Puzzles

Hocus-Focus

Hocus-Focus by Henry Boltinoff

Find at least six differences in details between panels.

Differences: 1. Nose is smaller. 2. Collar is added. 3. Tie is shorter. 4. Sleeve is shorter. 5. Mouth is different. 6. Fingers are showing on edge of jury box.

Jumble: That scrambled word game by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

YITWT

VERRI

KMAERB

EPNXED

Great job using decimals with the odd numbers. Thanks, but they’re not my favorite.

Jumble

THE MATH WHIZ LIKED ODD NUMBERS BUT THOUGHT THOSE DIVISIBLE BY TWO WERE ---

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

Answer here: (Answers tomorrow)

Yesterday’s Jumbles: DICEY FROZE BOGGLE SPIRAL Answer: When the herding dog rented a room, he became a — “BOARDER” COLLIE

Cryptoquote by Derek Bowman

One letter stands for another. Single letters, apostrophes, the patterns and length of words are all clues. The code is different for each quote.

P YZWUUI VYPZR VQ HQKDG QE BIGZUH WER NLWV P EZZRZR. P VQQO NWUOG, P YZWR SQQOG ... P NYQVZ PE BI AQDYEWU WER HQDER GPBCUZ BQBZEVG VQ SZ FDPZV. - AQYI AQLE

Previous cryptoquote: THE ABILITY OF WRITERS TO IMAGINE WHAT IS NOT THE SELF, TO FAMILIARIZE THE STRANGE AND MYSTIFY THE FAMILIAR, IS THE TEST OF THEIR POWER. - TONI MORRISON

Build-A-Word by Derek Bowman

Find as many three or more letter words as you can from the word shown below. Each letter may be used only once. MB = Master Builder; WS = Wordsmith

Cryptoquote

Today’s word: JOURNEYMEN - MB = 59 words; WS = 42

Previous Solution – FAMILIAR

AIL FIR AFAR FILM LIRA MAFIA

AIM LAM ARIA FIRM MAIL AIRMAIL

AIR MAR ARIL LAIR RAIL

ARF MIL FAIL LAMA ALARM

ARM RAM FAIR LIAR FLAIR

FAR RIM FARM LIMA FRAIL