Games World of Puzzles October 2022

In this October issue of GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES, you’ll find plenty of tricks and treats. Tricks, of course, because what fun is a puzzle magazine without them? So, instead, let’s focus on the treats that are in store for you in these pages. First, take a look at the cover puzzle, Erich Friedman’s “Emoji TV Shows.” Lighthearted and not too challenging, it’s a perfect game to play with friends, family, or anyone else! We also have an assortment of Halloween-related offerings. Maybe you’ll start with Annie Fillenwarth’s “Call Our Bluff: Halloween Edition” (page 34). It presents you with a dozen blurbs on various Halloween traditions. Your challenge is to pick out the three that are fabricated. Give it a try! Next, turn to Raymond Simon’s “Hollywood Horror!” (page 40). This multiple-choice quiz…

Each answer in this crossword variation has two clues leading to it, using different meanings of the word. The clues are separated into Across and Down, but are otherwise ordered randomly. When you find two Across or two Down clues that seem to have the same answer, add up their clue numbers to determine the place in the grid at which the answer should be entered. For example, if the clue for 1-Across were “Metallic element” and the clue for 17-Across read “Starring role,” the answer would be LEAD, which would go in 18-Across (1 + 17). Tags such as “Hyph.” and “2 wds.” have been omitted. ANSWER, PAGE 70 ACROSS 1 Butcher shop purchase 2 Light shower 3 Tells, as a story 4 Explanatory map tables 5 The Maltese Falcon star 6 Colorful, noisy backyard bird 7 Footwear brand…

There is one place for each letter of the alphabet in the 26 empty squares of each blank column in the diagram below. Fill in each letter so that a word of at least five letters is formed reading across only. Not all of the letters to the left and right of the empty box are used; it’s up to you to determine which ones are needed to complete familiar words. Some letters may fit in more than one of the empty squares to complete words, but we only came up with one arrangement that would complete a word in each row. Proper names are not allowed. ANSWER, PAGE 71 52-SKIDDOO…

Inspired by Jerry “The Juggernaut” Vallejo’s nearly successful run for president, three other professional wrestlers are attempting to launch their own political careers. Each man has announced intended candidacy in a different state (including Texas), in each case, for a different office. Link each man’s first name to his nickname (including “The Jarhead”) and surname, and determine the state in which he is running and the office he seeks to attain. ANSWER, PAGE 71 1. Mr. Pratt isn’t nicknamed “The Banshee.” 2. The three men are: Arlo, Mr. Mackenzie, and the man who is running for senator. 3. Wally, who is campaigning in Idaho, isn’t nicknamed “The Banshee.” 4. The candidate in Vermont (who isn’t Norman) isn’t running for governor. 5. The three men are: Mr. Friedburg, the man who is nicknamed “The Anvil,” and the…

Whoever loves to solve anagrams will find this puzzle a snap. Each of the illustrations below is a “Pairagram,” which can be described by two words containing the same letters in different order. For example, the example represents a NORSE SNORE. The lengths of the answers are indicated by the number of dashes. How many of the other Pairagrams can you get? ANSWERS, PAGE 72 EXAMPLE PAIRAGRAMS 1. Steno notes 2. Hiker’s shriek 3. Serpent present 4. Garden danger 5. Nameless salesmen 6. Trout tutor 7. Solemn lemons 8. Goats’ togas 9. Amused Medusa 10. Noiseless lionesses…

To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical column—not necessarily in the order in which they appear—into the empty squares below them to spell a quotation reading from left to right, line by line. Words may continue from one line to the next; black squares indicate ends of words. The author of each quote is given above its grid. ANSWERS, PAGE 71 1.GEORGE BERNARD SHAW 2. MARTHA NUSSBAUM 3. MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN QUOTE BOXES 1. A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bones. —George Bernard Shaw 2. Knowledge is not a guarantee of good political behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior. —Martha Nussbaum 3. It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we…