Puzzles for Adults and Children
This is a simplified version of a rows garden puzzle. Across answers fit into their listed rows in order, and the white, yellow, and gold clues fit into the hexagons of their color, going either clockwise or counter-clockwise as indicated. Combining these two types of clues allows the grid to be completed as so:
The only letters which are not clued twice are the top six letters and bottom six letters. Read out, they spell the phrase FRENCH FOR BEE. The French word for bee is ABEILLE.
The puzzle Dot Matrix has been out for a week now. If you’re struggling, check out the hint below.
The puzzle this week is Glitchygram. It looks like the bugs have made their way from the backend into the puzzles.
Connect the dots from Eh to Z to spell out the answer. You can ignore the numbers and Greek.
The hint for last week’s Dot Matrix has been uploaded, as has the solution to Honeycomb from two weeks ago.
Glitchygram is the final regular puzzle of this puzzle set. Come back next week for the March-April metapuzzle!
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As suggested by the title, the pieces can be cut apart and reassembled as a puzzle:
If the grid lines are ignored, the remaining lines divide the finished puzzle into a number of irregularly-shaped regions, most of which are relatively small. However, certain letters appear when looking at the larger regions:
These letters spell out the answer, SURGERY.
The puzzle Honeycomb has been out for a week now. If you’re struggling, check out the hint below.
The puzzle this week is Dot Matrix. Where can all these dots lead?
This is a simplified version of a Rows Garden puzzle. The Across clues go across the given rows, and the White/Yellow/Gold clues go around the hexagons in the given direction, starting from any of the triangles. Your answer phrase comes from the only letters which aren’t clued twice.
The hint for last week’s Honeycomb has been uploaded, as has the solution to Disassemble/Reassemble from two weeks ago.
This week’s new puzzle is Dot Matrix. Don’t let yourself get drawn astray by red herrings and partial sets.
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Each of the lines of letters can be split into two different foods which go together – except there is one letter missing:
The missing letters spell out ANSWER IS SAUSAGE. The answer is SAUSAGE, which is a food which is made by chopping up and mixing together other foods.
The puzzle Disassemble/Reassemble has been out for a week now. If you’re struggling, check out the hint below.
The puzzle this week is Honeycomb. Me want honeycomb!
Once you have the pieces assembled, ignore the horizontal and vertical cut lines and look for the largest seven regions in the picture.
The hint for last week’s Disassemble/Reassemble has been uploaded, as has the solution to Bread and Butter from two weeks ago.
This week’s new puzzle is Honeycomb. The bees have been hard at work, filling their delicious hexagons with tasty words. ERRATA: The clues for lines one, three, and six have been edited. Thank you to Jason for pointing out the errors!
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Each of the coats of arms shown represents a letter in a different encoding. The ornamentation on top of each crest is a clue to the encoding used.
| Ornamentation | Encoding | Letter |
| Telegraph keys | Morse code | S |
| Boar | Pigpen cipher | A |
| Signal flags | Flag semaphore | L |
| Sherlock Holmes | Dancing men cipher | T |
| Cat in the Hat hat silhouette | Dr. Seuss’s ABC | A |
| Sailing ship | Int’l maritime signal flags | N |
| Blind Justice | Braille | T |
The letters spell out SALTANT, which is a word solvers may not be familiar with. However, looking it up reveals that it is a heraldic term referring to an animal featured in a leaping pose.