ANSWERS: Anagram Magic Square 4: Adding & Anagramming Again

Marina from Splatoon 2, mentioned in one of the clues for this puzzle

It's been almost two weeks since "Anagram Magic Square 4" was posted on this blog, and a whopping eleven people since then have successfully solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Stephen Staver ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Dan Simonds ****
• Mom ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Debbie Benford ****

Now head below the break for the answers as well as several comments!

MUSICAL MARCH! PUZZLE #223: Dial Tunes

🎵 MUSICAL MARCH! 🎵

PUZZLE #223

DIAL TUNES

It's the final week of Musical March, and when I first conceived of this theme month, I knew I just had to make a puzzle of this type! Back when I got my first puzzle accepted by Games Magazine, one of my solvers from back then, Christian H.P., told me about how he got an original puzzle called "Ring Tunes" published by them as well (it was in the June 2015 issue, for those curious). After I finished making this puzzle, I dug up his email address and sent him a message, and to my surprise, he replied back, saying he was "flattered" that I made a puzzle that he created. So if you're reading this, Christian, I hope you'll enjoy it! For everyone else, I have to warn you that this puzzle's pretty elaborate, so bear with me here...

First, answer as many of the numbered clues as you can and enter them into the first grid. Each clue ends with an arrow indicating the direction its answer should be entered: from top to bottom [↓], from bottom to top [↑], or even either way [↕]. For example, if the answers were JIB [↓], IRE [↓], SAD [↑], EVE [↕], AT [↑], and O [↕], you would enter them like this:

Next, try to decode the message (in the form of song lyrics) by replacing every circled letter with another letter that shares the same number on a telephone keypad, which we've provided on top of these directions (for example, B can be replaced by A or C). The decoded message should be entered into the second grid, as shown here (note that the bold vertical lines indicate divisions between words):

(From "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")

The FINAL ANSWER is the name of the song containing the decoded lyrics.

Place the answers to the following clues here

1) Bass guitar booster [↑]
2) Current CBS sitcom starring Anna Faris and Allison Janney [↕]
3) Lode load [↓]
4) Last name of General Thunderbolt from The Incredible Hulk [↓]
5) Summon with a beeper [↑]
6) Neural transmitter [↑]
7) Defrost, like frozen food [↓]
8) Second-largest members of the deer family [↑]
9) Weapon for Devo or Indiana Jones [↓]
10) Nick @ _____ (evening programming block) [↓]
11) DVR introduced in 1999 [↓]
12) + [↑]
13) Spirit from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword whose name reverses to a conjunction [↓]

Place the decoded lyrics here

Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out! I've even included a second version to print out by converting it into a .PDF file and embedding it below the usual .PNG file along with two Google Docs links!

ANSWERS: Deck It Out 4

3) Box of milk: CARTON (worn here by Cat from CatDog) [click here for the whole picture... so to speak]

Before I get to the answers to "Deck It Out 4", I've got some news for you guys. As you may know, with every puzzle, I include a .PNG picture file for you to print out, but a couple of you guys have requested .PDF files as well. Well, I finally managed to figure out how to make .PDF files, and you'll see the results of that starting with tomorrow's post! I'm kinda new at this, however, so I've included both an embedded .PDF file and two different links to Google Docs (one is the regular .PDF file, and the other is in the Google Docs format), so let me know which versions you prefer! Now with that out of the way, let's get to the ten people who have solved my puzzle from thirteen days ago!

• Grant Fikes ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Stephen Staver ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Mom ***
• Dan Simonds ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Debbie Benford ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****

Now head below the break for the answers as well as some solver comments!

MUSICAL MARCH! PUZZLE #222: Anagram Magic Square 4: Adding & Anagramming Again

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PUZZLE #222

ANAGRAM MAGIC SQUARE 4: ADDING & ANAGRAMMING AGAIN

The 5-letter word in each box is an anagram to the answer to each of the clues below.... almost. You see, in this puzzle, all of the answers are six letters long, so add an extra letter to each 5-letter word to get each answer. Put the number of each corresponding clue into the small box below the initial word and write down the anagram on the dash directly below that. The numbers in each row and column will add up to 65.

Once you're done with the puzzle, the added letter of each answer, in numerical clue order, will spell out a clue; the FINAL ANSWER is the answer to that clue.

