Monday, October 19, 2026

PUZZLE #618: Coined Phrases 8

PUZZLE #618
COINED PHRASES 8

There is a set of five coins, all of which have one letter on each of their two faces. Each letter appears only once throughout the set, and no two coins share the same letter. Random flips of all the coins have produced six 5-letters words hinted at by the numbered clues. Once all six answers have been solved, use logic and deductive reasoning to figure out the letters that are printed on each coin. Finally, rearrange the coins so that both sides spell out two more 5-letter words that combine to make a two-word phrase.

This week's FINAL ANSWER is a term relating to motor transportation



1) Michael Caine's Oscar-nominated title role of 1966
2) Gloomy, like a certain house that Charles Dickens once wrote about
3) Construct with Lego bricks, for instance
4) Renaissance _____ (medieval-themed festival)
5) Great bit of success via sheer dumb luck (or a fin on a whale's tail)
6) Foaming at the mouth, literally or figuratively

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 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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