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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13 ACROSS’ anagram; hole punching tool
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Across
- 5APink - Red + “tall NBA player famous for wearing a Superman shirt during a dunk contest”
- 13AAttorney’s field and anagram of 1 DOWN
- 14AWith 8 DOWN, anagram for a word meaning “that girl”
- 15AWith 10 DOWN, anagram for a word in the quote, “___ Forest! ___” (not a block this time @kurtalert, just the 3 letters comprising 10D & 15A)
- 16AWith 17 DOWN, anagram for an acronym meaning “stock debut”
- 18AWith 18 DOWN, anagram for a word meaning “large”
- 19A___ Koon (Jedi) and anagram of 19 DOWN
- 21AYellow + Red + “International agenda in D.C.”
Down
- 1D13 ACROSS’ anagram; hole punching tool
- 2DThis answer is a palindrome
- 3DToward preposition, and with 4 DOWN an anagram for a tropical, starchy root vegetable
- 4DEgyptian sun god, and with 3 DOWN an anagram for a tropical, starchy root vegetable
- 6D“I’m dead
!” - 7DCleveland’s Great Lake
- 8DWith 14 ACROSS, anagram for a word meaning “that girl”
- 9DThe ____ (11th Pink Floyd studio album)
- 10DWith 15 ACROSS, anagram for a word in the quote, “___ Forest! ___”
- 11DJury ____
- 12DAnimated JPEG alternative
- 17DWith 16 ACROSS, anagram for an acronym meaning “stock debut”
- 18DWith 18 ACROSS, anagram for a word meaning “large”
- 19D19 ACROSS’ anagram, and slang for someone who might work on the subject of 21 ACROSS
- 20DThis answer is a palindrome
- 22DDo __ Mi Fa… and with 23 DOWN an anagram for Comedy Central cop show ____ 911!
- 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!