Monday, November 28, 2022

PUZZLE #415: Dilly Dally 5

PUZZLE #415
DILLY DALLY 5

This is my fifth time creating a "Dilly Dally" puzzle, possibly my most restrictive format to craft. Not only do I have to come up with alliterative two-word phrases where both words are of the same length, I have to come with concise clues for them as well (which, depending on the phrase, isn't as easy as it sounds). So this time, I've decided to change things up quite a bit, both to make it slightly easier on myself, and to ensure I won't run out of alliterative phrases for future puzzles. This will necessitate a change in directions, though, so read on for how to solve this newly-revamped puzzle!

Each answer in the grid below consists of two words that both start with the same letter, like ASKING ABOUT. However, each clue's answer only makes up half of the phrase (either the first or second half), while the second half is in a separate list of clues, in random order. It's up to you to match up the answers from both lists to fill in each two-word phrase.

Once the grid has been filled out, hidden inside and going up, down, or diagonally will be the FINAL ANSWER: A cult film from the 2000s whose name also consists of two words starting with the same letter.


NUMBERED WORDS
1) They "Run the World", according to a Beyoncé song
2) 1/1,800th of a half-hour
3) _____ Guiana (South American territory)
4) State's section, like one of 62 in New York
5) Part of "XL"
6) One of ten turns for bowling
7) Sheep's grazing area
8) Hearts and clubs, for two
9) "_____ the beef?" (quotable line from a Wendy's ad)
10) Ticking timepiece in the stomach of the crocodile from Peter Pan
11) 2005-2017 crime procedural series on FOX starring Emily Deschanel

MISSING WORDS
• Bird on a box of Cocoa Puffs
• Computer gadget with a scroll wheel
• Cooks in oil
• "Don't move a muscle!"
In _____ Color ('90s sketch comedy series)
• Like a very rare (and very leaky) steak
• Ralph Emerson's middle name
• Sense involving the eyes
• _____ State Warriors (2022 NBA champions)
• Tennis venue
• Web browser preinstalled on an Apple iPad

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 even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) 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 link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

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