ANSWERS: Coined Phrases 7

It's been almost two weeks since "Coined Phrases 7" got posted on this blog, and nineteen people have solved it since then:

• Grant Fikes
• Marie desJardins
• Cathy Bowen
• Cindy Heisler
• Pavel Curtis
• Joe Bernard
• Kevin Orfield
• Okieboy2008
• Michael Lebowitz
• Chris Kochmanski
• KeoFam
• Wendy Walker
• Sam Levitin
• Mom
• Craig Leach
• Stasi Gustafson
• Lynn Sweeney
• Steve Gunter
• Derek Allen

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #559: Coined Phrases 7

PUZZLE #559

COINED PHRASES 7

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 the name of a dog breed

1) Wails like a werewolf

2) Scottish lakes (one of which may or may not contain a monster)

3) Skill needed to solve Masyu, Shikaku, or Sudoku puzzles

4) The Taming of the _____ (Shakespeare play featured in Kiss Me, Kate)

5) Former PepsiCo soda line named after a piece of lemon or lime

6) Metal strings used to make old coat hangers

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!

ANSWERS: Coined Phrases 6

Roughly two weeks have gone by since "Coined Phrases 6" was posted on this blog, and since then, twelve people (and a family) have successfully solved it, all of whom are listed below:

• Grant Fikes
• Chris Kochmanski
• Joe Bernard
• Kevin Orfield
• Mike Armstrong
• Michael Lebowitz
• Sam Levitin
• Wendy Walker
• Tyler Hinman
• KeoFam
• Mom
• Lynn Sweeney
• Tamara Brenner

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #404: Coined Phrases 6

PUZZLE #404

COINED PHRASES 6

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 associated with card games

1) "Quaking" poplar that's Utah's state tree

2) Great blue _____ (wetland bird)

3) Singer whose first seven singles all cracked the top ten, starting with "Tik Tok"

4) Small bodies of water where you may feed ducks

5) Lying flat on one's face

6) Command to make a dog "talk"

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!

ANSWERS: Coined Phrases 5

If you've been keeping track of the number of puzzles on this site, then you should know that tomorrow will be my 350th puzzle! I won't say any more about it (even though it's already on my Patreon page), so until then, here are the fifteen people who have solved "Coined Phrases 5" from two weeks ago:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Joe Bernard
• Giovanni Pagano
• Kevin Orfield
• Tyler Hinman
• Sam Levitin
• Karen Spencer
• Tamara Brenner
• Meg Duvall
• Michael Lebowitz
• Mom
• Lynn Sweeney
• Mindy Moore
• Peter Abide

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

PUZZLE #348: Coined Phrases 5

PUZZLE #348

COINED PHRASES 5

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 technological tool

1) "_____ May Hare" (the first Looney Tunes short to feature Taz)

2) Brett in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

3) Office cabinet contents

4) Flourish on a font

5) Piece of broken glass

6) Goo Goo Dolls hit with the lyrics "I wanna wake up where you are"

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!

ANSWERS: Coined Phrases 4

It's been thirteen days since "Coined Phrases 4" was posted on this blog, and a whopping twelve people have successfully solved it since then, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• M. Sean Molley ****
• Giovanni Pagano ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Kevin Orfield ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Stephen Potter ****
• Mom ***
• Debbie Benford ***
• Lynn Sweeney ****

As a reminder, the people highlighted in orange support me over at Patreon. So with all that out of the way, go below the break for the answers as well as several solvers' comments!

CIRCULAR M◎NTH! PUZZLE #290: Coined Phrases 4

CIRCULAR M🟢NTH!

PUZZLE #290

COINED PHRASES 4

Yup, it's another theme month, and this time, the theme is CIRCLES! More specifically, all of the puzzles for this month will involve circles in some way, whether it's something that uses multiple circles, or the grid itself is one giant circle. Sure, I could try to spin this admittedly weak theme into something more meaningful by pointing out how so many word puzzles involve squares and such, giving me the chance to showcase how other word puzzles can use some lesser-used shapes like circles..... but the truth is that I coincidentally had two circle-related puzzles scheduled for the first couple weeks of July, so I decided to take advantage of that and make a theme out of it. And now with that out of the way, let's kick things off with a puzzle type that I haven't done in quite some time!

