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Page 1 of 1 By Kenny Young
There and Back Again
Each puzzle solved gives you an answer Tolkien as a reward for submitting the puzzle answer on the web site. Place these Tolkiens in the grid below and read the shaded column.
13 Arrows
A Lannister Always Pays His Debts
A Letter to My Love
A Song of Ice and Fire
Bag of Dice
Breaking Bard
Chimera
Cliffs of Insanity
Coat of Arms
Drag On
Dragonslayer
Ex-Calibur
Fairy Ring
Gelatinous Cube
Hello, My Name Is
How to Train Your Dragon
I Hate Roleplaying
Inconceivable
It Was a Tournament to Remember...
Labyrinth
Language of the Elves
Minotaur’s Lair
Missing Queens
Monk’s Attack
Nightmare
Nine Princes in Amber
Orcs
Rosetta Shield
Semi-magic Squares
Setting Sun
The Kitten and the Octopus
The Quest
The S-word in the Stone
They Were Both Poisoned
Walk Into Mordor
Word Play
You are Over-Encumbered
Page 1 of 1 By Nicole Berdy
A Lannister always pays his debts
Each equation should be solved separately. Within each equation, no letter represents the same digit as another letter.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
_ _ _ _ _ _ 1 2 3 4 5 6
HORSE A= E= H=8 L=
+ARMOR M= O= R= S=
AMULET T= U=
HONOR E= H= I= L=8
+LION N= O= R= T=
THREE
MONEY A= C=8 E= H=
+CASH M= N= O= S=
ANNOYS Y=
TIME E= I=8 L= M=
+LION N= O= T=
MOTEL
BRIBE B=8 E= G= I=
+LION L= N= O= R=
GONER
KNIFE E= F= H= I=
+LION K= L= N=8 O=
HORSES R= S=
Page 1 of 1 By Gillian Haworth
A Letter to My Love
How I wish you were here to hear the Prince’s speech, oh what a powerful and
commanding speech it was. The Ruler had just returned as the victor of a bloody war, the echo
of triumph reached the ears of the King, who promptly rejoiced at his son Romeo’s bravery. I
look forward to your return, walking through banyan, keeping no mind of the hour as we tango
the night away, drinking whiskey and reveling in nonspeech, oh how I miss those nights. The
brisk November air now tangos with banyan, keep yourself warm, my dear one. Very soon we
will foxtrot, and go round the world, we will see India and places even Prince Romeo himself has
not seen. We will be at the table’s mercy, eating foreign foods under sierra skies and tango while
drinking whiskey. Chaos cares not for plans, and Prince Romeo’s wife has cut off trade with the
citadel, take care and stay safe.
Eternally yours
-M
Page 1 of 1 By Dana Young
A Song of Ice and Fire
Each square must be ice (gray circles) or fire (black). Some are filled in to get you started. Each column and row must have an equal number of fire and ice squares, and no row or column may contain more than two consecutive squares of the same type. Read the middle ice squares of each column and row to get the answer.
C F S T L M
E T H I A O
E A N R K
K S D E R
A D E C S T N O I T
O R T H O M H N L R E N N
N O H N A S E Q O E
H M E A N T M P T E U W F G
C L T U T I E D E E
T A K S H R O E T L T G
W N S R F A
Y S P O P M
I F R N O
E W I R D
Page 1 of 1 By Morgan Brown
Breaking Bard
You encounter a bard troupe from Essos who sing you songs with an unfamiliar element to them. How do you get them to go away? Listen to the troupe’s songs at https://puzzleday.research.microsoft.com/2015/p/breakingbard
__ __ __ __ __ to “__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __”
Li Fe He O Cl Ni Cu Ag Ti Sn U Au Ne Fe
Page 1 of 1 By Dana Young
Chimera
All of these hybrids have been split in two. Reunite their left half with their right
half by drawing a straight line connecting their corresponding dots. The letters that
are intersected by lines will lead you to the last hybrid.
