Sunday Puzzle is a regular weekly series. The puzzle party begins Sunday mornings at 9:30 am Eastern time / 6:30 am Pacific time, and you're invited.
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.
Sunday Puzzle for beginners posts Saturday evenings at 8:30 pm Eastern time / 6:30 pm Pacific time and features introductory versions of the types of puzzles you'll find in the regular series. If you're curious what the puzzles in Sunday Puzzle are like, here's your chance to find out (and to warm up for tomorrow morning's diary).
Tonight's puzzle is an 18-clue JulieCrostic. You'll find it, along with a complete explanation of what JulieCrostics are and how to work them, right below the fold.
Have fun, and I hope to see you in the comments!
Part I: Here are the clues for tonight's JulieCrostic:
1. Faded out
2. Put up paneling on the exterior wall of a house
3. Insulted
4. Outer covering
5. Bring about
6. Charge
7. Sad
8. Noteworthy young adult author
9. Unpopular kind of pie
10. Red color
11. Noteworthy Republican-turned-Independent-turned-Democrat
12. In a bad mood
13. What Limbaugh is lower than
14. Tested
15. Ran amok
16. Contributed
17. A fine and private place
18. Noteworthy Democrat-turned-Libertarian
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Part II: Here are the rules for JulieCrostics:
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 TREE, METER, and REMOTE you'd place aN "M" in the box between TREE and METER and an "O" between METER and REMOTE.
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.
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Part III: Lastly, here are the clues and the answers for last week's JulieCrostic:
THE CLUES:
1. Venerable
2. What some people go for
3. Cottage
4. Cut down trees
5. Flabbergasted
6. Obtain
7. Something to go through
8. Negotiator
9. Nullify
10. A joy to behold
11. Perish
12. Urgent
13. Fundraiser
14. Amuse
15. Captivated
16. Carved in stone
17. Trickle
18. Group of lions
19. Matched up
20. Dreamed of becoming
THE ANSWERS:
1. old G 2. gold E 3. lodge G 4. logged B 5. blogged
6. get A 7. gate N 8. agent E 9. negate L 10. elegant
11. die R 12. dire V 13. drive T 14. divert E 15. riveted
16. RIP D 17. drip E 18. pride A 19. paired S 20. aspired
The verticals read GARD ENVE GETA BLES. Put them all together and, when correctly spaced, they read: garden vegetables. Good stuff indeed.
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Part IV: bonus puzzle.
For anyone who didn't see it already, on Monday SuperBowlXX posted a great picture-puzzle diary "It's Time to Play Name That Kossack". Follow the link and you can enjoy it now!