Hello, and welcome to Sunday Puzzle Lite's special quintuple jeopardy edition!
If you're new to the Sunday Puzzle series, you'll find some basic information, including guidelines and puzzle etiquette suggestions, in the tip jar below. But for now let's get right to the puzzles. On tap today: a Crossword Puzzle (regular), a Crossword Puzzle (Cryptic), a new Ana-Gremlin, a new Acrostic, and a new Puzzle-In-A-Poll.
Puzzle # 1: Regular Crossword.
Lots more below the fold...
All set for the second puzzle?
Puzzle # 2: Cryptic Crossword
NOTE: I wasn't able to figure out how to draw the thicker lines that mark word endings, so you'll need to draw those in yourselves. There's one between the first and second squares in the top row, one between the fourth and fifth squares in the second row, one between the third and fourth squares in the third row, one between the third and fourth squares in the third column, one between the fourth and fifth squares in the second column, and one between the fourth and fifth squares in the fifth row.
As for why some squares are shaded -- that will be obvious once you've solved the puzzle. ;)
Clues Across:
- How much is White House close to completing?
- Yes, you are confused about the author of Armageddon.
- Each time, it's trouble.
- A man with a head doesn't need a date.
- Southern Democrat took the fifth after detective discovered secrets.
- The moon is new and positively entertaining, some claim.
Clues Down:
- Search long and hard for an adventurous Jonny.
- The Revolutionary War started poorly, but now it's come to an end.
- Being here without her is a blow.
- Very pale woman in a new environment.
- Hamilton Burger was famously silent.
- I love a beautiful Hawaiian bird.
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Puzzle # 3: a new Ana-Gremlin.
NOTE: I should explain a little bit about this puzzle, but I'm running extra-late this morning so I'm going to post the diary first and then provide some help for this puzzle in an update.
There's a sort of interesting story that goes with this week's ana-gremlin. As is often the case, there's a common theme to this week's puzzles. The acrostic came first, and provided the theme. From that, several of the other puzzles flowed naturally, including the Ana-Gremlin. A list came right to mind, and I worked out the ana-gremlin before I had a chance to check the list for accuracy.
When I did have a chance to check it, it turned out to be surprisingly difficult to locate with Google. That's because, even though I'm familiar with it and suspect a number of other people are too, it's actually erroneous. The correct list is considerably different -- and, to me at least, unfamiliar.
I think the puzzle can still be solved, especially once the other puzzles are solved. But I thought I should provide at least some warning about this.
- WASHER
- YAK
- OFT
- HI
- WORK
- SEVEN
- NOT QUITE
- LET
- TEN
- ON
- LOUSY
- VOGUE
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Puzzle # 4: Acrostic
- Prophet.
- Be useful.
- Spartan.
- Manage.
- Men only.
- Ways of walking.
- Free.
- Wide-eyed.
- Notable Obama feature.
- Kind of quote.
- Gather.
- Fashions.
- Controversial baby.
- Breakfast food.
- G, for instance.
- Separating.
- Laura or Bruce.
- Raider leader.
- Charm.
- December 31.
- Obama's Duncan.
- Variety.
- Legendary birthplace.
- Boss.
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Puzzle # 5: Puzzle-In-A-Poll
The last P-I-A-P, two weeks ago was based on a political song. I liked that, so I'm doing it again. But to make things a little easier, this time the song and the lyric are the same -- and it's a song I think most people who post here should be familiar with.
If you have any trouble, the other puzzles should be helpful. (One puzzle, in particular, will fill in the bit which I didn't quite have room to include at the end of the poll question.)