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Each of the clues leads to a five-letter answer. These answers are:

• 1) CAUSE
• 2) EAGLE
• 3) PURSE
• 4) BINGO
• 5) LUNGS
• 6) BUICK
• 7) GAMER
• 8) COBRA
• 9) FORCE
• 10) FJORD
• 11) COMMA
• 12) JIFFY
• 13) GLAND
• 14) DAFFY
• 15) ALONE
• 16) OBEYS
• A) PERIL
• B) CAIR0
• C) CLUED
• D) LILAC
• E) ROMEO
• F) CURLY
• G) POLKA
• H) PAUSE

Each of these answers fit into the grid with its five letters in the five cells surrounding its clue letter or number:

There is a bit of ambiguity around the outside, which is not necessary to resolve in order to solve the puzzle. However, it can also be resolved by discovering that the outer letters, read top-to-bottom and left-to-right, spell out the clue phrase USE UNNUMBERED MIDDLES. This tells us to read the eight lettered (unnumbered) middle squares of the words, which spell out (again in top-to-bottom, left-to-right order, which is also in alphabetical order) the answer PADLOCKS.

Each of the squares must be rotated until all the tubes form a single connected network with no tubes ending randomly at the end of a cell. The completed map looks like this:

The pipes within the white region look like the letters PIPE WRENCH, the answer to this puzzle.

Each of these creatures is a blend of two different pokémon: CETITAN and FALINKS, CONKELDURR and HOUNDSTONE, HITMONLEE and METAGROSS, HOOTHOOT and PARASECT, and MUDKIP and PIDGEY. After identifying the pokémon, the key to solving this puzzle is noticing that each pair of pokémon have names that are the same length.

Each pair of pokémon also share exactly one letter which is in the same position for both (i.e., both CETITAN and FALINKS have an I in the fourth position). The pairs of pokémon are also all different lengths, one set each for lengths from six up to ten letters. Ordering the matching letters by length of the pokémon names give the answer DITTO.

• MUDKIP/PIDGEY (6 letters) – D
• CETITAN/FALINKS (7 letters) – I
• HOOTHOOT/PARASECT (8 letters) – T
• HITMONLEE/METAGROSS (9 letters) – T
• CONKELDURR/HOUNDSTONE (10 letters) – O

Solvers are given relatively simple clues for lists of words, given in alphabetical order by answer. The complete word list is:

• EDEN
• HEEL
• HEIR
• HOOF
• OAHU
• ROOM
• AMBER
• CHARM
• CHART
• DEBUG
• DOUBT
• DREAM
• HELEN
• HOMES
• IGLOO
• ILIAD
• IVORY
• OMAHA
• OMEGA
• ORANG
• REELS
• REIGN
• SLEEP
• TITLE
• BOLERO
• DURIAN
• FAMILY
• FIDGET
• HAIRDO
• METRIC
• WICKED
• BROTHER
• EMPTIER
• TORNADO
• CASHMERE
• ELEPHANT
• HABANERO
• INCREASE

These answers fit into the grid exactly one way:

As directed by the flavor text, the letters on the two main diagonals, read top to bottom, spell out the answer CLIMBING FRAMES.

In these diagramless crosswords, the black squares and numbers are not given in the grid and have to be determined based on the answers and how they can fit together. The completed grids look like this:

Once the grids are complete, the white squares in each grid make the shape of a letter. In order, these letters spell out the answer REPROGRAM.

This is a normal crossword, except that three of the entries (8-Across, 23-Across, and 15-Down) are unclued. The completed grid looks like this:

In clue order, the three unclued entries make the phrase FEAR TOWARD THIRTEEN. This is a clue for the answer, TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. One extra nod to this is that the grid for this puzzle is 13×13.

This puzzle type is known alternatively as nonogram and picross. Each row or column heading tells the size in order of each of the connected stretches of black cells in that row or column. This one has a relatively straightforward solving path, beginning by using the longest clues to figure out which cells must be black, and using those cells to figure out which cells in the crossing rows must be white, continuing from there.

As suggested by the title of the puzzle, the completed grid looks like a map of a country, and a little research will reveal that this country is PANAMA.

Each of the clues leads to an answer that is a compound word, clued in alphabetical order. When the compound words are split into their two component words, they each fit into exactly one of the given grids:

The intersection letters, taken in grid order spell out the answer TURBOCHARGE.

This word search consists entirely of variations of the name Elizabeth – both shortened versions and foreign analogues. In alphabetical order, the hidden names are:

• Betsy
• Eliza
• Ellie
• Elsa
• Elsie
• Elspeth
• Ilsa
• Libby
• Liesl
• Lilibet
• Liz
• Liza
• Lizzy

The completed grid looks like this:

The highlighted words connect to each other to form letters, spelling out the solution, BETH.