Warm-up puzzle:
What familiar 5-letter word has 3 letters in common with BELAY and 4 letters in common with DEITY?
Sunday Puzzle is a regular weekly series. It features puzzles suitable for group puzzle-solving.
But the puzzles in the Sunday Puzzle series can sometimes be a little intimidating to newcomers. So now there's also Sunday Puzzle for beginners, to give new people an introductory version of the types of puzzles you'll find in the regular series.
The main feature in the Sunday Puzzle diaries is usually a JulieCrostic. Right below the fold you'll find an example of a JulieCrostic, suitable for solving by new folks. Come on down and take a look.
Today's JulieCrostic has 3 rows, with 4 answers per row.
Read the clues provided below, then fill in words to match the clues in the appropriately numbered spaces in the diagram.
Each word in a row has all the letters of the previous word in that row, plus one new letter. Write the new letter in the space between the answers. For example, if the answers in a row were HEARD, ARCHED, and CRASHED you'd place a "C" in the box between HEARD and ARCHED and an "S" between ARCHED and CRASHED.
When you have filled in all the spaces correctly, the columns formed by the added letters should spell out related words. It might be a person's name, such as CHARLES DICKENS (spelled out in two columns). It might be the title of a book or movie, such as GONEW ITHTH EWIND (spelled out in three columns). It might be almost anything. Your challenge is to figure out what the verticals say and what they mean.
Here are the clues for today's puzzle:
1. Carmine
2. Appraise
3. Group of people capable of training and leading others
4. Place where you'll find games and amusements
5. What some people call Rush Limbaugh
6. Pig
7. Ear parts
8. Pullover
9. Each
10. Mature
11. A Palin
12. Form small waves
Have fun! And if you enjoy this kind of thing, please drop by for the puzzle party when the regular Sunday Puzzle diary goes up, Sunday morning at 9:30 am Eastern Daylight Time.