Daily Brain Puzzlers Calendar

One of each. As it turns out, GoA doesn’t allow you to post two identical posts in a row (or maybe it’s within a time limit?). There were two puzzles and two correct/right puzzle solutions posted, which means there needed to be two different answers. I could have messed with the punctuation or added some more words, but I was in a hurry at the time.

2/23

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02/24/2022 Age Appropriate

Use only the letter in AGE to fill in the blanks to create common, uncapitalized words. Each letter in AGE will be used at least once in every word. Can you come up with all eight words?

1. _ R _ P _
2. L U _ _ _ _ _
3. P _ R _ L _ _ _ L
4. _ L _ _ _ N C _
5. C L _ _ V _ _ _
6. _ _ _ H _ _ D
7. _ _ _ R _ V _ T _
8. _ _ N _  _ L O _ Y

02/25/2022

Solve this crossword, entering each six-letter answer, letter by letter, in alphabetical order: left to right for the Across answers, and top to bottom for the Downs.

Across
1 Dangerous person
7 Emblematic
8 Appeared ominously
9 Four-baggers
10 Backbones
11 Plowed rut

Down
1 Vandalize
2 Option
3 Arthurian wizard
4 More glum
5 Grieves
6 Campy faints

**02/24/2022 Age Appropriate**
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2/22 and 2/23

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2/24

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  1. GRAPE
  2. LUGGAGE
  3. PARALEGAL
  4. ELEGANCE
  5. CLEAVAGE
  6. EGGHEAD
  7. AGGRAVATE
  8. GENEALOGY
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Re: 2:24

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Was surprised genealogy was spelled geneAlogy instead of geneOlogy. Suspect.

Correct!

A is correct. I looked into the spelling years ago when I was looking into genealogy. It makes sense if you think of it as being derived from geneal

2/25

Summary

ACEEMN
CCIUNO
DELMOO
EHMORS
EINPSS
FORRUW

1 Dangerous person MENACE - ACEEMN
7 Emblematic - ICONIC - CCIINO
8 Appeared ominously - LOOMED - DELMOO
9 Four-baggers - HOMERS – EHMORS
10 Backbones SPINES - EINPSS
11 Plowed rut FURROW - FORRUW

Down
1 Vandalize DEFACE - ACDEEF
2 Option - CHOICE - CCEHIO
3 Arthurian wizard MERLIN - EILMNR
4 More glum MOPIER - EIMOPR
5 Grieves MOUNRS - MNORSU
6 Campy faints SWOONS - NOOSSW

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You typed the last word wrong, but otherwise correct.

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02/26/2022

Insert the letters A to J, one per square, so that no two consecutive letters in alphabetical order are in squares that touch in any way, even at a corner. Three letters have been placed to get you started.

02/27/2022 Figure Skating

In this word ladder, go from LAND to AXEL in seven steps, changing one letter at a time to form a common English word at each step. We found two answers.

L A N D
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
A X E L

2/26

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Correct!

2/27?

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LAND
BAND
BEND
BEED
BLED
ALED
AXED
AXEL

2/27 better

Summary

LAND
LEND
SEND
SEED
SPED
APED
AXED
AXEL

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Really?

Legit word