ANSWERS: Super Sixes 5

It's been about two weeks since "Super Sixes 5" was posted on this blog, and sixteen people since then have successfully solved it:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Chris Kochmanski
• Joe Bernard
• Michael Lebowitz
• Tyler Hinman
• Mike Armstrong
• Kevin Orfield
• Wendy Walker
• Mom
• Steven McKinney
• Tamara Brenner
• Patrick Jordan
• Sam Levitin
• Brittany Trofimovich
• Lynn Sweeney

Now head below the break for the answers!

PUZZLE #395: Super Sixes 5

PUZZLE #395

SUPER SIXES 5

Enter the answers to the Across clues in the appropriate rows reading from left to right. The answer to each "Sixes" clue starts in the numbered square and goes either clockwise or counterclockwise around its 3x2 rectangle (the direction is left for you to determine by using the Across answers).

Once you've completely filled in the grid, the letters in the gray squares, read from top to bottom, will spell out this week's FINAL ANSWER: the name of a hit song from 1996

ACROSS
i) The quick _____ fox jumps over the lazy dog (sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet)

ii) Equine that you "ride" in the arcade game Final Furlong

iii) Royal spouses

iv) European treat similar to a snow cone: 2 wds.

v) Dart out in different directions

    Pacific Northwest state where The Angry Beavers is set

vi) Did a little turn on the catwalk, say

     Actresses Roberts and Louis-Dreyfus

vii) Dress that's really easy to put on

      "I Love a Rainy Night" singer Eddie

viii) Sending to the sidelines

      NBA player from New Orleans

ix) Unprovoked hostility

     Fly Like an _____ (Steve Miller Band album)

x) Skilled craftsperson

    Aviator outfits that prevent blackouts: Hyph.

xi) The Statue of Liberty's base

     Person paid to park Porsches, perhaps

xii) Brightly-colored bird that catches tiny trouts

xiii) Words with the same definitions as each other

xiv) Colorful candy discs once sold under the Willy Wonka brand

xv) African-American magazine first published in 1945

SIXES

1) Ornamental pin

2) Become cruddier in quality

3) Brief instances (anagram of STERIC)

4) Mama's Family or Modern Family, e.g.

5) Head of the Huns seen in Night at the Museum

6) "Just Give Me a _____" (song by Pink featuring Nate Ruess of fun.)

7) Surname of Barney from Bedrock

8) Adam who sings for Maroon 5

9) Contained like Smucker's jelly

10) Miss _____ (Broadway musical set in Vietnam)

11) Natural knack

12) Baked goods from Einstein Bros.

13) Fantaisie-Impromptu composer Frédéric

14) Scottish language that gave us the words "slogan" and "loch"

15) TV show's season, in the UK (or the entire TV show, in the US)

16) Hand out, as homework

17) Annual tournament held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center: 2 wds.

18) The Baker _____ Irregulars (Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts)

19) Leave the premises

20) Elaborately extravagant

21) Metallic jug that can hold a little over a liter of wine

22) Like Olive Oyl's body

23) Voyager 1 and New Horizons, for two

24) Boss's bootlickers

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: Super Sixes 4

It's been close to two weeks since "Super Sixes 4" got posted on this blog, and an impressive eighteen people have successfully solved it since then, and they're all listed below:

• Grant Fikes
• Cindy Heisler
• Joe Bernard
• Dave C
• Giovanni Pagano
• Kevin Orfield
• Karen Spencer
• Sam Levitin
• Stephen Potter
• Brian Cross
• Mom
• Patrick Jordan
• Tamara Brenner
• Tyler Hinman
• Wendy Walker
• Lynn Sweeney
• Peter Abide
• Alex Milton

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

PUZZLE #339: Super Sixes 4

PUZZLE #339

SUPER SIXES 4

Enter the answers to the Across clues in the appropriate rows reading from left to right. The answer to each "Sixes" clue starts in the numbered square and goes either clockwise or counterclockwise around its 3x2 rectangle (the direction is left for you to determine by using the Across answers).

