Redhead64's Obscure Puzzle Blog!: ANSWERS: Lucky Sevens 16

Sunday, August 2, 2026

ANSWERS: Lucky Sevens 16

About two weeks have gone by since "Lucky Sevens 16" was posted on this blog, and an astounding twenty-one people have solved it since then! Take a look:

Grant Fikes
Cathy Bowen
Cindy Heisler
Joe Bernard
Pavel Curtis
Kevin Orfield
Okieboy2008
Michael Lebowitz
Sam Levitin
KeoFam
Patrick Jordan
Derek Allen
Wendy Walker
Chris Kochmanski
Nicholas Weaver
Lynn Sweeney
SquishmallowsUnited
Mom
Steve Gunter
Bart Gold
Ian Hunter

Now head below the break for the answers as well as a couple of solvers' comments!

The letters in the colored squares, when read in the correct order, spell out ANIMACY

The clue for SCHEMED contains the seed word CONSPIRED, suggested by Patron M. Sean Molley

I've had multiple solvers admit that they're unfamiliar with the word "animacy" (which basically describes how alive or sentient a noun is). For instance, Patron Cathy Bowen said "I didn’t know this word, and I’m a grammar lover! Thanks for the addition to my vocabulary!", and solver Sam Levitin said "I'm surprised, as a little bit of a grammar nerd, that I had never heard of this word. I guess I have not studied the right languages."

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WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT, THEN?

Every week on Monday, I post a new puzzle for you guys to solve. Just send me the FINAL ANSWER to each puzzle within two weeks of its posting via email (redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com) and if it's right, you'll win bragging rights and a place on the solvers list. Sometimes, I might even give away some prizes on some puzzles! Starting with puzzle #329, you can even ask for as many hints as you want from me, but you'll get a mark noting that you did so next to your name on the solvers' list.

From May 2015 until the very end of March 2021, I had made use of a "hint star" system: Each potential solver starts out with four "hint stars" that will go next to their name on the solvers list, and if you would like help on solving the puzzle (be it an alternate clue or a nudge towards a right answer or something like that), you can email me using the same email addresses that you use to send me the FINAL ANSWER, and I'll provide you with a hint as quickly as I can, but at the expense of one of those stars. So someone who solved it after two hints will get two stars next to their name, while someone who solved it with no hints gets all four stars next to their name when I post the solvers list.

Good luck, and happy solving!

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DO commission me for puzzles using PayPal, but keep in mind that I won't accept payment of any sort until I complete the puzzle (it ain't right to get paid for something you never finished, after all), and I reserve the right to reject commissions if I find the concept particularly objectionable (so nothing politically charged, for example)
DO print out the puzzles to solve on paper OR copy-and-paste them to an image editing program and solve them there
DO e-mail me at either redhead64@chartermi.net OR itsredhead64@gmail.com to send your answers, though I'm more likely to check the former, and DO make sure you put something relevant in the title, or else it might not get read
DO feel free to look up the answers to some of the harder clues if you don't know them, especially if they're particularly obscure or obtuse. Just DON'T tell me that you actually did that, as I'd rather have no way of knowing if you "cheated" or not
DON'T just give out the answer to any of the clues OR even the final solution in the comments, but DO try to keep them spoiler-free
DON'T claim these puzzles as your own OR monetize them; I've worked hard on these!
And most importantly, DO have fun with these puzzles! If you like them, DO share them with your friends AND link to this blog in the process

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