Chro’math’tic Portmanteaus & Puns (#10) *Special Edition*
◆◆ · Por John S · Publicado 2024-09-12T19:59:29.454Z
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: “Sing the _____”
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…
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Calculator letters, and with 2D an anagram for a homophone of a Lyme-disease carrying arachnid (where the homophone is the Gen Z’s app word)
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Horizontales
- 1ACalculator letters, and with 2D an anagram for a homophone of a Lyme-disease carrying arachnid (where the homophone is the Gen Z’s app word)
- 3AWith 3D & 5D: anagram for “These Chro’math’tic Portmanteaus & Puns puzzles are top _____!”
- 6ASoftware support (abbr.), and with 6D an anagram for a homophone of a Lyme-disease carrying arachnid (where the homophone is the classic X’s & O’s game’s word)
- 8APotential : stored energy :: _______ : energy in motion
- 12ANice! This answer is a palindrome!
- 14AThis answer is a palindrome
- 15AThe universe is ____
- 16A15A + ____ = what this puzzle’s constructor has, perhaps?
- 17A“___ Technology” by 50 Cent, and anagram of 13D
- 18ARelatives, and anagram of 14D
- 19AAtomic No. 103
- 20ASlice / pie
- 22ABlue + some Green + lightened with White + “French cognate word for a watercourse or canal system”
- 23AComputer software, and with 24A: ____ Malone (rapper)
- 24ABody rehab, and with 23A: ____ Malone (rapper)
- 25A“You” en Español
- 26A“Concerning” abbr. via email
- 27AA billion years, and anagram of 28D
- 29AWhichever, and anagram of 29D
- 30AButterfly catchers
- 32A-ta preceder, and Japanese tire brand (perhaps for the combined word)
- 34AAnagram for “below” antonym
- 35AAnagram for “cloudy” antonym
- 36AWith 36D & 37D, ____ B (rapper)
- 38AThose Lyme-disease carrying arachnids are some, along with tapeworms
Verticales
- 2DTexter’s “I know”
- 3D“__ or about”(narrowly approximated date)
- 4DBlue + Green + White + “Product IDs” (technically 2 wds.)
- 5D__, Wt., BMI, BP (standard data doctor collects during a physical)
- 6DTexter’s “I see,” perhaps?
- 7DBlue + Black + hint of Red (optional) + “concerning GPS or ship routing (pun intended)”
- 9DBlue + Green + softened with White + “sex”
- 10DBlue + lightened with White + hint of Green + “lack of development or childish behavior, such as with an adolescent”
- 11DBlue + some Violet + hint of Black + “native / endemic”
- 13D17A’s anagram; ___ Ming, former Houston Rocket & tied for 2nd tallest NBA player of all-time
- 14D18A’s anagram; tats
- 19DMuscle, and with 19A & 25A: “These Chro’math’tic Portmanteaus & Puns puzzles are _____ cool!”
- 21DHardware chain, and with 20A & 26A: “These Chro’math’tic Portmanteaus & Puns puzzles are all the _____!”
- 28D27A’s anagram; The Matrix protagonist
- 29D29A’s anagram; ___ Rand (author)
- 31D"South Park" rating
- 33D"____ upon a time..."
- 36DTop prosecutor
- 37DFBI agent’s source, perhaps?