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Original Puzzles by Jim Lawter


(all Answers are at bottom of this page)

Triple-Crossword Puzzle:
Triple-Crossword
Across:
1 - electronic bulletin board acronym
4 - painful
5 - killed
6 - drill
7 - crimson
Diagonal Up:
5 - U.S. National Anthem, initials
6 - a shapeless form
7 - lion sounds
8 - a U.S. Great Lake
9 - lair
Diagonal Down:
1 - plank
2 - creamy white cheese
3 - 1/100th of a yen
4 - small sour plum
5 - triathalon sports, initials
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Micro-Mystery:

Claude sat down to enjoy his morning coffee, glancing at the newspaper. An article caught his eye about a postman slain and robbed on nearby Emme Street while on his rounds. Before expiring, the postman had scrawled "WILL" on the back of an envelope. Investigators were now interrogating a relative of the postman named William, as well as certain beneficiaries of the postman's Last Will and Testament. Claude immediately realized that the police were on the wrong trail. He called to offer his solution. Do you know what it is?

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Anagrams:

Anagrams are made by rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to create new words.

  • Find 4 anagrams for "seat"
  • Find 3 anagrams for "stare"
  • Find 2 anagrams for "desert"
  • Find 3 anagrams for "medical"
  • Find 2 anagrams for "phone tag"
  • Find 1 anagram for "tentative"
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Doublets:

Doublets are made by changing one letter of a word for each step, until the goal word is made.

  • "push" to "pull" in 5 steps
  • "love" to "hate" in 4 steps
  • "less" to "more" in 4 steps
  • "hill" to "dale" in 3 steps
  • "boy" to "man" in 3 steps
  • "six" to "ten" in 3 steps
  • "have" to "want" in 3 steps
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Brain Teaser:

Part 1: On an 8X8 black and white checkerboard, how many squares with all black corners are there?

Part 2: On an 8X8 black and white checkerboard, how many non-square rectangles with all black corners are there?

checkerboard

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Trivia Quiz:

What do these people have in common?
  • President Clinton
  • Jack-the-Ripper
  • Helen Keller
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Babe Ruth
  • Ringo Starr
  • Mark Twain
  • Queen Victoria
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Code-Breaking Puzzle:

The same substitution code is used for the following International Cities and International Movie Title.
Cross-reference to solve.

International Cities:
  • __ __ __ __ __ __ (England)
  • __ __ __ __ __ (United States)
  • __ __ __ __ __(France)
  • __ __ __ __ __ __ (Germany)
  • __ __ __ __ __ __ (Australia)
  • __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Chile)
  • __ __ __ __ __ (Japan)
  • __ __ __ __ __ __ (Russia)
  • __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (South Africa)
  • __ __ __ __ __ __ (Italy)
International Movie Title:
  • __ __ __ __ __ __   __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __   __ __   __ __ __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __
      6-23-20-26-19-9    25-13-10    2-20-23-17-9    14-19    10-14-12-13-25-4    9-6-4-24
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Riddles:

Q1: What food is hard to keep, and best when tossed?

Q2: What is at once dark, light, clear and blinding?

Q3: What prime number always means trouble?

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Word Search:

Searching up, down, backward, forward and diagonally, find at least 50 Boy's Names:

i b a e d g a r e m l e w e d s
w r l u a p p p y r n e h e n r
y u a j v h e e s f r a n k i o
k c k c i r t a p d w i g h t r
r e n l d y e e n r s e p h s i
a o l i v e r a n a i d l m u n
m i b e u c i o m n s o a v j g
p e d e u q c o g o e i w r i h
n o g r r m h m c e l k r q b s
e s o e a t a v i l r s e m a j
v y j x o w r s i c a g n y a c
y h o w a r d w m n h r c y r l
j a s o n v g e l a c a e n o a
t o e e h t i e k i r e e n n u
a n p s t e v e n t e k n l c d
i n h o j o m a r t i n h t u e


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Boggled:

Do you know how crowded "Grand Central Station" can be? Well, there are at least 250 4-letter words hidden in those 19 letters. Can you find them? (Sorry, but no slang, no proper nouns, no foreign languages, no contractions, and no abbreviations are allowed.)

