Games World of Puzzles February 2025

Please keep the submissions coming! Letters to the editorial staff may be snail-mailed to: GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES, Attn: Letters/Laundry/Eureka, P.O. Box 184, Fort Washington, PA 19034. They may also be emailed to games@kappapublishing.com.—Eds. I’D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE (October, page 20) I absolutely loved this puzzle. Please ask Mr. Kreisman to make some more. (Just rereading the clues before I wrote this gave me a big smile.) Wendy Price Via email Great news, Wendy: Mr. Kreisman has granted your request! On page 28 of this issue you’ll find another “I’d Like to Solve the Puzzle,” this time with a 15×15 grid and a Disney theme. Enjoy!—Eds. LOGIC CROSSWORD (December, page 24) Big thumbs up for the Logic Crossword in your December 2024 issue. The best logic puzzle I’ve…

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 75 ACROSS 1. Shaped like a pipe 2. Race car driver’s concern 3. Microsoft spreadsheet program 4. Like an eyesore 5.…

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 70…

While not three-dimensional chess, this word search is a triple threat! There are three tiers to this word search and 20 sets of words to discover. Each set starts with a 5-letter word that can be found in the top grid. Next, a letter will be added to the first word and scrambled to make a 6-letter word that will be found in the middle grid. Then one more letter is added to the second word and scrambled to make a 7-letter word that will be found in the bottom grid. Then take all the letters added to Tier 2 and unscramble them to make a short phrase that includes the word “three.” Next do the same with the letters added to Tier 3 to make another short phrase that…

ACROSS 1 Money or good looks, say 6 Spits rhymes 10 “The Elder” of old Rome 14 LeBron or Bronny 15 Baldwin who voiced Boss Baby 16 Surrounded by 17 Nimble 18 Smidgen 19 Quick snack 20 __ Simeon (Hearst estate) 21 That perfect man: 2 wds. 24 Steak type: Hyph. 26 Paddled vessels 27 “Hear ye” hollerers 29 Appear to be 31 Big trucks 32 Austin Powers’s nemesis Dr. __ 34 “One Note __” (Jobim tune) 39 Post-workout feeling 40 Fainthearted 42 Midnight’s opposite 43 The Impossible actress Naomi 45 Schnozz 46 Medal metal 47 Unlocked 49 More than enough 51 Drill sergeant’s order: 2 wds. 55 In any way: 2 wds. 56 Time for TV football: 2 wds. 59 “__ Believer” (Monkees hit): 2 wds. 62 Poker stake 63…

You don’t need to be Gustave Flaubert to solve this puzzle. Simply use the crossword-style clues below to identify words including the letter sequence M-O-T, like MOTORCYCLE or BEHEMOTH. As a solving hint, answers are ordered by length. That’s all the motivation you need! ANSWER, PAGE 72 1. Closet pest 2. Chew the scenery, so to speak 3. Roadside stopover 4. “E Pluribus Unum” or “In God We Trust” 5. Burrow-dwelling rodent 6. Haphazardly mixed, as colors 7. Oft-misplaced TV necessity 8. Extinct, hairy herbivore 9. Raise in rank 10. Citrus fruit used to flavor tea 11. :-D or >:< 12. Hubbub 13. Stock-still 14. Nonstop talker…