Once you've completely filled in the grid, the letters in the gray squares, read from top to bottom, will spell out this week's FINAL ANSWER: the name of a musical group that originally had six members

ACROSS
i) Piece in the board game Go

ii) Baleen whale's grub

iii) Stimulant in Barq's root beer

iv) Colosseum combatants

v) Timothy who played 007 in The Living Daylights

    "_____ Green is people!" (famous last line from a '70s dystopian film)

vi) Book after 2 Chronicles

     What a funambulist walks on

vii) Scarlet plants of the primrose family

      Handle a halberd, say

viii) Used a crowbar

        Jerks who drive way too close to another car's rear bumper

ix) Last name of a talkative cartoon rooster

     Light in the night sky

x) #1 Beatles song that begins with a harmonica riff: 3 wds.

    He's toast

xi) The titular wimpy kid from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books

     Toys in the Attic rock band

xii) Change from gas to liquid again

xiii) Picketers' posters

xiv) Red carpet walker, briefly

xv) Sheep's milk sac

SIXES

1) CD's songs that can be "hidden"

2) Model train brand in the National Toy Hall of Fame

3) Coated like a Christmas ham

4) "Curiously Strong" mint

5) Oldest student in high school, perhaps

6) Damon Salvatore's brother in The Vampire Diaries

7) Virtual animal from a website popular in the 2000s (such as a Kacheek or Korbat)

8) Scottish kilt pattern

9) Like Snidely Whiplash's mustache

10) "_____ Ride" (Christmas song by the Ronettes)

11) Wee wave

12) Block progress of

13) Really large number that inspired the name of a really large tech company

14) Snarl up like fishing wire

15) Respectful tribute

16) Cutting-edge

17) Pirates of the Caribbean: At _____ End

18) Nintendo 64 game where you play as a wizard's hand covering

19) The woman wearing the scarlet letter

20) Fabrics for overalls

21) Type of mining used during a gold rush (Anagram of PARCEL)

22) Ring around the sun

23) Snuggle up

24) Siamese, Sphynx, Scottish Fold, and others

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: Super Sixes 3

v) Open-toed shoe worn by Leni from The Loud House = SANDAL [click here for a comic I made about Leni trying to do a crossword...  emphasis on "trying"]

It's been thirteen days since I posted "Super Sixes 3" on this blog, and an impressive twelve people since then have successfully solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Chris Hendricks ****
• Joe Bernard ****
• Stephen Staver ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Mom ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Debbie Benford ****
• Lynn Sweeney ***
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Dan Simonds ****

Now head below the break for the answers and a couple solver comments!

PUZZLE #226: Super Sixes 3

PUZZLE #226

SUPER SIXES 3

Enter the answers to the Across clues in the appropriate rows reading from left to right. The answer to each "Sixes" clue starts in the numbered square and goes either clockwise or counterclockwise around its 3x2 rectangle (the direction is left for you to determine by using the Across answers).

Once you've completely filled in the grid, the letters in the gray squares, read from top to bottom, will spell out this week's FINAL ANSWER: an actress who had her own TV show in the 1960s!

ACROSS
i) Like the ruins of Chichen Itza
ii) Chews like a squirrel
iii) Pinocchio's "father"
iv) "Explosive" song by The Runaways featured in the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack: 2 wds.
v) Open-toed shoe worn by Leni from The Loud House
    Shrieking spirit of Irish folklore
vi) The most abundant element in the air
     _____ Day's Night (Beatles song/album/movie): 2 wds.
vii) Made wrinkle-free
      Pals acting together in a play
viii) Eroica, e.g.
      Birth country of Christoph Waltz and Arnold Schwarzenegger
ix) Type of rock that includes limestone and sandstone
     Separate the wheat from the chaff, say
x) Run around with no clothes on
    Doctor Sax author Jack
xi) Dr. _____, Medicine Woman (90s TV show)
     Quirky video game series where you roll everything up into a giant ball
xii) Host of NBC's The Voice: 2 wds.
xiii) Well-spoken
xiv) Bollywood dresses
xv) Musical symbol that looks like a hashtag pound sign

