Shared Spaces! #1 (Mini)
■ · By John S · Published 2024-08-30T18:02:09.538Z
Meta Prompt
Meta Prompt: Unpredictably-colored stone
Introducing a new puzzle series: Shared Spaces!
Each 6x6 grid contains four 4x4 grids within it. I have highlighted one of the 4x4 quadrants in this puzzle for reference.
How it works: In any given row / column, the middle two cells are shared by both words in the clue. The Before clue pertains to the first 4 letters in the row / column, while the After clue pertains to the last 4 letters in the row / column.
The four cells in the center of the 6x6 are shared by all four 4x4 quadrants, and the letters contained in those four cells form an anagram that is the solution to the meta.
Please enjoy!
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Before: poker blind | After: drop of sadness (or joy!)
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Across
- 1ABefore: poker blind | After: drop of sadness (or joy!)
- 7ABefore: pinto or string, for example | After: Actress ____ Kendrick
- 8ABefore: convention center event, for short | After: classic drinking game, for short
- 9ABefore: “and others,” (abbr.) (2 wds.) | After: sailor’s heading to escape the wind
- 10ABefore: a crossword puzzle’s locale | After: Ba’al, for example or “American ____” (singing show)
- 11ABefore: not crazy | After: Loch ____ monster
Down
- 1DBefore: stinging insect (2 wds.) | After: brain scans (abbr.)
- 2DBefore: ”____ in line!” (DMV call, perhaps?) | After: ____ Lease (semi truck logo, and good way to get a tough letter playing the alphabet game on a long car ride)
- 3DBefore: Spanish small plate | After: ache
- 4DBefore: alkene with a hydroxyl group | After: Ye ____ Shoppe
- 5DBefore: Actress ____ Hathaway | After: Ultramodernists or “belonging to the main Matrix character”
- 6DBefore: fury | After: hair product goops for men, usually