Puzzles

6 Spiny succulent? CAC-TUS!! :cactus:

15 is likely O-THEL-LO. And I think 3 is I-BE-RI-A.

8 DE - COR
14 EC - O - NOM - I - CAL

There was only one clue left, #11, so I went ahead and answered it myself. It was “Naples”.

Phil Condit - “None of us is as smart as all of us.” What an appropriate comment for this thread! Great job by everyone!

I’ll do another puzzle in a bit, but if anyone else has a puzzle, feel free to jump in!

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Here’s another favorite of mine, Anagram Magic Square.

7 SLIDE - 4th row, 1st column.
8 RINSE - 4th row, 5th column

21 ELMER - 4th row, 3rd column
23 IDEAL - 3rd row, 4th column

Also: for anyone who liked the previous puzzle, I’m fairly fond of 7 Little Words on Android (and probably iOS but I’ve got no actual clue). It doesn’t do the “everything makes an acrostic at the end” thing, and it doesn’t break neatly into syllables just 2-4 letter chunks, but it plays pretty similarly.

The base free pack and the also free dailies provide a pretty solid amount of stuff, and that’s all I’ve gone with, but there’s microtransaction packs if that’s your thing. Sunday daily is always themed which is kinda neat!

Yeah, 7 Little Words is on IOS as well.

Anyways,
9 OWLET-4th row, 2nd column
13 NOISE-1st row, 5th column
16 HASTE-3rd row, 1st column

17 ELVER - row 4, column 2
22 LARGE - row 2, column 5

25 EARLY - Second row, second column. 2x2!

2 HENRI- second row, fourth column
10 UMBRA- second row, third column
19 OCEAN- middle square

24 FLARE - Fifth Row, First Column
20 RASPY - Fourth Row, Fourth Column

6 SHARE second row, first column
which forces
12 ITEMS first row, first column

15 TUTOR first row, fourth column
which forces
5 TREES fifth row fourth column
which forces
18 MEDIA fifth row fifth column
which forces…

it’s sort of fun to do the rest so I’ll stop there, here is where it’s at so far i think

11 TRINE - First Row, Second Column
4 LAPSE - Third Row, Fifth Column

Which forces:
14 EXITS - First Row, Third Column
and…well I’ll let someone else finish off the last one, don’t wanna hog it

That’s cool to know, thanks! I’ll have to check that out.

Anyway, I’ll take the honors and finish off Row 3, Column 2. Exalt, #3.

However, #5 seems to be wrong based on the phrase. It should start with an E. What could it be…

…ah, right! Ester!

…You’ll quickly learn that the designers of these puzzles love specific obscure words and will reuse these words with reckless abandon. At any rate…

“The less routine, the more life.” Great work, everyone!

I’ll pop up another puzzle in a bit.

Next one we’ll do is Places, Please.

This one’s kinda automatic if you know how they work, but I assume most of you don’t. I still like them though.

Good luck!

3 ANT is diagonal down-right.
3 AGORA is diagonal down-left.
5 ERR is right, because it’s already spelled out.
3 ADRENALINE is left. Won’t fit downwards - 13 doesn’t like it.
6 RONDO is up-right.

…probably.

6 RENEGE is left
9 MARTINI is up
1 GRANDCHILD is right

Two problems with this puzzle that I didn’t realize until after I posted it.

  1. This type of puzzle doesn’t really work as a collaboration since the process of solving the puzzle is rather linear.
  2. It requires constant updating of the puzzle to help solvers visualize the possible solutions better.

Therefore, I’m going to mulligan and choose a new puzzle. Next one is soon…

This one should work better. It’s called Word Games Puzzle. It’s pretty difficult for me solo, so hopefully it should go better as a team!

Good luck!