SIXES
1) Surname of comedic brothers Shawn, Marlon, and Keenen Ivory
2) Nickname of Dr. Ivo Robotnik from the Sonic games
3) Covered with small stones
4) Fast food franchises, for example
5) A Midsummer Night's Dream character whose head turns into a donkey's
6) mother! director Aronofsky
7) Medical magician
8) Wilber who founded a fast-food chain that merged with Carl's Jr. in 1997
9) Chicken _____ bleu
10) Scully and Mulder, for two
11) Army affirmative: 2 wds.
12) Talented rookie
13) Word followed by "australis" or "borealis"
14) Axis & _____ (WWII-themed board game)
15) Fighting video game series with characters named Xiaoyu and Heihachi
16) Little girl's polite bow
17) Grapefruit-flavored soda
18) _____ Marcus (luxury department store)
19) The Whole Nine Yards actress Peet
20) 2007-2012 Nickelodeon sitcom that starred Miranda Cosgrove
21) King who sang "I Feel the Earth Move"
22) Target numbers to hit
23) Phone company using robots in their current ad campaign
24) Persistently pester

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 .PDF!

ANSWERS: Super Sixes 2

It's been thirteen days since I've posted my second "Super Sixes" puzzle, and seven of you have managed to solve it since then. Here's the complete list of solvers:

• Eric Maddy ****
• Mom ****
• Adam Weaver ****
• Punjit Sharma ****
• YYW ****
• Grant Fikes ****
• Sam Levitin ****

Now just head below the break for the answers, along with a couple of solver comments!

PUZZLE #66: Super Sixes 2

PUZZLE #66

SUPER SIXES 2

Well today's my 66th puzzle, so that means one of two things: yet another "Section 6" puzzle, or a different puzzle type involving the number 6 that I haven't done in a while. Since my last "Section 6" puzzle proved to be pretty difficult, I decided to go for the second option, as you can see below.

Enter the answers to the Across clues in the appropriate rows reading from left to right. The answer to each "Sixes" clue starts in the numbered square and goes either clockwise or counterclockwise around its 3x2 rectangle (the direction is left for you to determine by using the Across answers).

Once you've completely filled in the grid, the letters in the grey squares, read from top to bottom, will spell out this week's FINAL ANSWER: the name of a fictional character that debuted in 1996!

ACROSS
i) Bring forth (Hidden in UNREDUCED)
ii) Unedited text that could be "rough"
iii) Police drummer Stewart who did the music for Spyro the Dragon
iv) Like a monkey's tail
v) Horton _____ Who! (2 wds.) / Starfish that lives in Bikini Bottom
vi) Spicy cuisine that Popeyes offers / Rodgers and Hammerstein's second musical
vii) Game show originally hosted by Art Fleming / Arcade machine with flippers (My mom actually owns one called Black Knight!)
viii) Blue video game character who turns 25 this year / Robert Rodriguez film that cost only $7,000 (2 wds.)
ix) Annoying little insects / Seattle Sounders, for one (2 wds.)
x) Maine's capital / Foul-mouthed chef Gordon
xi) Wide-eyed, innocent soul / Lightning-quick pitches
xii) Director of Monsters, Inc. and Inside Out (2 wds.)
xiii) Username of Egoraptor's wife (don't forget to replace the "3" with an "E"!) (EXTRA HINT: It's one letter away from Mickey Mouse's original name)
xiv) Green Kim Possible villainess
xv) "_____ My Sunshine" (Len's only hit song)

SIXES
1) Sink spigot
2) Like some phones that are not cellular
3) Working title for the 2015 failure Accidental Love (MUCH EASIER CLUE: Used a hammer)
4) Sermonize
5) Coffin-carrying car
6) Groups in game shows like I've Got a Secret and Figure It Out
7) Small scythe
8) Community actor Ken and others
9) He won an Oscar playing Lt. Col. Frank Slade
10) Ladder's rung
11) Nautical or digital crime
12) Big Eyes director Tim
13) Actor Mark who voiced The Joker
14) Jam-packs
15) Someone who shares top billing (Hyph.)
16) Pre-installed 3DS app that lets you take 3D pictures
17) Valkyrie Profile developer (Hyph.)
18) Quincy from Foxtrot, for one
19) _____-l'œil (optical illusion)
20) Utterly abhor
21) Shade of blue named after a metal
22) Baton-passing races
23) A ream has 500 of them
24) Last name of Goldfinger's Bond girl

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 that one 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: Super Sixes

Well, it's been almost two weeks since I published my "Super Sixes" puzzle (which you can still solve here, with an easier version here), so, as usual, it's time for me to reveal the answers! Before I do that, however, here's a list of people who have solved it. Surprisingly, I didn't get any solvers in the second week, so everyone gets two stars!

