ANSWERS: Drop Tower 14

Two weeks have passed by since "Drop Tower 14" was posted on this blog, and sixteen people have solved it since then:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Marie desJardins
• Cathy Bowen
• Pavel Curtis
• Joe Bernard
• Kevin Orfield
• Okieboy2008
• Michael Lebowitz
• Chris Kochmanski
• Bart Gold
• Derek Allen
• Patrick Jordan
• Sam Levitin
• Wendy Walker
• Mom

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #602: Drop Tower 14

PUZZLE #602

DROP TOWER 14

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES

• Deiced one's windshield, in a way

• Hang down loosely

• One jumping jack, e.g.

• Prickly _____ cactus (state plant of Texas)

• San Diego MLB team whose mascot is the "Swinging Friar"

• Spin doctor's specialty: Abbr.

• Where to write down who's currently winning at minigolf, say

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: Drop Tower 13

Two weeks have passed by since "Drop Tower 13" was posted on this blog, and nineteen people have solved it since then:

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

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #557: Drop Tower 13

PUZZLE #557

DROP TOWER 13

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES

• Green _____ (rural sitcom with Eva Gabor and a pig named Arnold Ziffel)

• Initials for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader author Lewis

• Key next to F1 on most American keyboards

• Late Night Liars panelist who's basically Paris Hilton as a poodle (or a soft woolly sweater fabric)

• Sousa songs such as "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

• Use Ecosia or Ask.com, say

• Word that can precede "closed" or follow "open-and-shut"

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: Drop Tower 12

It's been nearly two weeks since "Drop Tower 12" was posted on this blog, and an impressive twenty people have solved it since then:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Cathy Bowen
• Joe Bernard
• Pavel Curtis
• Kevin Orfield
• Josie Giles
• Wendy Walker
• Mike Armstrong
• KeoFam
• Dan Simonds
• Michael Lebowitz
• Chris Kochmanski
• Mom
• Stasi Gustafson
• Sam Levitin
• Tamara Brenner
• Derek Allen
• Lynn Sweeney
• Steve Gunter

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #507: Drop Tower 12

PUZZLE #507

DROP TOWER 12

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES

• Influential animator Iwerks (answer hidden in DOUBLES)

• Like the "Eye" in the title of a Toni Morrison book

• "No ifs, ands, or _____!"

• Not nearly as blatant

• Port on a PC

• Squeezable paint containers

• Winnie the Pooh and the _____ Day (Oscar-winning short film)

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: Drop Tower 11

Roughly two weeks have gone by since "Drop Tower 11" was posted on this blog, and an astounding nineteen people have solved it since then, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Chris Kochmanski
• Pavel Curtis
• Joe Bernard
• Kevin Orfield
• Mike Armstrong
• Michael Lebowitz
• Tamara Brenner
• Patrick Jordan
• Sam Levitin
• KeoFam
• Wendy Walker
• Perry Groot
• Mom
• Shannon Milbourne
• Lynn Sweeney
• David Millar
• Steve Gunter

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #461: Drop Tower 11

PUZZLE #461

DROP TOWER 11

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES

• Arc _____ Triomphe (Parisian landmark)

• Dating app that has you swiping right or left

• Fur color of Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog 3

• Kind of eatery where Jenna works at in the musical Waitress

• Mario who was the first European to win the Daytona 500

• Roll-O-Plane, Tilt-A-Whirl, or any other amusement park attraction

• Type of spear wielded by Aquaman

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: Drop Tower 10

It's been about two weeks since my tenth "Drop Tower" puzzle was posted on this blog. Quite a few people have successfully solved it since then, and they're all listed below:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Joe Bernard
• Chris Kochmanski
• Kevin Orfield
• Michael Lebowitz
• Tyler Hinman
• Mike Armstrong
• KeoFam
• Charles Flaster
• Mom
• Sam Levitin
• Patrick Jordan
• Lynn Sweeney
• Steve Gunter
• Tamara Brenner
• Wendy Walker

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #416: Drop Tower 10

PUZZLE #416

DROP TOWER 10

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES

• A or an, grammatically speaking

• Banjo-strumming Scruggs

• Cartoon mermaid who initially thought a fork was a comb

• Kal-_____ (Superman's birth name)

• Opposite of wholesale

• Seagram's Ginger _____

• Woodwind instrument played by Squidward (poorly, I might add)

