This is a new thing for the puzzlers of DK. We are going to have an old-time church picnic of a puzzle party. I'll start with an acrostic for the hot food table, and anybody who wants to can add things in the comments, and I'll post them to the main diary. Puzzles, pictures, whatnot - it's all fair game at a potluck.
Or you can just come with your appetite. All are welcome in our big tent.
First, in honor of our founder, Juliewolf, here are her instructions on how to do our special version of an acrostic:
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.
A completed acrostic might look like this:
The puzzlemaker isn't going to tell you the dimensions of the grid, you get to figure that out yourself.
So, here is the first dish for the potluck ..... enjoy!
Acrostic:
1 Who or What? I don't know, I don't give a damn!
2 Sorted into
3 Most Quaker-like
4 Under oath
5 Charlie Rangel (and the whole GOP)
6 In shoes, for example, pumps, patent leathers, stilettos, but not Nikes
7 Annihilates
8 An auction clue!
9 Fast sellers
10 I blow things up!
11 Fancy pants
12 Rock family
13 Planners
14 Parts of a plant stem
15 Cuts of meat
16 Takes root
17 Like a ghost
18 Figured out
19 Reeds
20 Concentrate
21 A Nova Land clue! Brakes
22 Blesses again
23 Ringing
24 Greatest, X and Y
25 Bleeding Hearts
26 What you aren't allowed to see
27 Restricted
28 Core
29 Soup
30 Bristol Palin's other talent (besides not knowing how to use a condom)
From science:
Which of the following statements are true?
1 Exactly one of these ten statements is false.
2 Exactly two of these ten statements are false.
3 Exactly three of these ten statements are false.
4 Exactly four of these ten statements are false.
5 Exactly five of these ten statements are false.
6 Exactly six of these ten statements are false.
7 Exactly seven of these ten statements are false.
8 Exactly eight of these ten statements are false.
9 Exactly nine of these ten statements are false.
10.Exactly ten of these ten statements are false.
From plf515
What kind of bagel can fly?
I have two ordinary American coins in my hand. The total value is 30 cents. One of the coins is not a quarter.
What are the two coins?
From sny, one offs:
Kublai's christmas decoration (4 words)
The variety of dog ain't bad. (3 words)
Vegas machine with a pair of digits (3 words)
Group of lions walks in front of Humpty Dumpty's perch (5 words)
Clean the windowsills as long as you live! (3 words)
Joschka and diplomat, together (3 words)
Choice between a big eater and 7 years in the slammer (3 words)
From OldPhart, a cryptic:
Movie star's extraordinarily big melons (two words, 9 letters)