Hello, puzzlers. I only learned just now that our puzzle master is having computer problems. Maybe Santa will bring a new laptop down the chimney?
Anyway, here is a last minute puzzle for you. I hope it doesn't suck.
Oh, and lest I forget
Susan's Greetings, everybody!
(I wait all year to say that)
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.
Here we go. Have fun!
1 age
2 fruit
3 according to the Urban Dictionary, this is the guy who goes out of their way to make everyone miserable.
4 tank
5 Seder
6 candy bar
7 besmirch
8 This movie has too many sequels, and there is another one coming
9 zeppelin
10 bargain
11 burdened
12 sluggish
13 compete
14 Vampire desire
15 ivied
16 determined
17 a unit of weight in Turkey, about 2 3/4 pounds
18 This is a pucklady puzzle. Here is the obligatory hyperlink clue. And it's themed for the holidays!
19 British/American broadcaster
20 boiled
21 lose something unwanted, such as Sarah Palin
22 mount
23 restaurant
24 poured
25 digit
26 memory
27 one of three
28 toker
29 @ @
30 lions and tigers, no bears
31 class
32 package
33 drunk
34 remove
35 engagements
36 cobbler or justice
37 beer
38 light
39 site
40 gold
41 unemployment in california
42 fizzled
43 semiconductor
44 canceled
45 Nessman
46 sledge
47 Vulcan tricks
48 grinned
49 not ands
50 Lowe, Reiner
51 12 stepper
52 Robinson, Leonard
53 assist
54 reposed
55 driven by the moon
56 followed
57 soak
58 exhaust
59 tasted
60 firewood
61 Ford's slogan
62 duplicate
63 mark