Witches, Werewolves & Wings: Puzzles #273
Updated: Oct 30, 2023
Crossword
by Ella Bernard
Down
1. Answer to “when are pres?”, maybe
2. 70s actress Farrah, famous for her hair
3. Main character in Harry Potter franchise
4. Chinese soup
5. It comes in ginger and pale varieties
6. Be contingent upon
7. The it-girl of sugar free soda
8. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Group
9. St A in 1413
10. With sense, absolute rubbish!
13. Upper two chambers of the heart
14. Abbreviation when paired with football means definitely not rugby!
15. Louisiana swamplands
19. Jelly counterpart
20. To be, for one
25. Abbreviation for spanish, in spanish
26. Casually box
28. Fictional city of gold
29. Trendy tinned eats
30. Mumble of confusion
33. Relating to dark blue
34. Paul Rudd is THIS man
35. Can be heard
37. Oktoberfest vessels
39. Number based puzzle not found on this page
40. Late night fare
41. Measurement for resistance (in volts)
43. Greek life garb
44. What came before BCE
45. Word with locker, board, or chat
46. Shreds some frozen H2O
Across
3. 1954 film featuring a wheelchair, binoculars, and murder
9. Looming sicilian figure
11. Stare at rudely
12. Winged figure in winter
14. Poster boy for honesty
16. Tinge or tint with color
17. What the cat and the hat might have done in a chair
18. The A&E to Americans
19. 1960 film featuring a knife, a wig, and a creepy motel
20. 1958 film featuring fear of heights, a detective, and spinning
21. Extended ghost noise
22. toodeloo, briefly
23. Penultimate letter of the greek alphabet
24. green garden veggies, for short
27. "In media _____"
31. Clairvoyance, abbreviated
32. Extort under threat of releasing compromising evidence
36. Cabernet descriptor
38. Russian Federation Predecessor
40. Pitbull wants you to picture him with one
41. Extra minutes in a match
42. It “Goes Bragh” in March
43. 1963 film featuring gulls, sparrows, and crows
47. Spanish loo
48. Heroes in print
49. Suffix with lemon or lime
50. Hiddleston’s marvel feature
51. What MIT and Harvard students are, at least for 4 years
52. Feathery giants down under
Anagrams: Board Games
EKHRCCES
OLONPMOY
RASBELCB
SHCES
AZTEYEH
ULCE
QCUENEES
DYLNADCNA
BHTLAPSTIE
IIOCNYPATR
SPOEUARTM
OETLOHL
Word Search
Vampire
Bat
Pumpkin
Fang
Ghoul
Witch
Candle
Ghost
Trick
Treat
Zombie
Goblin
Tomb
Werewolf
Spook
Howl
Wicked
Crow
Fright
Magic
Caesar Cipher
The Caesar Cipher is a rudimentary method of cryptology where each letter is replaced with another letter a few spaces down in the alphabet. For example, a = b, b = c, etc. Figure out the cryptic pattern here to decipher the quote!
“Juahrk, juahrk zuor gtj zxuahrk; loxk haxt gtj igarjxut hahhrk.”
Hint: Three witches chant these words in predicting the future of this tragic prince.
Stepdown
Use the hints below to fill in the blanks below. Then, figure out what the last word is using the letters from the pyramid!
Letter for snake sound
"Is"
___ the table
Something we all need after deadlines
To set again
"Road" synonym
Connections
by Ella Bernard
Find four groups of four words that share a common theme!
Foot | Pound | Coin | News |
Create | Bill | Conceive | Trust |
Note | Meter | Sea | Gram |
Second | Wing | Head | Invent |
ISSUE #272 ANSWERS:
Crossword
Anagrams: Mythical Creatures
Selkie
Minotaur
Basilisk
Chupacabra
Manticore
Jackalope
Phoenix
Aqrabuamelu
Pegasus
Redcap
Cerberus
Caesar Cipher
“I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night.” Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire (1976)
Key: a = d, b = e etc.
Stepdown
A
As
Spa
Peas
Spear
Papers
Appears
Connections
Spreads: Philadelphia, Jam, Butter, Marmite
70s Rock Bands: Chicago, Eagles, Queen, Kiss
Parts of Games: Jacks, Chips, Cards, Dice
Mythical Creatures: Phoenix, Pixie, Dragon, Sphinx
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