I definitely did not understand the instructions and was trying to go about that one all wrong.
PatientZombie got it right!
3/25/2021 - SQUARE DEAL
Insert the given letters, one per cell, to complete a word square containing ten different words, five reading across and five reading down. We’ve placed all of the R’s, U’s, I’s, and N’s to get you started.
Letters to use
A A C D D E E E E E E G S S V Square to complete — — — — — I R I N N N U R R R
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Summary
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| V | I | C | A | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | N | A | N | E |
| N | U | D | G | E |
| E | R | R | E | D |
| S | E | E | R | S |
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3/26/2021
The 6x6 grid was tiled using only the two trominos shown, with reflections and rotations of these tiles permitted. The locations of the tiles’ dots are indicated in the grid. Can you add the thickened lines to show the tiling?
Here’s the same grid, but with X’s instead of dots.
| X | X | X | X | ||
| X | X | X | X | ||
| X | X | X | X | ||
| X | X | X | |||
| X | X | X |
Correct!
Numbers, math, logic, and spatial reasoning I got.
Crosswords, add-a-letter, or lexicon - not so much. THose are for VJVJ
Cross out spatial reasoning from your list and I’m in the same place 
3/27/2021 - BODY SHOP
Start at the top and choose one letter from each successive row to form five 5-letter car parts. You may jump to any column as you go down. There is never a need to rearrange the letters, and every letter will be used exactly once. What are the five car parts?
B M P T W E R R I O A P T U D N O E A K R L E K R
3/28/2021
Eliza priced 42 more items preparing for the rummage sale than Henry did. Had Henry priced 12 more items, he would have priced 3/5 of the number of items that Eliza priced. How many items did Henry price?
OOOHHHH. THere are 2 answers for the 3/28 math question.
Why there are two:
Does Henry’s extra 12 diminish the number that Eliza prices? Yes or no?
Answers
X+12 = 3/5*(X+42) means X = 33
or
X+12 = 3/5*(X+30) means X = 15
Interesting!
Summary
Official answer is no, the 12 additional hypothetical items do not diminish what Eliza priced, but then where are these magical items coming from??
3/27
Summary
brake
motor
pedal
trunk
wiper
Even deeper into 3/28…
Could the additional 12 only partially diminish Eliza’s total? Given a total number of possible items greater than the net total priced between the two, there’s an expected value to be calculated here. This I leave as an exercise for the reader.
3/27
Summary
BRAKE
MOTOR
PEDAL
TRUNK
WIPER
Lol. I’m told I have a horrible vocabulary. But I do like crossword puzzles.
3/29/2021 - BLOW AWAY
The letters B-L-O-W have been dropped from the phrases below, with all the spaces removed. The letters B-L-O-W were extracted in left-to-right order, although not necessarily consecutively. What are these words and phrases?
- D O U E D N
- R U E B S
- U F F A I N G S
- T A E F R T O
- A A N C E F P O E R
- P U I C N E R S H I P
- T H E I G E B S K I
- E L T E R
I’m not going to be posting any puzzles at all next week, so I’m going to try and post a bunch today to make up for it.
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3/29
Summary
- DOUBLE DOWN
- RUB ELBOWS
- BUFFALO WINGS
- TABLE FOR TWO
- BALANCE OF POWER
- PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
- THE BIG LEBOWSKI
- BELL TOWER
You got it!