ANSWERS: Link-Letters 15

Two weeks have passed by since "Link-Letters 15" was posted on this blog, and eighteen people have solved it since then:

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

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #592: Link-Letters 15

PUZZLE #592

LINK-LETTERS 15

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all nine rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: the name of a sitcom that premiered in the 2010s

1) 16-minute-long movie, maybe

    "_____ of the mornin' to ya, laddies!" (catchphrase of Irish YouTuber Jacksepticeye)

2) *NSYNC song about the genre of music performed by *NSYNC

    Frilly doily material

3) Emulate a "grim" figure with a scythe

    Doing more than just fibbing

4) "Big" burger courtesy of the Golden Arches

    Uses a scale from 1 to 10, say

5) A-1 (HINT: Remove the "V" from IMPROV and scramble the remaining letters)

    Use a rotary phone, say

6) Cereal eaten by Little Mikey in a long-running ad campaign

    Peter from the 2002 Disney film Return to Neverland

7) Marx brother who "talks" with a bulb horn

    Neighbor of the Simpsons who says "Hi-Diddily-Ho!"

8) Main protagonist of Stellar Blade (or the day before Christmas, say)

    Putting _____ (golf course part)

9) Furnish for free, as a hotel room

    Striped structure where the characters of The Amazing Digital Circus live

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: Link-Letters 14

Two weeks have passed by since "Link-Letters 14" was posted on this blog, and nineteen people have solved it since then:

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

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #542: Link-Letters 14

PUZZLE #542

LINK-LETTERS 14

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all nine rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a noun relating to biology

1) Art _____ (1920s artstyle used for the Empire State Building)

    Supermodel's stance

2) Plain to see (anagram of VOTER)

    Jeopardy champion-turned-host Jennings

3) Snake on the cover of Alice Cooper's album Constrictor

    Congress chamber with 435 representatives

4) Actress Campbell from Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer

    A terrible thing to waste, in a well-known motto from the UNCF

5) Stimpy or Sylvester, for one

    Kind of water mixed with gin in a drink usually garnished with a lime slice

6) Straps that steer steeds

    Last word of the Pledge of Allegiance

7) Tense for verbs ending in "-ed"

    Guerrilla Guevara who narrates the musical Evita for some reason

8) "We _____ fight on the beaches" (speech from Winston Churchill)

    Direction preceding "Hollywood" or "Virginia"

9) Aladdin's simian sidekick in Disney's Aladdin (both versions)

    Harlem shake, hand jive, or hokey pokey, e.g.

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: Link-Letters 13

It's been nearly two weeks since "Link-Letters 13" was posted on this blog, and an impressive nineteen people have solved it since then:

• Cindy Heisler
• Grant Fikes
• Cathy Bowen
• Joe Bernard
• Pavel Curtis
• Kevin Orfield
• Josie Giles
• Mike Armstrong
• Michael Lebowitz
• Wendy Walker
• Tower
• Tamara Brenner
• Mom & Alex Milton
• Sam Levitin
• Chris Kochmanski
• Patrick Jordan
• Lynn Sweeney
• Steve Gunter

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #497: Link-Letters 13

PUZZLE #497

LINK-LETTERS 13

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all nine rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: the name of an animated film

1) Breathe heavily like a basset hound

    Indefinitely long time period

2) Bon _____ (witty remark)

    Shape on the Swedish and Swiss flags

3) Ailment common in winter

    Any amusement park attraction built in RollerCoaster Tycoon

4) Cheshire Cat's smile

    Pit of a plum or peach

5) One of too many limbs on a millipede

    Grayish blue hue (or an online magazine launched in 1996)

6) Pleasant scent

    Preceder of "Tac" or "Tac Toe"

7) Member of a Minnesota baseball team

    _____ Misérables

8) Black cat from various Tom and Jerry cartoons (or the Sundance Kid's partner)

    Video doorbell company named after a doorbell sound

9) The Da Vinci Code author Brown

    Dennis the Menace's dog

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: Link-Letters 12

It's been nearly two weeks since "Link-Letters 12" was posted on this blog, and a whopping twenty people have correctly solved it since then, all of whom are listed below:

• M. Sean Molley
• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Chris Kochmanski
• Joe Bernard
• Pavel Curtis
• Kevin Orfield
• Michael Lebowitz
• Tyler Hinman
• Mike Armstrong
• Al Sisti
• Perry Groot
• Patrick Jordan
• Sam Levitin
• Tamara Brenner
• Lynn Sweeney
• Steve Gunter
• Mom
• KeoFam
• Wendy Walker

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #447: Link-Letters 12

PUZZLE #447

LINK-LETTERS 12

One of the clues in this puzzle contains a word suggested by Patron M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at $15 or more per month to suggest one word or phrase for me to put into a puzzle every month!

