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.
Just jump down below the DK squiggle and you'll find a new JulieCrostic, directions on how to do JulieCrostics, and the answers to last week's JulieCrostic. 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.
this week's puzzle:
1. famous Janet
2. inclined
3. think about
4. remainder
5. guide
6. spring holiday
7. genuine
8. change
9. go places
10. gave in exchange for money
11. Bob and Liddy
12. dirty
13. carry
14. furry aquatic creature
15. spoiled
Hint: ...emeht taht seunitnoc elzzup s'keew siht ecnahc doog a s'erehT .sretirw koob cimoc elbaton neeb evah selzzup s'keew wef tsal eht ot srewsna ehT
answers to last week's puzzle:
1. we N 2. new A 3. wane
4. ad E 5. ade I 6. aide
7. mi I 8. MII M 9. Mimi
10. me L 11. elm A 12. lame
13. Ag G 14. gag N 15. gang
clues to last week's puzzle:
1. you and me
2. fresh
3. become less
4. commercial
5. fruit drink
6. helper
7. note
8. 1002
9. known for screaming
10. what I see in a mirror
11. shade tree
12. like most of Sean Hannity's talking points
13. silver
14. joke
15. criminal group
The verticals spell out NEILG AIMAN -- which, when spaced out properly, give you Neil Gaiman.
Gaiman wrote Sandman for DC comics' Vertigo line. (Click the link to see a gallery of gorgeous covers.) Sandman is a well-regarded series which ran from 1989 through 1996 and which DC has kept perpetually in print since its conclusion. Gaiman is the author of various other comics and novels, several of which -- notably Stardust and Coraline -- have been made into movies.
how to solve JulieCrostics
Read the clues provided, then fill in answers 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.