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Chro’math’tic Portmanteaus & Puns (#3)

· By John S · Published 2024-08-16T01:20:30.102Z

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.
This puzzle’s meta requires you to solve an anagram using only the circled letters.
Meta Prompt: “Napoleon’s curtain call”
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  • kurtalert 🤓2:21 · 2024-08-16T14:25:26.115Z
    I understand these a lot better now, thank you for the clarification :-)
    • pufferfish 5:33 · 2024-08-17T04:24:14.042Z
      fantastic puzzle!
      1D
      13 ACROSS’ anagram; hole punching tool
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      Across
      1. 5A
        Pink - Red + “tall NBA player famous for wearing a Superman shirt during a dunk contest”
      2. 13A
        Attorney’s field and anagram of 1 DOWN
      3. 14A
        With 8 DOWN, anagram for a word meaning “that girl”
      4. 15A
        With 10 DOWN, anagram for a word in the quote, “___ Forest! ___” (not a block this time @kurtalert, just the 3 letters comprising 10D & 15A)
      5. 16A
        With 17 DOWN, anagram for an acronym meaning “stock debut”
      6. 18A
        With 18 DOWN, anagram for a word meaning “large”
      7. 19A
        ___ Koon (Jedi) and anagram of 19 DOWN
      8. 21A
        Yellow + Red + “International agenda in D.C.”
      Down
      1. 1D
        13 ACROSS’ anagram; hole punching tool
      2. 2D
        This answer is a palindrome
      3. 3D
        Toward preposition, and with 4 DOWN an anagram for a tropical, starchy root vegetable
      4. 4D
        Egyptian sun god, and with 3 DOWN an anagram for a tropical, starchy root vegetable
      5. 6D
        “I’m dead😂!”
      6. 7D
        Cleveland’s Great Lake
      7. 8D
        With 14 ACROSS, anagram for a word meaning “that girl”
      8. 9D
        The ____ (11th Pink Floyd studio album)
      9. 10D
        With 15 ACROSS, anagram for a word in the quote, “___ Forest! ___”
      10. 11D
        Jury ____
      11. 12D
        Animated JPEG alternative
      12. 17D
        With 16 ACROSS, anagram for an acronym meaning “stock debut”
      13. 18D
        With 18 ACROSS, anagram for a word meaning “large”
      14. 19D
        19 ACROSS’ anagram, and slang for someone who might work on the subject of 21 ACROSS
      15. 20D
        This answer is a palindrome
      16. 22D
        Do __ Mi Fa… and with 23 DOWN an anagram for Comedy Central cop show ____ 911!
      17. 23D
        “Do you want mustard and fish sauce to go with your cereal?” and with 22 DOWN an anagram for Comedy Central cop show ____ 911!
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