.• meAL PLAn->ALPHA (L)• BETE noire->BETA (E)• TAMMAny->GAMMA (T)• venDETTA->DELTA (T)• keEP SILENt->EPSILON (E)• saZERAc->ZETA (R)• wET Bar->ETA (B)• TOETApping->THETA (O)• mIX TApe->IOTA (X)• sKIP PAst->KAPPA (I)• LAMB NAchos->LAMBDA (N)• MGm->MU (G) Our best suggestion was LETTER BOXING.

Cover PuzzleReading clockwise: scuba diver, giant squid, sea serpent, parrotfish, periwinkleReading counterclockwise: mudskipper, angel shark, hermit crab, hammerheadLeftover bigrams form “pirate ship”

“But It’s Not in the Scripps...”Ursprache and Laodicean should be capitalized.

Quote SquareEthiopia [Column 1], Paraguay [Column 2], Thailand [Row 5], Colombia [Column 5], Slovakia [Column 6], Barbados [Row 6], Tanzania [Row 7], Botswana [Column 3], Zimbabwe [Row 3], Pakistan [Row 2], Portugal [Column 7], Suriname [Column 8], Kiribati [Row 1], Honduras [Row 8], Mongolia [Column 4], Cameroon [Row 4]“Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.”

Sixty-Second Testwand, dewy, pail, orca, moms, flak, alpaca, mescal, invade, calamari

Word Gardenrhododendron, begonia, carnation, fuchsia, heliotrope, petunia, snapdragon, cowslip, buttercup, magnolia. Extra letters spell “All green thumbs.”

Jawdroppin’I only use letters you can find in the alphabet. Anything else tends to confuse people.

Museum of Vexillogical OdditiesAtlantis: circle, vertical stripes & 1 stars, kinkajou emblem (yellow, red, black)Blefescu: scalene triangle, vertical stripes & 5 stars, lamprey emblem (red, blue, green)Camelot: trapezoid, vertical stripes & 2 stars, saiga emblem (red, blue, black)Derkaderkastan: square, horizontal stripes & 5 stars, raccoon emblem (blue, green, yellow)El Dorado: equilateral, horizontal stripes & 3 stars, panda emblem (green, yellow, black)Fredonia: dart, horizontal stripes & 1 stars, quetzal emblem (red, blue, yellow)Genovia: diamond, horizontal stripes & 4 stars, ocelot emblem (blue, green, black)Hyrule: oval, vertical stripes & 4 stars, narwhal emblem (yellow, blue, black)Itchyland: rhombus, horizontal stripes & 2 stars, markhor emblem (red, green, yellow)Jerktopia: isosceles triangle, vertical stripes & 3 stars, tanuki emblem (red, black, green)

n Answers: Pieces of BambooCryptolistomaniaSnoopy: Hockey Player, Astronaut, Grocery Clerk, Swinger, Attorney, Truffle

Hound, Disco Dancer, Census Taker, Big Rig Operator, Orthopedic Surgeon (Snoopy’s “World Famous” occupations)

Lucy Van Pelt: Oedipal complex, social anxiety, narcissism, insecurity, phobia, bipolar, Munchausen syndrome, kleptomania, paranoia, narcolepsy (psychological issues)

Charlie Brown: Daddy Warbucks, Sinead O’Connor, Howie Mandel, Samuel L. Jackson, Dr. Phil, The yellow kid, Popeye, Mr. Clean, Vin Diesel, Lord Voldemort (bald people)

Woodstock: Lollapalooza, Lilith Fair, Burning Man, SXSW, Bonnaroo, Sasquatch, Coachella, Summerfest, Voodoo Music Experience, Warped Tour (concerts)

Pigpen: Rot-Thirteen, Caesar Shift, Morse Code, Braille, Playfair, Vigenere, Enigma, Steganography, Substitution, Pretty Good Privacy (kinds of codes)

Marcie: sirloin, survivor, psoriasis, sermon on the mount, surrey, Serpico, cerebral, circus clown, surround sound, searchlight (starts with “Sir” sound)

Baseball Through the AgesG. Tornado Baseball (1977, arcade)N. Home Run (1978, Atari 2600)F. RealSports Baseball (1983, Atari 2600)M. RBI Baseball (1987, NES)I. Tommy Lasorda Baseball (1989, Sega Genesis)H. Bad News Baseball (1990, PlayStation)B. Roger Clemens Baseball (1991, NES)C. Baseball Stars 2 (1992, NES)L. SI Championship Football & Baseball (1994, PlayStation)K. Frank Thomas’ Big Hurt (1995, multiplatform)J. World Series Baseball 1996 (1996, Genesis)D. World Series Baseball 1998 (1997, Genesis)E. High Heat Baseball 2002 (2002, PlayStation)A. MLB The Show (2014, PlayStation 4)

Shuffle to the Beatunlikeable, precarious, chatterbox, enormously, guaranteed, disengaged, fraudulent, singularly (Bob Seger, “Katmandu”)equilibria, loquacious, tyrannical, overbooked, newspapers, jingoistic, ophthalmic, hovercraft, negligence (Elton John, “Rocket Man”)specialist, balderdash, archetypal, patriotism, interfered, communique, diagnostic, ammunition, disgusting, battleship (Art of Noise, “Paranoimia”)

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