[Hint] Letterfall

Letterfall has been out for a week now. Check the hint below if you are struggling.

Once you finish with that, check out the new puzzle, Balanced Budget. Can you figure out how to calculate the costs of each expenditure?

Drop one letter and scramble the rest as you move down the grid. A version of the puzzle which includes the lengths of the answers is available here.

[Hint] Holiday Hijinks

Holiday Hijinks has been out for a week now. Check the hint below if you are struggling.

Once you finish with that, check out the new puzzle, Letterfall. The letters, they are a-droppin’.

Each of the described holidays is one letter off from a real holiday. Those changes will be important in finding your answer.

[Hint] Words and More Words

Words and More Words has been out for a week now. Check the hint below if you are struggling.

Once you finish with that, check out the new puzzle, Holiday Hijinks. Can you identify these newly-coined holidays?

Each of the answers is one word, not a phrase. The lengths are as follows:

  • Place to buy literature (9)
  • Golden anniversary (8)
  • A puppet with strings (10)
  • Greeted a commanding officer (7)
  • Went acidic, as old milk (6)
  • Responsible management of resources (11)

[Hint] Ultimate Battle

Ultimate Battle has been out for a week now. It requires some esoteric knowledge or, more likely, some skill with internet searches. Check out the hint below if you are struggling.

Once you finish with that, check out the new puzzle, Words and More Words. Find the words, and then use them to find more words!

If you search for the names of the objects featured in the pictures, you will find an advanced (and ridiculous) version of Rock, Paper, Scissors. You will need to find the verbs describing the outcomes of each battle.

[Hint] Glitchygram

The puzzle Glitchygram has been out for a week now. If you’re struggling, check out the hint below.

Once you have that answer, check out the Star-Crossed Meta. Your eight previous answers from March and April will have you seeing stars.

This is a nonogram puzzle, but many of the numbers have been glitched out. However, each glitched hint still represents a single group of at least one black cell. Try starting with columns six and fourteen and rows three and eight to get some black squares on the board.

The seven glitchy 2×3 regions in the grid will each hold an encoded letter when the puzzle is shaded correctly.

[Hint] Dot Matrix

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.

[Hint] Honeycomb

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.