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all nine rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: the name of a board game from the 1980s

1) Golden monetary unit that you collect a ton of in New Super Mario Bros. 2

    "Beware the _____ of March" (line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar)

2) Ancient Egyptian pharaoh who took the throne at around age 8

    Yemeni money

3) 5:1 or 4:3, e.g.

    Partner in a peace treaty

4) Susie the Little Blue Coupe from the Disney short of the same name, for one

    It's to the right of the apostrophe key on an American keyboard

5) Instrument played by the Phantom of the Opera

    Synonym for "zest" that starts with the same letter

6) Thigh's muscle group, for short

    Insect in a tiny "farm"

7) Long-lasting wavy hairstyle

    "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" poet Robert

8) Wrigley's first sugarfree chewing gum

    Legendary Red Sox player Williams

9) Vehicle that Keanu Reeves needs to keep going above 50 miles per hour in Speed (1994)

    _____ mass index

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: Link-Letters 11

Thirteen days have passed by since "Link-Letters 11" was posted on this blog, so now's the time for me to reveal the list of everyone who has solved it since then:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Joe Bernard
• Kevin Orfield
• Sam Levitin
• Mike Armstrong
• KeoFam
• Tyler Hinman
• Mom
• Patrick Jordan
• Michael Lebowitz
• Wendy Walker
• Lynn Sweeney

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #402: Link-Letters 11

PUZZLE #402

LINK-LETTERS 11

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all nine rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a noun relating to anatomy

1) Shedding-type card game from Mattel that comes in Minecraft and Super Mario variants

    Gestured for a photographer

2) Tales from the _____ (HBO horror anthology show that got a kid-friendly cartoon spinoff)

    Roughly .035 ounces

3) Culture Club song that mentions "a clock in my heart" in its lyrics

    Paved-over parking place

4) Target for Advil or Aleve

    Punches with big red gloves, perhaps

5) _____ the King's Men (1949 film that won the Best Picture Oscar)

    Like slasher movies with a high body-part count

6) Completely lacking in cash

    969 years, for Methuselah

7) With "The", Chris Hardwick-hosted game show that's basically a giant version of Plinko

    Appendage of Chicken Boo from Animaniacs

8) Whistleblower on the gridiron, for short

    Play's performer

9) Successfully make a pair in a game of "Memory", say

    Insect or checkmark

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: Link-Letters 10

Happy Halloween, everyone! I'm gonna be busy for most of today binging Halloween episodes and specials, so I'll make this quick and list the eighteen people who solved "Link-Letters 10" from two weeks ago:

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

Now head below the break for the answers as well as a solver's comment!

PUZZLE #357: Link-Letters 10

PUZZLE #357

LINK-LETTERS 10

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all eight rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: the name of a young adult novel

1) Peter Griffin's only daughter in Family Guy

    It's attached to an answering machine

2) Short-term employee

    Devoured durians, say

3) Playful prank

    Very large film format for Fantasia 2000's initial theatrical release

4) Day, to José

    Part of Stimpy's face which is big and blue

5) 8-inch sandwiches from Jimmy John's, say

    Journal kept by Bridget Jones

6) Stubbs who was the original lead singer of the Four Tops

    Holier-_____-thou

7) Bashful ghost from Super Mario World

    Deducts from one's pay

8) Choose to do without

    Cube root of 1,000

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: Link-Letters 9

Happy New Year (and good bleeping riddance to 2020)! I can't think of anything to smoothly segue from that, so here are the twelve people who solved "Link-Letters 9" from thirteen days ago:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Giovanni Pagano ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Kevin Orfield ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Stephen Potter ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Mom ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Dan & Lisa Simonds ****

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #314: Link-Letters 9

PUZZLE #314

LINK-LETTERS 9

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all eight rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: the name of a 1980s computer game

1) _____ Rogers in the 25th Century

    Miami team that Shaquille O'Neal played for

2) Fester from The Addams Family, e.g.