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 well-known item from medieval legends

1) "Li'l" comic strip character who married Daisy Mae in 1952

2) [_____ swim] (Cartoon Network's late-night programming block)

3) Japanese boxed lunch

4) Tool that burns bovines' butts with a symbol

5) Krispy Kreme confection

6) When doubled, new wave band who did the theme song for A View to a Kill

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 link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

ANSWERS: Coined Phrases 3

My 200th puzzle is tomorrow, so I'll try to make this quick. Eight people solved "Coined Phrases 3" from two weeks ago, and they're all in this list:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Chris Hendricks ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Mom *
• Dan Simonds **
• Eric Maddy ****
• Lynn Sweeney **

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

PUZZLE #198: Coined Phrases 3

PUZZLE #198

COINED PHRASES 3

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 the name of a movie OR an album.

1) Centers of apples and pineapples
2) Genre for KC and the Sunshine Band
3) What Card Sharks contestants should yell when faced with an ace or king
4) My Cousin Vinny star Joe
5) Metal Gear _____ 3: Snake Eater (PlayStation 2 game)
6) Fast-talking salesman's lengthy pitch

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: Coined Phrases 2

It's been roughly two weeks since I've posted Grant Fikes' "Coined Phrases" puzzle, so now it's time for me to reveal the answers, but not before I list out the eight people who have solved it during that time frame:

• Sam Levitin ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Adam Weaver ****
• Yossi Fendel ****
• Lynn Sweeney ***
• YYW ****
• Punjit Sharma ****
• Brad Eldredge ****

Now just click on "Read more" for the answers! One of my solvers also sent me a logic puzzle based on this puzzle, and you can try to figure that one out below the break as well!

PUZZLE #71: Coined Phrases 2 (Guest Puzzle by Grant Fikes!)

PUZZLE #71

COINED PHRASES 2

Guest Puzzle by Grant Fikes

I know the previous "Coined Phrases" puzzle was only a couple of weeks ago, and I usually spread out puzzles of the same type a lot further apart from each other, but since this will be the first puzzle on this site done by someone else (a Guest Puzzle, if you will), I'm going to make an exception. You see, Grant Fikes of A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog (which will be publishing its 100th Wordy Wednesday puzzle two days after I post this, so be sure to check that out!) created and sent me a "Coined Phrases" puzzle of his own after solving mine (rather quickly, I might add). I asked if it was okay to publish it on this site, and he said "Go ahead", so now here we are!

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 proper name.

1) Egyptian capital
2) They activate cheats in video games
3) House of ____ (part of the UK Parliament)
4) Lubricated, perhaps
5) It can precede "System" or "Panel"
6) Diana, Princess of ____

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: Coined Phrases

Looks like my first "Coined Phrases" puzzle proved to be another hit, as twelve of you have managed to solve it since it was published thirteen days ago! The full list of solvers is below, as usual:

• YYW ****
• Brad Eldredge ****
• Punjit Sharma ****
• Yossi Fendel ****
• Adam Weaver ****
• Grant Fikes ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Lynn Sweeney ***
• Mom **
• Debbie Benford ***
• Cayden Curtis ****

Now just click on "Read more" below for the answers, along with some solver comments!

PUZZLE #69: Coined Phrases

PUZZLE #69

COINED PHRASES

This next puzzle is inspired by coins, which is appropriate for my 69th puzzle since you flip a coin and 6 is 9 flipped upside down! (Okay, fine, there's no connection between the number 69 and today's puzzle; I was just stretching to try and make one) This one's a tad tricky to explain, so I hope the directions are clear enough!

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.

Highlight the space between the brackets for an extremely helpful example: [if two resulting words are MAGIC and MANIC, then the letters "G" and "N" have to be on the same coin, since "N" can't possibly be paired up with any of the other letters]

This week's FINAL ANSWER is a location.

1) Mint chocolate brand
2) Ed who played Santa Claus in Elf and Regular Show
3) Feathered member of the Furious Five from Kung Fu Panda
4) Dings on a Dodge
5) Right-hand page (Hidden in SUBDIRECTORIES)
6) Seacrest and Stiles

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!