Colorful Words (Lion)
◆ · Por DrTom · Publicado 2024-06-05T11:30:22.407Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a colorful word people use when discussing the police
OK, last weeks was WAY easy I was told, and the only way it was a Calico was if you tried to do the grid blindfolded...
Fine, let's see if I can have something for everyone. This puzzle started simple and then there were a few changes for PC reasons and then there were some changes for clarity, then I made some changes to make it a little harder, then someone else thought, well you can make it harder still if you....
In the end I had KITTEN, PERSIAN, PUMA, LION...which one to pick. To heck with it, I'll do a smorgasbord. You will see that I have included one of each versions and you can choose which one you feel either comfortable or like wasting your time on. There are no pictures of the GRIDS because if I did that I would be giving away the puzzle I am afraid, but of course you are free to look at/solve them all, and that may help you if you get stuck. Because there are several versions and each step “down” reveals a little bit more (the KITTEN is a different grid and concept completely, but the answer and mechanism are pretty much the same) I probably will not post Friday nudges. But, as you all know you can PM me for assistance anytime.
Difficulty Level: Kitten to Lion of course
So go ahead and pick the one you think you’d like to try…and get ready for a litany of colorful words! Oh and when I post the solvers I will note which one was solved: KITTEN, PERSIAN, PUMA or LION.
Thanks to my diligent and long-suffering testers: Cinny, Bird Lives, pchow13, hcbirker
The Reveal
Six (6) entries become colors when the meta mechanism (a three letter entry has two letters that correspond to the first two letters of a corresponding entry, cancel out the two common letters and you are left with a color) is applied. Depending on the version [PERSIAN, PUMA, LION] either the three letter entry had an asterisk, the corresponding entry had an asterisk, no entry had asterisks.
STREAM and STR =CREAM=C
DERANGE and DEO =ORANGE=O
BOINK and BOP =PINK=P
HILUM + HIP= PLUM=P
IMBONY and IME=EBONY=E
NOOSE and NOR=ROSE=R
When arranged in order of the longer word you get COPPER, a colorful word people use when discussing the police
For a graphic representation of the solve go to:
Comprobando datos de juego anteriores…
I'm just trying them all to see the comments.)1A
Sing the praises of, probably so everyone can hear
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Horizontales
- 1ASing the praises of, probably so everyone can hear
- 5ASingle female
- 9ACompulsive smoke blowers, for short
- 14AIrish, once
- 15AJust
- 16AChick that gives a hoot
- 17AJohnny Gilbert, for example
- 19ADirector of "Get Out" and "Us", Jordan
- 20ANeither's partner
- 21AA place to row, row your boat
- 23AWicked and corrupt
- 24A"Cheap Thrills" singer
- 25A"Wow, that was close"
- 27ABambi's aunt
- 28ADrive nuts
- 32AKnock on the noggin
- 34ASteed and Peel
- 36AForever and a day
- 37ADuster
- 38AFrench friend
- 40ACrosby Show son
- 44AWhere UNC, NC State, and Va. Tech play
- 47AForgers workshops
- 50ABlack-eyed pea's "black eye", botanically
- 52AEmulates Houdini
- 53ATake for a ride, perhaps
- 54ABart's saxy sister
- 57AFamed ballet co.
- 58AExasperated cry
- 60ASkeleton's self description
- 62AMonogram for "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" poet
- 65A"___ the one less traveled by", Frost
- 67AThings that will grind you down
- 69ALoop in a lasso
- 70AMake-up artist?
- 71ABill from Philadelphia
- 72ABroke it off
- 73AFast time
- 74ARaggedy looking boy
Verticales
- 1DGo full tilt
- 2DRiver under the Ponte Vecchio
- 3D"Anchors Aweigh" readiness gp.
- 4DLatin God
- 5DArt in small pieces
- 6DPrice hike; Abbr.
- 7DShakespeare told us it "knits up the ravell'd sleave of care"
- 8DWine from the Northern Rhone
- 9D40's and 50's music genre
- 10DPopeye's nephew ___ Pea
- 11DFootball team
- 12DPut in a different URL
- 13DDesignator of a grave event
- 18DEmploying
- 22DLet ___ (please stop pestering)
- 24DBeach shoe
- 26DPursue romantically
- 28DShout when a fish hits a barrier
- 29D"Locomotion" little girl
- 30DBig name in camping
- 31DHistorical focus
- 33DBecause
- 35DTxt for texting
- 39D"___ Mine", Beatles song
- 41DFashionable body joint?
- 42DSpec you might see for a roomy flat?
- 43DC.I.A. predecessor
- 45D"__ de sac"
- 46DCDLI x II
- 48D"Painting ___, not a skill"
- 49DPlaces to buy yogurt
- 50DFan of the Who
- 51DTight with
- 53DShip of a fictitious mutiny
- 55DStuff you are not supposed to sweat
- 56DHoffman of "The Chicago Seven"
- 59DKinky thing in the back yard
- 61DMajor Algerian port city
- 62D"Frozen" reindeer
- 63DTake the bar
- 64D"Teach Your Children" group, initially
- 66DOne simple sneaker
- 68DDraft letters