Sunday Puzzle for beginners is a companion series to the regular Sunday Puzzle.
The aim of Sunday Puzzle for beginners is to introduce people to the kind of puzzles featured in the regular Sunday Puzzle diaries and to provide introductory-level puzzles for folks to practice on.
I'm currently away from home, with minimal computer access, and won't be able to take part in these diaries until I get home mid-to-late September. But thanks to the diary queue system and its auto-publish feature, the Sunday Puzzle for beginner series is able to continue without me until I get back.
I'm sorry I can't be here while the diary is up to say hi, answer questions, and up-rate comments; but most weeks there will be other Sunday-Puzzlers here, such as the ever-delightful pucklady, to greet you and help you feel at home.
Have fun!
PS: Sunday Puzzle posts Sunday mornings at 9:30 am Eastern time / 6:30 am Pacific time; Sunday Puzzle for beginners posts Saturday evenings at 8:30 pm Eastern time / 6:30 pm Pacific time.
Answers to last week's puzzle:
1. small change
2. perfume
3. upward movement
4. gas ratings
5. heels
6. hills
7. Superman weakness
8. echo
9. Fleming and Carmichael
10. nets
11. criminal recruiters and trainers
12. going without food
1. cent S 2. scent A 3. ascent O 4. octanes
5. ends U 6. dunes R 7. red sun O 8. resound
9. Ians G 10. gains F 11. Fagins T 12. fasting
The verticals spell out SUG ARF OOT. Put them together and they spell Sugarfoot -- the title of a 1950s television western. You can listen to its theme song here.
This week's puzzle:
1. worn on the head
2. garrison
3. periodic discomfort
4. sleeping place
5. drop
6. put up with
7. digit
8. block
9. desire
10. sphere
11. drill
12. penniless