Puzzler Page – Issue 44

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Puzzler Page – Issue 44

by Garrick Stubblefield

Hello all and Happy New Year. I hope you all had fun last year with the puzzles I did for you and the chronicle. It has been a very good experience for me to do them because if you remember that all these puzzles are coming from my head. I’m excited to introduce you to a couple of new ones. I will continue to put you in the thinking mode. If you’re interested in getting a whole series of them please contact me by phone and leave a message. My number is 2692560547. My proceeds go as follows: 40% goes to the chronicle 40% goes to our local veterans and 20% goes to offset the supply cost. 1-$1.50 / 3-$4 / 6-$7.50 / 12-$10. Also if you can text me at this number and give me your feedback. I will continue to make these puzzles for you to enjoy. Thank you for the support.

Puzzler Page

PUZZLE 1 – REDUCING THE WORD
  • Instructions:
    • You’ll be given a 3, 4, 5, or 6 letter word.
    • The object of the puzzle is to remove one letter each step, making a new word each time.
    • After a letter is removed you cannot reuse it.
    • Abbreviations do count. As in the English dictionary, there are 2 letter words that count, such as PI, AR, KA, KI, ER; however acronyms do not count.
    • You may rearrange the letters each step to create your new word.
  • Words:
  • 6 Letter –
    • FRIEND
  • 5 Letter –
    • PAGER
  • 4 Letter –
    • WARD
  • 3 Letter –
    • ARM

As this puzzle could have many answers, you can email your possible answers to Garrick at garrickstubblefield@gmail.com. He will check and respond as quickly as he can. One possible set of answers is on Page 2 – Puzzles Answer Page.

PUZZLE 2 – KNOWING YOUR STATES AND CAPITALS
  • Instructions:
    • Riddles below are clues to State or Capital names.
  • Clues:
    • STATES:
      • This State borders 8 other States.
    • CAPITALS:
      • This Capital can claim “Busiest Airport in the South”.
PUZZLE 3 – CRACK THE CODE
  • Instructions:
    • Beginning with a given three digit number, you will follow along each step and end with a different three digit number as your answer.
  • Code:

852

  1. CHANGE THE 8 TO A 3;
  2. CHANGE THE 5 TO A 1;
  3. CHANGE THE 2 TO A 7;
  4. THE FINAL 3 DIGIT CODE IS: The Date we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
PUZZLE 4 – WORDS IN A QUOTE
  • Instructions:
    • See if you can find the 4-letter words I found:
      • 3-4 you’re doing good
      • 5-6 catching up to me
      • 7-more fantastic
  • Quote:
    • CAN I GET A LITTLE RESPECT AROUND HERE

3-Letter Words:

PUZZLE 5 – WORD WITHIN A QUOTE WITH CLUES
  • Quote:
    • THE GODFATHER
  • Clues:
  1. Not your MOTHER, but your ______.
  2. A type of ANIMAL is in here.
  3. When a group of people COME TOGETHER.
  4. There is a single NUMBER in here.
  5. This BUILDING houses a lot of movies.
PUZZLE 6 – ANAGRAM WORDS
  • Instructions:
    • Simply rearrange the provided word to make another word.
      • Examples: car ~ arc, rate ~ tear
  • Clues:
    • DAM ~ _ _ _
    • LATE ~ _ _ _ _
    • MEATS ~ _ _ _ _ _
    • RENTER ~ _ _ _ _ _ _
    • COUNTER ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
PUZZLE 7 – ANIMAL COLLECTIONS
  • Instructions:
    • Do you know the collective noun for each animal when its in a group?
      • Examples: PRIDE of lions, GAGGLE of geese
  • Clues:
    • SHREWDNESS of APES
    • C of BADGERS
    • C Y of BATS
PUZZLE 8 – BOXGRAM
  • Instructions:
    • Fill the shaded boxes to complete all the answers that go with the clue.
    • We’ve given you the beginning letters of each answer.
  • Clue: THINGS YOU SEE IN A CLASSROOM. (find 6 words)
Boxgram Puzzle – Issue 44

Thank you for playing along with our puzzles in this issue!

Follow to Page 2 next for all the Answers!

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