Category: Hints

The puzzle Completely Nuts has now been out for a week. If you need some help, check the bottom of this post.

The new puzzle this week is Bumps. Please see a doctor if symptoms persist.

Each of the clues has had one or more transformations applied to each word. Apply that same transformations to the answer to get the name of a nut. Here are the clues with the spaces added between the words:

VENOMNOM SERPERP KILLILL MEEREER RELATLAT (4)
AGRAIN AALSO AKNOWN AAS AMAIZE (3)
AROREAL MASUPIAL KNWN FO EAING EUALYPTUS (2)
LUSICAL OARTNER NF RULLIVAN (1)
HETKEREALY HBLOODY HOFY HTKEY HGODSY (7)
MANLOVABL MANFURR MANBLU MANMUPPE (4)
TECAR ICV ENPRESID (4)
ARAREAKFAST EOEOOD NRNR SOSORUS (2)
SANDHI PLAICE BUY SUM SEES (1)
COINSEW ANDEW BILLSEW (5)
ACKBL DAN ITILWH RIPILDST RICANAF RBIVORILHIL (2)

The puzzle Not Rocket Science has now been out for a week. If you need some help, check the bottom of this post.

The new puzzle this week is Completely Nuts. Apologies to any solvers with a nut allergy.

You will have to fill out the same grid twice. Don’t lose track of your EZ answers.

The puzzle Word Botching has now been out for a week. If you need some help, check the bottom of this post.

This week’s puzzle is Not Rocket Science. Don’t worry – I am sure the answer isn’t too hard.

You might need somebody to fight a liar under you, or you’ll be earning the midnight boil.

The puzzle Migration Pattern has now been out for a week. If you need some help, check the bottom of this post.

The new puzzle for this week is Word Botching. Unlike last week, this puzzle isn’t actually for the birds.

The seventeen names in this word search form a chain from EAGLE to SWAN.

The puzzle Crossover has now been out for a week. If you need some help, check the bottom of this post.

The new November-December metapuzzle is Bravo, Charlie! You’ll need the previous eight puzzles to solve this one.

Each of this puzzle’s two themes has six entries associated with it. I suggest marking these answers on the crossword grid to reveal the crossover.

The puzzle Turn the Runt has now been out for a week. If you need some help, check the bottom of this post.

The new puzzle for this week is Crossover. Everybody loves a good Christmas Crossover!

My team mate thinks this month’s meta is tame.

The puzzle EZ Money has now been out for a week. If you need some help, check the bottom of this post.

The new puzzle for this week is Turn the Runt. Can you find what links all these answers?

Every clue leads to an answer which begins with two letters, like EZ Money. The solution to the puzzle is the name of a children’s television show.

The puzzle Combo Platter has now been out for a week. If you need some help, check the bottom of this post.

The new puzzle for this week is EZ Money. Can you find what links all these answers?

The hardest pairing to get is SANDOZ and CIBA-GEIGY, which merged in 1996. Fortunately, the resulting letter does not appear in the answer to the puzzle.

The puzzle Quotable has now been out for a week. If you need some help, check the bottom of this post.

The new puzzle for this week is Combo Platter. There is quite a variety of difficulties featured here. I suggest solving as many lines as possible, and then finding the solution.

The numbers under the lines match with the numbers in the boxes so you can move back and forth while solving. The first letters of the answers tell you what you need.