Do you like puzzles? Do you like political humor? And are you in the mood for a little Sunday night socializing?
Then you're in the right place!
Welcome to Sunday Puzzle, a weekly series which currently posts Sunday evenings at 8:30 pm Eastern time / 5:30 pm Pacific time.
Sunday Puzzle is a weekly party, featuring puzzles suitable for group puzzle-solving. Everyone is welcome, and you don't need to be a puzzle genius to take part.
Come on down, introduce yourself if you'd like, take a look at the puzzles, and join in on some Sunday evening fun. On tap tonight:
* the still unsolved Spoonerism puzzles from September 2;
* two new code puzzles;
* a new mystery puzzle; and
* a new 33-clue JulieCrostic.
Let's start with some exciting news:
The man I gave the answer to is back!
What answer, you may be asking. Could it be the answer to one of the following puzzles?
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Unsolved Spoonerisms
Last week I asked when folks would like me to reveal the answers to the Spoonerism puzzles. Science requested a few days to ponder them, so I haven't posted the answers in the previous diary yet.
I was planning to post the answers, along with a demonstration of how the answers could be fairly easily deduced, in today's diary. But I'm running very late, so that demonstration may have to wait until next week...
... unless one of you would like to post the answers and explain how to derive them. Here they are again:
1. travel from Trafalgar Square to the Temple Bar (4)
2. travel to side protected from wind (2,3)
2. ermine (which resembles Rowling's bush): toss the vehicle to where it will be sheltered from the wind (7, 8)
3. similar to Romney's business (2)
SOLVED by OldPhart: like Bain / bike lane
4. vehicles lean over, causing onlookers to jeer (4)
5. device sailor uses to transmit voice (2, 1)
NOTE: the original version of # 2 was for only part of a longer phrase. The longer phrase is well known; the partial phrase is not. I have corrected this by substituting in a clue to a Spoonerism of the complete phrase -- which is what I should have posted in the first place.
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Next, how about a couple of code messages. (NOTE: These are Crypto-Gremlins, which are a special kind of cryptogram. A complete explanation of what these are and how they differ from regular cryptograms can be found here.)
The bold-text portion of these passages is the quotation, and the italicized portion, below, identifies the author of the passage.
Crypto-Gremlin # 1
Sausagey myth la zprlych lbh whpwa. Lasauuan, lbhd'uh waygkh Syllo Uasghd'ed xpsrpykgh.
Sputa Chipgyhup
Crypto-Gremlin # 1
Agreed, by pesagdudin tyifradum, idahurjrkln god tnnis, ayrid goygr god hytxyrlky vyad gsukrkln frkgn by fselyus, pskxurkgyjed xouyad.
Trhoyded Jyujyun crky god Kdv Mnubn Grtdam
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And last but not least, here's today's JulieCrostic puzzle. (NOTE: if you're not familiar with this kind of acrostic, don't panic; you'll find complete instructions, plus lots of introductory puzzles to practice on, over in our companion series Sunday Puzzle Warm-Up.)
1. misguided media monitor
2. mythical messenger mother
3. obsession
4. tv planet
5. date
6. brinks
7. jefferson, clinton, roosevelt, truman, nixon, ford, and several johnsons
8. sore points
9. dry
10. sticks
11. sure water rest
12. dapper
13. eggs
14. moral cartoon character
15. bay window
16. more blessed
17. age
18. equipment
19. stove
20. accumulate
21. kind of cover or check
22. drop
23. held back
24. foul brew?
25. pearl
26. bug
27. piercy
28. players
29. before 80 it was
30. decay
31. blowout
32. proves wrong
33. turns out to be nothing