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Secret Circle Decoder Ring
■ · By Nick · Published 2023-08-16T18:39:46.859Z
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Try to figure out the secret code in the shaded boxes using the rest of the clues for assistance. Hopefully it's nothing crummy!
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- For those who might not get the reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdA__2tKoIU
- a crummy commercial?!
- merlinnimue 🤓5:37 · 2023-08-16T23:27:26.549ZQE PESBPXWhere do we mail in for our decoder rings?
- I don't even know why I know that reference. Also, I spotted a couple of typos - 7a7ALight-ish boxing (Q H L Y)[----] should be QHLY and 19a19A"Hulk" director Lee (L O K)[---] should be LOK.
- Love this!
- Oh that made me smile - I usually forget about that movie until it airs for 24 hours straight on TBS.
- Anonym00se 🤓7:07 · 2023-08-17T13:45:38.116Zas someone who has not heard of the referenced scene, this was still a fun one to wrap my head around! UBPP CEOB :)
- Sendhil Revuluri 🤓2:34 · 2023-08-17T18:13:58.201ZFun and innovative! (But now I'm thinking about that bizarre leg lamp again.)
- I definitely did not have to poke my eye out on this one. Really liked the cluing on 20A20AWarranty on a new purchase or a cup of soup before a meal, for instance (L C C E O)[-----], 35A35AUnit of measurement in a famous Verne novel title (P B L K Z B)[------], 5D5DDisobeyed the law of the Mafia[------], 7D7DHigh voice, or a fictional Tony with a connection to the group in 5D[-------], and 21D21DWhat the world is when you have a lot of options and opportunities, proverbially[------].
- mimka 🤓12:40 · 2023-08-30T04:35:32.039ZInteresting concept, it takes you around the grid in a novel way! It would be fun to employ the decoder ring approach in a puzzle with fewer and harder clues, so that the solver needs to move back and forth between the two different types of reasoning more intensely
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Across
- 1AI B Q Z Y B
- 7ALight-ish boxing (Q H L Y)
- 11AAndean animals (P P L F L Q)
- 12ACommon Russian name (E P K L)
- 13AFiduciary agreements (R Y Z Q R Q)
- 14AInjury byproduct (H L M O)
- 15AJunior, often (Q E O)
- 16AR E C Y M O N
- 17AHarvard rival (X L P B)
- 19A"Hulk" director Lee (L O K)
- 20AWarranty on a new purchase or a cup of soup before a meal, for instance (L C C E O)
- 22AOnetime AOL rival (F Q O)
- 24AX E Z Y
- 27ATom Cruise action flick and its sequel, collectively (R E H K Z O Q)
- 29APut in stitches (Q B U)
- 31AE S L P
- 32AFasten (L R R L J D)
- 34AR M O B
- 35AUnit of measurement in a famous Verne novel title (P B L K Z B)
- 36AArousing (Q B W X)
- 37ACirculatory system vessel (L Y R B Y X)
Down
- 1DSimple diner sandwiches
- 2DGeorge Jetson's boy
- 3DSteam room
- 4DVerbal stutters
- 5DDisobeyed the law of the Mafia
- 6DCanadian gas brand
- 7DHigh voice, or a fictional Tony with a connection to the group in 5D5DDisobeyed the law of the Mafia[------]
- 8DPopular bagel flavor
- 9DGrowing old
- 10DMilitary position
- 18DCIA headquarters
- 21DWhat the world is when you have a lot of options and opportunities, proverbially
- 22D"Hulk," for example
- 23DShapewear brand
- 25DElectricity or gas bill calculation
- 26DContinue to happen
- 27DFries alternative
- 28DSimba's mate
- 30DLittle Miss Muffet meal, along with curds
- 33DSylvester, to Tweety
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