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Puzzle 8 – Solution – Ignore the Strange and Unusual

Posted on January 31, 2021 by delajeff

Sometimes the times and tides of fortune swing in your favor. Sorry, that metaphor was more mixed than Hilaria Baldwin’s accent. When I created the puzzle, and had Baldwin and Geena clued in the bottom left corner, I was thinking of Alec, not Hilaria/Hillary, and the recently deceased Maitlands from Beetlejuice. Then the media firestorm…

Puzzle 7 – Solution – Getaway

Posted on October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 by delajeff

Puzzle 6 – Solution – The Same Boat

Posted on September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 by delajeff

Puzzle 5 – Solution – Use Your Mind

Posted on September 14, 2020September 13, 2020 by delajeff

The answers, explained: ACROSS 1A – CLOCK – COCK (total jerk) + L (large) 4A – JANE FONDA – NO (denial) + FEN (mire) retracted = NEFON with JA and DA (external agreements) = JA NEF ON DA 9A – NO SERVICE – NOSE (sniff out) + R (moral core) + VICE (wicked behavior etc.)…

Solution – Puzzle 4 – Fill in a Form

Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 by delajeff

The grid:

Solution – Puzzle 3 – What is It?

Posted on August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 by delajeff

The song hinted at by the puzzle is The Magic Number, by De La Soul, a HIP HOP (28A) group from Long Island, NYC, part of the Native Tongues Posse that began in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s. De La Soul is my absolute favorite hip hop group, and the source of my twitter name, delajeff,…

Solution – Puzzle 2 – Whoo-Hooo!

Posted on August 3, 2020August 1, 2020 by delajeff

The grid: The answers, explained: 1A – Edna Mode – Edna (Dane extravagant, or anagrammed) + Mode (style). Edna Mode was a fashion designer who created the Parr family’s superhero costumes in The Incredibles and The Incredibles 2. She did not believe in capes. 5A – X Files – File (alien, or anagrammed life), with…

Solution – Puzzle 1 – The Loneliest Number

Posted on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 by delajeff

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