TO BE IMPARTIAL OR EQUAL
● ● A ROUND GREEN SEED OR URINE
DEXTER OF RED VS BLUE
● ● A SMALL BIRD OR STIMPY’S FRIEND
CARNAGE OR THE VICE
PRESIDENT AL ● ●
AN ARM FOR A FISH
TO NAG OR A STRINGED
INSTRUMENT ● ●
A UNIVERSITY’S GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS
THE DEADLIEST AFRICAN
MAMMAL ● ●
CONCERNING OR WITH REFERENCE TO
GOLD, FRANKINCENSE,
AND _____ ● ●
CIGARETTE RESIDUE OR ROAD SEALANT
A SMALL FISH OR GILLIGAN’S BOAT
● ●
MAIZE OR A CALLUS ON YOUR FOOT
A PIRATE’S LEG OR NICKNAME
FOR MARGARET ● ●
A RIFLE OR REVOLVER FOR EXAMPLE
TO EXHALE OR A JAPANESE
WEAPON ● ●
MANUFACTURED OR A FEMALE HOUSEKEEPER
A CASTRATED MAN
● ●
TO ESTIMATE THE VALUE IN ORDER TO TAX IT
K
N
I D
Y
M
A
E
E
L T
T
T
S
S
S
R R
R
I
I
O
O
O
D
E
D
L
D
L
N
N A
A
B
C
F
G
H
H
J
P
U
W
Y
M
G
P B
K
Y
N
O
P
S
U
R
C
G
F
I
H
K
W
P
P
I M
D
S
G R L
O M
N
Page 1 of 1 By Philip Z Loh
Cliffs of Insanity
Rungs from All Ladders in Alphabetical Order
Climb up the Cliffs of Insanity using 4-letter word ladders! How many rungs are in each ladder,
after you pieced them together? Count them, convert the numbers into letters, and then reorder
the letters for your final answer.
25. 2nd half of a Vulcan technique
26. Weather severity or spice level
27. 1st half of a Vulcan technique
28. Ice cream flavor
29. Precipitation event
30. What the potatoes turn to if you do [22]
for too long
31. Christmas judgment by Santa
32. Farmers get this for selling eggs?
33. It often comes after [9] or after getting
hit by [2]
34. Quick kiss
35. Guitar playing equipment
36. Where you might find potatoes or rice?
37. What the cliffs are not
38. Past tense of an unfortunate ship action
39. Unwell
40. Metronomes keep this
41. Part of a fork
42. What you might hear on a telephone
43. Bad habit
44. Repulsive
45. What you do when you age a drink?
46. Example of [12] for a horse
47. Disney or Whitman
1. Baseball call on a pitcher
2. Baseball call on a pitch
3. Medieval poet
4. Part of a bracelet, often
5. Make something straight now angled
6. Christmas ornament of candy
7. Ice cream holder
8. Where you might get sliced meat
9. Season where leaves change color
10. Lunar phase when werewolves change
form
11. Opposite of loss
12. Way in which a horse moves
13. Prefix regarding choppers
14. Where you might find a pitchfork (and it's
very hot)
15. Part of a ship that rhymes with [10]
16. Eggs get this?
17. Animal fat used in cooking
18. Shelters from the storm or deposits of
dead yeast
19. Allow someone to borrow
20. Part of a camera
21. Statements that claim the cliffs are [37]
22. How you might prepare potatoes
23. Part of a ship
24. Ancient fermented honey drink
Page 1 of 1 By Gillian Haworth, Danielle Jaegers, David Reaburn, Jovana Taylor
Drag On
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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Flag these monsters down!
D H J B M O L X P V S L K Y J W E I
G R U A N L W T G R T B I G F O O T
L E Q O K R H W P S P R P S I J M O
Z T R N G Z E O K E T W F V H U R J
K F C P M R L L M I I O X P Y X S L
N I E J E K N F C U V X N Q G E Z Q
B H N W E Y Q E P W T Q O E L J B Y
M S U J A H T Z V G M N F G C O H Y
O E W T P G S E K R I O R I E D V R
G P V Q B R F T Z G Q L B A P W G S
Y A H F X E O M H U W P S N U Q H C
P H X J O K P T J C T W L T R V R P
B S Q A F L B M N X I G Z K J D E R
M C Z N Q A I A S F Q O P X U H U W
K E J O K W H R J W L R Q N F P K U
S L W I N D P E Q K S V J S D R Q T
O R M G P Q N M E U O G N K O M C P
F C N O J D I W R H Z V Q A S L N H
Page 1 of 1 By Dana Young
Dragonslayer
We’re being overrun by dragons! Place knights in the grid below such that each knight is touching one dragon from the north, east, south, or west. While there may be more than one knight touching a dragon, or more than one dragon touching a knight, each knight is assigned one and only one dragon. Also, no two knights will occupy adjacent squares, even diagonally. The numbers provided show how many knights are in each row or column.