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Math Puzzles:
Finish each sequence:
  • 6 - 10 - 18 - 34 - __
  • 4 - 7 - 13 - 25 - __
  • 3 - 5 - 8 - 12 - __
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Answers:

Crossword Puzzle Answers:




Micro-Mystery Answer:
"WILL" is an address. Read upside down, it implicates the resident of 771 Emme Street.


Anagram Answers:
"seat" (eats east teas sate)
"stare" (rates tares tears)
"desert" (deters rested)
"medical" (decimal declaim claimed)
"phone tag" (pathogen heptagon)
"tentative" (attentive)


Doublet Answers:
push to pull in 5: push - posh - pose - pole - poll - pull
love to hate in 4: love - lone - lane - late - hate
less to more in 4: less - loss - lose - lore - more
hill to dale in 3: hill - hall - hale - dale
boy to man in 3: boy - bay - may - man
six to ten in 3: six - sin - tin - ten
have to want in 3: have - wave - wane - want



Brain Teaser Answers:
Part 1: 32 single squares + 18 3X3 squares + 8 5X5 squares + 2 7X7 squares = 60

Part 2: 24 3X5 rectangles + 8 5X7 rectangles = 32

Trivia Quiz Answer:
They are all left-handed.


Code-Breaking Puzzle:
Key: a-6, b-7, c-8, d-9, e-10, f-11, g-12, h-13, i-14, j-15, k-16, l-17, m-18, n-19, o-20, p-21, q-22, r-23, s-24, t-25, u-26, v-1, w-2, x-3, y-4, z-5

Cities: London, Miami, Paris, Munich, Sidney, Santiago, Tokyo, Moscow, Capetown, Sicily

Movie Title: Around the World in Eighty Days


Riddles:
A1: A salad.

A2: The night air.

A3: 911 - the emergency telephone number.


Word Search Answers:
AARON ANDREW BEN BRAD BRUCE CHARLES CLARENCE CLAUDE DAVID DWIGHT EDGAR EDWARD ELMER ELVIS FRANK GEORGE GREGORY HENRY HOWARD IAN IRA JAMES JASON JAY JOHN JOSEPH JUSTIN KEITH KENNETH LAWRENCE LEONARD MARK MARTIN MICHAEL NED NEIL NOAH OLIVER PATRICK PAUL PETER PHILLIP QUINCY RICHARD ROBERT ROY SAMUEL STEVEN THOMAS TRACY VINCENT WILLIAM XAVIER


Boggled Answers:
aced acid acts agar ages aide airs alas ales anal ands anis anta ante ants arcs aria arid arts area cads cane cans cant card cast cats ceil cell cent clan clod clog coat code cods coil coin cold colt cone cost cots crag dare darn dart data date dean dear dens dent dine dins dint dirt does dogs dole dons dose dreg earn ears east eats egos ends eras ergs gads gain gait gala gale gals gate gear gels girl gist glen gnat goad goat goes gone grid grin grit icon into iota iron laid lain lair lane lard last late lean lend lens lent lest lets liar lies line list load loan lode loin lone lore lose lost nags nail near neat neon nest nine node nods none nose note oats odes oils onto race raga raid rail rain rage rags rant rare rate rats read real rear reds rend rent rest rids rile rind ring rise road roan roar rode rods roes roil role rose rote rots saga sage said sail sale salt sand sane sang sate scan scar scat seal sear seat send sent seta sine sing sire slat slit slot sloe snag snit snot soar soda soil sold song sore sort stag star stat stet stir taco tact tail tale tang tans tare tarn taro tars tart teal tear teas teat tend tent tern test tics ties tile tine ting tins tint tire toad toes toga toil told tone tons tore torn tote tots trot


Math Puzzle Answers:
  • 6 - 10 - 18 - 34 - 66
  • 4 - 7 - 13 - 25 - 49
  • 3 - 5 - 8 - 12 - 18