Chro’math’tic Portmanteaus & Puns (#7)
◆◆ · By John S · Published 2024-08-29T15:56:46.417Z
Meta Prompt
Can you do color math & figure out the anagrams? See Puzzle #1 blog post by clicking the colormath^ tag for a full explanation of the series. Big thanks to @Womble for helping me revive this series!
This puzzle has 4 meta prompts, and each has only 1 valid solution. Any of the 4 solutions will work on their own; however, see if you can get all 4! To guess more than one, please separate your answers with a comma and submit them in order (i.e. solution to Meta 1, Meta 2, etc.) You are able to skip some if you don’t want to guess all 4, but want to guess 1 & 3 for example: “Meta 1 Solution, Meta 3 Solution.” Just don’t submit Meta 3 before Meta 1, in this example.
Meta Prompt 1: What MTV show do 3A, 13A, and 23A have in common?
Meta Prompt 2: Anagram 1 + Anagram 4 = anagram for a word meaning “social environment”
Meta Prompt 3: Anagram 2 + Anagram 3 = anagram for a word meaning “adrenaline rush”
Meta Prompt 4: Solve an anagram using only the circled letters; the clue is: “a way of describing the assembly of both theme answers in this puzzle” (2 wds.)
Good luck!
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Theme Answer 1: Black + White (+ shiny Ag pigment) + “the green Hogwarts house founder” (2 wds.)
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- 3AMusic to a comedian's ears
- 5AAnagram 1: With 4D, an anagram for “mod or nod suffix”
- 6ABenefits dept. for ex-military servicemen (abbr.)
- 7A"Eureka!" and anagram of 7D
- 8ASurname of the first emperor of China’s Song Dynasty (r. 960-976)
- 9AProfessor’s classroom helper (abbr.)
- 10AThis answer is a palindrome
- 11AAnagram 2: With 12D, an anagram for London’s Heathrow Airport code
- 13A______ Kutcher (actor)
- 15AAnagram 3: With 14D, an anagram for “___ death do us part.”
- 16A"Slippery" tree or Freddy’s street, and anagram of 17D
- 18APrefix for “twice; two-; or double”
- 19AAction word (part of speech)
- 20AThis answer is a palindrome
- 21AWith Anagram 4, an anagram for Roman number 1053, or actor Jet __
- 22AAnagram 4: With 22D, an anagram for Roman number “1002”
- 23AStirring up or provoking (like 13A might do to an unsuspecting friend, perhaps?) or, “Stop ______ each other up!” (parent’s request to their kids, perhaps)
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- 1DTheme Answer 1: Black + White (+ shiny Ag pigment) + “the green Hogwarts house founder” (2 wds.)
- 2DTheme Answer 2: Yellow + Brown + hint of Red (+ shiny Au pigment) + “group of several Spider-Man enemies with the same alias and known for their use of pumpkin bombs” (2 wds.)
- 4DAnagram 1: With 5A, an anagram for “mod or nod suffix”
- 7D7A’s anagram; relaxation sound
- 12DAnagram 2: With 11A, an anagram for London’s Heathrow Airport code
- 14DAnagram 3: With 15A, an anagram for “___ death do us part.”
- 17D16A’s anagram; ___ Gibson (Actor / Director)
- 22DAnagram 4: With 22A, an anagram for Roman number