R T E N H R A E M O L S I 3
D A N W D G E H V E 4
R E Y P L L Y F U D A R M 3
T A E I N O X E Q P K T 2
T E U A R Z I J A N I F 5
O B N U P R T C A N 1
L N R E W I V E M O P L I 4
E G M U T N T O N K A C A N 1
P Y I D S H L Q U A 5
R E F A S H S T A N B I E N 1
T E R U N F O R D E D C E 5
M Y W H R E N P X 1
T R H U E D M L R A F 6
J D O K L V V E G R I A 1
O N I D N E G Y T E S E S N 3
5 2 5 1 2 4 1 6 0 5 1 4 2 5 2
2
0
3
1 0 2 1 1
EXAMPLE:
Page 1 of 3 By Chris Bentivenga, Nate Buck, Nate Deisinger and Adam Gleitman
Ex-calibur
Each clue (and ex-clue) gives a word or short phrase as its answer (or ex-answer). Pair each answer to one ex-answer. Each answer/ex-answer pair fits into one individual cross. To solve the final crossword, use the words from the individual crosses.
Ex-clue Ex-answer Answer Clue
An alchemist tries to change this metal ____________________ ____________________ Folded breakfasts
Ancient Mediterranean city named for the emperor who rediscovered it ____________________ ____________________ Bug much more beautiful than what it started as
Birds, fish, and even lizards come out of these ____________________ ____________________ City so great it spans two continents
Birds of a _______ ____________________ ____________________ Feathery, rises from the ashes
Bug known for its many legs and single trans-formation ____________________ ____________________ They say this is mightier than a blade
Fearsome reptiles from ancient times ____________________ ____________________ Nothing - not even light - can escape from this
once it gets too close
Firebird (the mythical creature, not the data-base software) ____________________ ____________________ They've got stems, petals, pollen
Might invite you to a steak dinner at their moonlit castles. Bring a stake instead. ____________________ ____________________ They come to this campus every day
Natural night light ____________________ ____________________ They flap around, live in caves, occasionally indulge
in a bit of blood, and aren't bugs
Trees, flowers, crops - they all come from these ____________________ ____________________ Very old, stone, bones
What most of the people solving these puz-zles are ____________________ ____________________
You might find this in a treasure horde, or coating an overpriced smartwatch
Page 2 of 3 By Chris Bentivenga, Nate Buck, Nate Deisinger and Adam Gleitman
Ex-calibur
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11
Page 3 of 3 By Chris Bentivenga, Nate Buck, Nate Deisinger and Adam Gleitman
Ex-calibur
1
3
11 6 5
10
7
8 9
4 2
Page 1 of 2 By Nicole Berdy, Noel Hanzel, Risa Naka, Alec Carnovale, and Amos Eshel
Fairy Ring
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
7
5
1
6
8
4
3
2
Page 2 of 2 By Nicole Berdy, Noel Hanzel, Risa Naka, Alec Carnovale, and Amos Eshel
Fairy Ring
1. Actor Damon "Blind as _ _ _ _" Forest floor growth Long story of heroic achievement Rip apart The sun, for example White robe of Rome Woodwind instrument 2. _ _ _ _ Brute? Canadian singer Celine Correct or revise List of food options Plenty; frequently Travel as a passenger Unit of paper Waiting; in stand-by 3. Amer. military branch that flies Approximately .305 meters Exam Insects likely to ruin your picnic Single thing Spanish for male child Toward the center Trigonometric function 4. Author Roald Bias disclaimer, online Carpentry tool Clueless phrase Large pack of floating ice Member of the US Navy elite One handed home row keys Word that can precede circle or truck
5. Back muscles, for short Basic unit of chemical elements Canyon sound Flame “Make like a tree and ____” Norse god of war Not all Start of a play 6. Bait Cain's brother Captain Hook's sidekick Frozen queen Lacking feeling Oak, ash, or elm Pokemon 86 Treebeard's kind 7. Desert climate “One ____ to rule them all” Opera song, for one Ovens do this Royal ruler Sharp part of a knife When convicted you go behind these Wise man 8. Against “By the ____ of your pants” Give off Prefix meaning all Nick at ____ Male heirs Layer Use a spoon
Page 1 of 2 By Adam Gleitman
Gelatinous Cube
Assemble these 24 squares to form a 4×4 cube with four squares on each side such that every face and 16-cell band wrapping around the cube contains each letter from A through P exactly once. The letters on each face should all have the same orientation, although this may not necessarily hold for adjacent faces. The thick lines form the edges of the cube. Once you are done, look through the O’s on the completed cube and unscramble the letters to reveal the final answer.
