Puzzles

Hocus-Focus

Hocus-Focus Differences: 1. Foot is moved. 2. Car is moved. 3. Sign is lower. 4. Woman's left hand is not showing. 5. House is not as wide. 6. Window in door is lower.

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.

ODBOR EZIPR ERYLFE LBKUCE

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

Print your answer here: “ ”

(Answers tomorrow) Saturday’s Answers: Jumbles: QUEST PILOT POLLEN LEGACY Answer: The fashion designer retired while still highly successful, so she could — GO OUT IN STYLE

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.

L K S B V Q H B X H Q H Q X I , X S W

Jumble

Y P K B V B X H Q H Q X I V K K .

V P Q D I J E Q J S B J W Q M B , X S W

B K L Q V J L Q B , V P Q D C J S . -

C H J V Q H B V Q N P Q S U J S Y

Previous cryptoquote: FOR THERE IS ALWAYS LIGHT. IF ONLY WE’RE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SEE IT. IF ONLY WE’RE BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE IT. - AMERICAN POET AND ACTIVIST AMANDA GORMAN

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

Today’s word: KINGPINS - MB = 44 words; WS = 32 Previous Solution – BRAVELY

ALE | LAB | ABLY | LEVY | VERB | BRAVE ARE | LAY | AVER | LYRE | VERY | EARLY AYE | LEA | BALE | RALE | YEAR | LAYER BAR | LYE | BARE | RAVE | ABLER | RAVEL BAY | RAY | BEAR | REAL | BALER | RELAY BRA | REV | BEVY | RELY | BELAY | BARELY BYE | RYE | BRAY | VALE | BERYL | BARLEY EAR | YEA | EARL | VARY | BLARE | BLEARY ERA | ABLE | LAVE | VEAL | BLEAR | VERBAL