• Eric Maddy **
• Sam Levitin **
• Grant Fikes **
• Adam Weaver **
• Walker Anderson **
• Paolo Pasco **
• Yossi Fendel **
• Christian H.P. **
• M. Sean Molley **
• Tyler Hinman **

Now for the answers! Just click on "Read more" to reveal them, and even if you already know the answers, I'd still go below the break to read some solver comments!

EASY VERSION: Super Sixes

It's been roughly a week since I've posted my "Super Sixes" puzzle, and so far, 10 people have solved it, seven of whom did so in the first 24 hours of this puzzle's posting! This also marks the first time the first week's worth of solvers passed the double-digit mark for a non-meta-crossword! If you want an easier version of this puzzle, go below the break for just that and print it out! Oh, and don't forget to send the FINAL ANSWER to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com before next week once you think you've figured it out!

PUZZLE #17: Super Sixes

PUZZLE #17
SUPER SIXES

I was planning for this to be number sixteen, but then I came up with the idea for next month having a theme, and I didn't want people solving my previous puzzle when the answer is revealed after only a single week. Speaking of which, to kick off my first theme month, next week's puzzle will have a contest attached to it, so stay tuned for that! That said, let's get to the directions!

Enter the answers to the Across clues in the appropriate rows reading from left to right. The answer to each Sixes clue starts in the numbered square and goes either clockwise or counterclockwise around its 3x2 rectangle (the direction is left for you to determine by using the Across answers).

Once you've completely filled in the grid, the letters in the grey squares will spell out the FINAL ANSWER: the name of a TV show that debuted in 1996!

ACROSS

i) Anheuser-_____ InBev

ii) Landmark anime featuring Kaneda and Tetsuo

iii) Indian professor/narrator of NBC's Heroes

iv) Mario Kart 64, for one

v) Actor Christopher who debuted in Gray Lady Down, nine months before Superman / 90s R&B group 702 was named after one

vi) One of Pokémon Trainer's Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. Brawl / The God of War, according to Sony

vii) Musical TV family name with a mom played by Shirley Jones / _____ in Light (Talking Heads album)

viii) Like a faun's hooves / Christmas tree baubles

ix) For free / Disclosure song featuring Sam Smith

x) Fan-led "Operation" that successfully got Xenoblade Chronicles into the US / Singer Lewis who was "Bleeding Love"

xi) Mathematician Benoît who coined the term "fractal" and who has a "set" named after him / Actor Cage, informally

xii) Eradicating

xiii) Don't commit on an issue

xiv) Game engine used in many Lucasarts adventure games

xv) "That squeaking is money to my ears!... _____ music." -Mr. Krabs

SIXES

1) Any one of the Three Graces from Greek mythology

2) Seto Kaiba's younger brother from Yu-Gi-Oh!

3) Filmed another version of, like [Clue #10]'s movie in 2010

4) Reach a destination

5) Birthplace (and deathplace) of Marco Polo

6) Type of "Bull" played by Robert DeNiro

7) Gadget with a viewfinder that Danganronpa 2's Mahiru has

8) Defunct Chrystler car division named after a Spanish explorer

9) One of the goddess of love's loves

10) Nightmarish Freddy who loves his Power Glove

11) "Magical" star of a ridiculously catchy song and Flash cartoon

12) Kitty who likes to snuggle

13) Director of Eat Drink Man Woman

14) _____ Floss (publisher of books filled with Matt Gaffney's meta-crosswords)

15) Golden Quidditch ball that pretty much guarantees a victory

16) Fashion designer Giorgio

17) The Demon Prince-turned-Overlord from Disgaea

18) Alert system that shares its name with a mid-2000s real-time strategy game

19) Type of wedding registry

20) Michael Fay was (in)famously sentenced to this by Singapore in 1994

21) Nixes a NASA mission

22) Japan's largest religion

23) Giraffe from Madagascar

24) Slip-up

Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com before April 12th and I'll put your name on a list of solvers once the answers are posted. You can also use those e-mail addresses to give me feedback and comments on my puzzle or send me the FINAL ANSWER to last week's meta-crossword (which you can solve here, with a hint located here). If you want a version of this puzzle you can print out, head below the break for just that!