1) The "Friendly Ghost" who starred in his own film in 1995
2) Italy's version of ice cream
3) _____-feely
4) Video game company who made Contra and Castlevania
5) Motorola Xyboard, for one
6) Neck of the woods
7) City where Benjamin Franklin was born
8) Mythical reptile that contestants try to avoid in Tic-Tac-Dough's bonus round
9) Skunk from Disney's Bambi
10) _____ Quinn (jester-themed villainess who debuted in Batman: The Animated Series)
11) The "P" in USPS
12) Hamster, for one
13) Kumquat or key lime
14) Actor Hoffman who voiced Master Shifu in the Kung Fu Panda trilogy
15) Place with Dance Dance Revolution machines
16) Purple dinosaur who's friends with Baby Bop and B.J.
17) YouTube's yearly recap series whose 2018 edition is their most disliked video of all time
18) Event with huge floats
19) Console that can play Snipperclips and Splatoon 2
20) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won 11 of these
21) Sportscaster John who lent his surname to a series of annual football games
22) Julia's role in Veep
23) Type of code with 0s and 1s
24) Animated Nickelodeon character who's best friends with Gerald
25) Salad ingredient thrown at a terrible comedian

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!

ANSWERS: Pieces of Nine 5

Leni from The Loud House in her BATHROBE (Yes, I'm fully aware that it's actually BATHROBES, plural, in the puzzle itself)

Boy, "Musical March" got off to a hot start, as a whopping twelve of you successfully solved "Pieces of Nine 5" from thirteen days ago, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Stephen Staver ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Mom ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Martin Ward ****
• Christian H.P. ****
• Dan Simonds ***
• Debbie Benford ****

Now head below the break for the answers as well as a couple solver comments!

MUSICAL MARCH! PUZZLE #221: Deck It Out 4

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PUZZLE #221

DECK IT OUT 4

Fill in the answers to the clues below, then transfer the letters marked with playing card symbols to their proper places in the grid below. The number (or letter) of each clue will tell you what column to place those letters in. Once it's completely filled in, the grid will spell out a sentence that will provide a hint to the FINAL ANSWER.

This week's FINAL ANSWER is a title

A) The space invaders from Space Invaders, e.g.
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♣           ♠   ♡   ♢
2) Color of a constantly paranoid Crispy M&M
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♢   ♠       ♣   ♡         
3) Box of milk
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♡   ♣       ♠       ♢   
4) Fictional city often terrorized by The Joker
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♢           ♠   ♡   ♣         
5) Game show host Bob who beat up Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♢       ♠       ♣   ♡
6) Self-deprecating comedian Dangerfield
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
        ♣   ♡       ♠   ♢
7) Magazine with an annual list of "The World's Billionaires"
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♣   ♡           ♠   ♢
8) Changeling from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic named after a bug's midsection
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♢   ♠       ♡   ♣
9) Last name of Helga from Hey Arnold!
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♣   ♡       ♢       ♠
10) Attorney's customer
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♢   ♣           ♡   ♠
J) Legume in a Snickers bar
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♠   ♢   ♣       ♡
Q) "_____ is ready" (quote from Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé): 2 wds.
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
    ♡   ♣       ♠       ♢
K) Hot dogs' grilling place, for short: 2 wds., 1st is Abbr.
   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
        ♡   ♢   ♠   ♣

Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!

ANSWERS: Wordoku

No DeviantArt pic this week, so instead, here's a seal going BONK! (the word SEAL can be found in the Wordoku grid, but it's not part of the FINAL ANSWER)

Thirteen days have passed since my first Wordoku puzzle was posted on this blog, and despite it apparently being harder than my previous sudoku puzzles, nine people still managed to solve it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Mom *
• Debbie Benford **
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Lynn Sweeney ***
• Stephen Staver ****
• Martin Ward ****

Now click on "Read more" below for the answers and some solver comments!

MUSICAL MARCH! PUZZLE #220: Pieces of Nine 5

🎵 MUSICAL MARCH! 🎵

PUZZLE #220

PIECES OF NINE 5

Yup, it's another theme month! This one was was actually loosely inspired by someone else's theme month, namely "Musical March (in September)" by Internet video reviewer The Cinema Snob (STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING, in case you decide to look his stuff up). Every September, he looks at movie musicals, but for this blog's "Musical March (Actually in March)", the FINAL ANSWER of every puzzle will involve popular music in some way. Now with that background out of the way, let's get into this month's first puzzle!

Arrange the trigrams (blocks with three squares/letters in them) to make seven 9-letter words. After that, sort the new words so that the first one alphabetically is in row 1, the second one alphabetically is in row 2, and so on.

Once you're done, read down two of the columns for the FINAL ANSWER: an album from the 1960s

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!

ANSWERS: Lucky Sevens 7

Row viii) Lincoln's gloomy goth sister from The Loud House = LUCY (the one on the right, obviously)

It's been thirteen days since "Lucky Sevens 7" was posted on this blog, and nine people have successfully solved it since then, as you can see below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Stephen Staver ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Mom ****
• Debbie Benford ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Dan Simonds ****

Now head below the break for the answers!