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: Drop Tower 9

Almost two weeks have passed by since "Drop Tower 9" was posted on this blog, so it's time for me to list the seventeen people who have correctly solved it since then:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Chris Kochmanski
• Joe Bernard
• Pavel Curtis
• Kevin Orfield
• Tyler Hinman
• Mindy Moore
• Meg Duvall
• Sam Levitin
• Wendy Walker
• Michael Lebowitz
• Mom
• Tamara Brenner
• Patrick Jordan
• Lynn Sweeney
• Peter Abide

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #376: Drop Tower 9

PUZZLE #376

DROP TOWER 9

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES

• Actress Perlman who was once married to Danny DeVito

• Card game named after a card suit

• MTV game show that involved contestants' belongings getting wrecked (or a synonym for "wrecked")

• Planet being invaded in Mars Attacks!

• Publisher of John Madden Football (1990), for short

• Scooby-Doo, Where _____ You!

• Top of a car seat

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!

ANSWER: Drop Tower 8

It's been close to two weeks since "Drop Tower 8" was posted on this blog, and just like last week's answers post, an almost record-tying twenty-one people wound up solving it, as you can see in the list below:

• Cindy Heisler
• Grant Fikes
• Joe Bernard
• Giovanni Pagano
• Kevin Orfield
• Karen Spencer
• Dave C
• Stephen Potter
• Alex Sisti
• Tyler Hinman
• Sam Levitin
• Tamara Brenner
• Brittany Trofimivich
• Mom
• Seth Christenfeld
• Bonnie Veenschoten
• Debbie Benford
• Peter Abide
• Wendy Walker
• Chris Hendricks
• Elliott Frankfother

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #332: Drop Tower 8

PUZZLE #332

DROP TOWER 8

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES

• Blue gemstone in the title of a Pokémon game

• Dwarf planet named after the Greek goddess of discord

• Female human/bird hybrids, like those seen on some Yu-Gi-Oh! cards

• Former America's Got Talent judge Morgan

• Happiness _____ a Warm Puppy (Peanuts book)

• Have high hopes

• Title for Lancelot or Mix-a-Lot

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: Drop Tower 7

Roughly two weeks have passed since "Drop Tower 7" was posted on this blog, and ten people since then have successfully solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Cindy Heisler ****
• Kevin Orfield ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Stephen Potter ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Mom ****

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #285: Drop Tower 7

PUZZLE #285

DROP TOWER 7

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES
* Change, as the Constitution
* Father of Rod and Todd Flanders in The Simpsons
* Great _____ (Marmaduke's breed)
* Largest moon of Jupiter (and the entire Solar System)
* Postal abbr. for "The First State"
* Subtitle of the highest-grossing Avengers movie
* Take down a peg

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 two versions you can print out: a .PNG and a link to a .PDF!

ANSWERS: Drop Tower 6

"Drop Tower 6" was posted on this blog thirteen days ago, and ten people since then have successfully solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Stephen Potter ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Mom ****
• Debbie Benford ****
• Kevin Orfield ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Eric Maddy ****

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #255: Drop Tower 6

PUZZLE #255

DROP TOWER 6

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a six-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES
• Be head over heels about
• Car famously turned into a time machine in Back to the Future
• Double ___ (Nickelodeon game show revived in 2018)
• Film critic and historian Maltin
• Note that's "a drop of golden sun" in a song from The Sound of Music
• Pointy body part of an elf
• Tough & taxing test

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 two versions you can print out: a .PNG and a link to a .PDF!

ANSWERS: Drop Tower 5

It's been almost two weeks since I've posted "Drop Tower 5", and since then, a whopping eleven people have successfully solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Chris Hendricks ****
• Pavel Curtis ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Dan Simonds **
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Mom ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Debbie Benford ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****

Now click on "Read more" below for the answers as well as a solver's comment!

PUZZLE #174: Drop Tower 5

PUZZLE #174

DROP TOWER 5

Starting with an 8-letter word on top of the "tower", drop one letter and rearrange the rest to form a 7-letter word. Continue this process until only a 2-letter word remains. Since the tower is completely blank, use the randomly-ordered clues to figure out the words that go in each row.

Once the grid is completely filled in, look inside it for this week's FINAL ANSWER: a five-letter word that can be read going down and in a straight diagonal line.

CLUES
* Beauty and the Beast character who sings "I use antlers in all of my decorating!"
* Elemental symbol for silver
* Film sequences that can be musical
* In the midst of
* It's called "petrol" in Britain
* Teenage turmoil
* Unforeseen complication

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!