    Actor Beatty who's not related to Warren Beatty

3) Sandwich made with pita bread

    Handles hard times

4) Gun a motor

    Tony-winning musical with the song "Seasons of Love"

5) When doubled, a #1 hit by the Archies

    Big lummox

6) Boat's bottom

    Jungle Book bear who later starred in TaleSpin

7) It's directly to the right of the "M" key on a QWERTY keyboard

    Leaping mammal on a yellow "XING" sign

8) Minute to _____ It (NBC/GSN game show)

    Conclusive evidence in court

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: Link-Letters 8

Thirteen days have passed since "Link-Letters 8" was posted on this blog, and just like the last couple weeks, eleven people have successfully solved this puzzle, as you can see in the following list:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Cindy Heisler ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Ted Fields ****
• Kevin Orfield ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Mom ****
• Stephen Potter ****
• Debbie Benford ****
• Eric Maddy ****

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #270: Link-Letters 8

PUZZLE #270

LINK-LETTERS 8

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all eight rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: a fashion term or a video game villain

1) Gabor sister who starred in Green Acres
    Speechify
2) Captain America: _____ War
    Letter after Y, in Yorkshire
3) Grown-up nits
    2016 computer-animated film about animals in a musical competition
4) Time for the moon to shine
    Hercules (1997) villain with minions named Pain and Panic
5) Vote into office
    Poem packed with praise
6) Bear caves and man caves, often
    Family _____ (Michael J. Fox sitcom)
7) Main ingredient of maple syrup
    Give employment to
8) Prolific game show producer Goodson
    Ping-pong surface

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

ANSWERS: Link-Letters 7

Almost two weeks have gone by since "Link-Letters 7" was posted on this blog, and nine people since then have successfully gotten the FINAL ANSWER, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Pavel Curtis ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Mom ****
• Dan Simonds ****
• Debbie Benford ****

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

PUZZLE #242: Link-Letters 7

PUZZLE #242

LINK-LETTERS 7

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all eight rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: A television channel

1) Fairy godparent's offering
    What any number divided by itself equals to
2) Long-running USA Network series about a detective pretending to have ESP
    Hiking trail
3) Gun an engine
    Time-travelling cybernetic soldier from Deadpool 2
4) Sneaker's sole pattern
    Sick as a dog
5) Place to get pampered
    Columns' crossers
6) Mary had a little one
    With "The", Best Picture Oscar winner starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as conmen
7) "Bodak Yellow" rapper _____ B
    Another name for Lou Gehrig's disease: Abbr.
8) Longtime MAD Magazine caricaturist Drucker
    Grew older

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

ANSWERS: Link-Letters 6

I know one of the answers to this puzzle is SUBS plural, not singular, but look! It's animated!

It's been almost two weeks since "Link-Letters 6" was posted on this blog, and seven people since then have correctly solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Mom ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Dan Simonds ****

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #210: Link-Letters 6

PUZZLE #210

LINK-LETTERS 6

Merry Christmas Eve! Today's offering is one that I've done before, but the formatting of it has changed a bit from the previous times that I've done it, and the directions have been changed slightly to reflect that. Read on to see what I mean...

There are two clues for each numbered row. The answers to each row's first clue go in the squares to the left of the first black bar in each correspondingly numbered row in the puzzle's grid, and the answers to the second clue go into the squares to the right of the second black bar. Then a single letter (the "Link-Letter") goes in the square in the middle to complete a single word that reads all the way across. For example, if the two words are CON and ACT, you can put a "T" between them to get CONTACT.

Once you've filled out all eight rows, the central letters will spell out two words reading down. Add a letter between those two words in the red square to get this week's FINAL ANSWER: An animal

1) Vehicles with periscopes
    Phoenix Wright: _____ Attorney
2) _____-Ra: Princess of Power ('80s cartoon)
    Fantastic Four member who says "It's clobberin' time!"
3) Montana birthplace of Evel Knievel
    Sugar Ray song with the lyrics "All around the world, statues crumble for me"
4) It's read by a Blu-ray player
    Use a blue pencil, perhaps
5) ___ XING (street sign)
    Chuck Woolery-hosted game show named after one of the seven deadly sins
6) Tutu-wearing mammal from a Fantasia segment
    City that wasn't built in a day
7) He loved Lucy
    Basketball Hall of Famer Archibald
8) The title character of 2017's Ferdinand, for one
    Metal whose elemental symbol is "Sn"

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!