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This clue reminded me that a year ago when we saw THE BEE'S KNEES as an answer in a freestyle puzzle, I investigated whether bee's have knees. They do. They do. Since bees are insects and have six ...
ATLAS (19A: Book of maps) An appropriate answer to find in a grid with three geographical references in the puzzle's first six answers! IAN (36A: Actor McKellen) Sir IAN McKellen has been acting ...
Since this has to be UP, letter 16 is a U, which can be filled into the appropriate clue answer in the list of clues. Likewise, a three-letter word starting with A could be and, any, all, or even a proper name like Ann. One might need more clue answers before daring to guess which it could be.
The number of words in the answer is not given in the clue—so a one-word clue can have a multiple-word answer. [28] The theme, if any, will be applied consistently throughout the puzzle; e.g., if one of the theme entries is a particular variety of pun, all the theme entries will be of that type. [9] Theme answers will tend to be the longest ...
In a compilation metapuzzle, the answers to puzzles unite as components used to solve a final puzzle. This form of puzzle is particularly inclined towards backsolving, where some of the component puzzle answers are used to solve the final metapuzzle, and the metapuzzle's solution is used to solve the remaining component puzzles. [1]
As this clue informs us, that sesame seed bun has three parts. ELEANOR (39D: Roosevelt played by Gillian Anderson on "The First Lady") The First Lady is a Showtime TV series that depicts the lives ...
Groups of puzzles in a puzzle hunt are often connected by a metapuzzle, which is a puzzle based on combining or comparing the answers of other ("feeder") puzzles. For some metapuzzles (sometimes called "shell" metapuzzles), the answers to the feeder puzzles must be incorporated into a puzzle structure that is separately provided to solvers; for ...