A B C D
E F G H
I J K L
M N O P
WRONG
A B
C
D
E F
G
H
I J K L
M N O P
WRONG
A B C D
E F G H
I J K L
M N O P
RIGHT
M O
I C
A K
J E
N K
H B
A M
O I
E J
M A
E D
N G
K P
H C
A B
M H
N L
G B
N H
J K
D C
L P
D O
C M
Page 2 of 2 By Adam Gleitman
Gelatinous Cube
P K
L C
J B
F E
H I
G N
H P
C M
F E
G J
E D
F P
F O
D I
A P
L I
O F
B K
F O
I J
N G
L D
L G
A B
Page 1 of 1 By Philip Z Loh
Hello, My Name Is
Iñigo Montoya. Tú mataste a mi padre, prepárate a morir!
OLÁ meu nome é
Boi Sorte
CIAO mi chiamo
Maiale Malvagio
HEJ mit navn er
Brun Rotte
BUNĂ ZIUA numele meu este
Cal De Portocale
APA KHABAR nama saya adalah
Naga Zamrud
HALLO mijn naam is
Zilveren Slang
MOI nimeni on
Vihainen Tiger
HEI er mitt navn
Isete Hane
BONJOUR je m’appelle
Singe Volant
HELO fy enw i yw
Hwrdd Gyfeillgar
WITAM nazywam się
Martwy Królik
HALLO ich heiße
Roter Hund
Page 1 of 3 By Derek Brown
I Hate Roleplaying
Dwarf’s rules:
Now we’re doing acrobatics? Ugh. Move the first vowel three spaces to the right, and don’t
pay attention for one turn.
Finally, a battle! Change the weapon in your phrase to your currently held weapon and reveal
your battle cry.
Ooh, fire! That should keep me attentive and warm! Remove any instance of BR from the
phrase, but don’t stop paying attention
What possible use is a perception check? Replace the first word in your phrase with WATCH,
and don’t pay attention for two turns.
Oh good, a history check. Wouldn’t want to leave without a history lesson, would we? Go back
to the phrase you had two turns ago, and don’t pay attention for two turns.
A nature check, really? Remove the race of the character that just tried that, then don’t pay
attention for three turns.
Why are we thieves? Add the weapon that was just stolen to the beginning of the phrase, then
don’t pay attention for two turns.
We’re talking to people. How could stealth possibly be useful here? Remove the letters, H,I,D,
and E and stop paying attention for three turns.
Diplomacy, what a useless skill! Add WORD to the end of the phrase, then stop paying
attention for one turn.
Your party consists of you (the dwarf), an Elf, a Deva, and an Orc. The party enters a local
blacksmith’s shop to get some more information and possibly equipment. Unfortunately, do-
ing this will require some dialog, and dialog is boring! While everyone else in the party is
busy talking and not fighting, you’ll just scribble on your paper.
A turn of dialog consists of 1) The blacksmith doing something, 2) Another party member doing something, and 3) Your reaction, or lack thereof. The dwarf should write the word MYSELF down at the beginning.
It’s recommended to do this with three people: one playing the dwarf, one the blacksmith,
and one for the rest of the party.
Page 2 of 3 By Derek Brown
I Hate Roleplaying
Blacksmith’s rules:
The party walks into your shop. Tell them “Greetings, travellers. I’m selling these fine leath-er armors. Would you care to purchase any?”
You’ve been informed that the party is in search of weapons. Inform them that you have just received a shipment of magic weapons from the elemental planes. Hand the Deva a ROD.
They’re trying to determine your supplier so they can cut out the middleman. You’re clearly too smart for this! “My suppliers remain my secret. Being the only one who buys from them ensures that I have the best price in town!”
Fantastic, someone is interested in the price of an item! Luckily, your prices are simple, eve-rything is exactly 12,000 gold pieces! That is, unless they’ve tried to charm you by compli-menting your hairstyle. Then it’s half that price. You’re such a sucker for hair compliments. Tell the party the price.
Oh no! Fire is the one thing you’ve truly feared all your life, ever since you watched your pet turtle dying because he was set on fire…by you. Scream that whoever knocked that over is a stupid oaf, while producing your secret defense against fire, a FIRE RESISTANT CLOAK, from behind the counter. Its magical properties quickly douse the fire.
Someone is eyeing your precious cloak. “Forget it! This isn’t for sale!” You put the cloak back behind the counter, and instead offer “Perhaps you would like an AXE or MACE?” Hand an AXE to the Deva and a MACE to the Orc.
Someone has complimented you on the quality of these weapons. Proudly reply “Thank you! My work is well known throughout the city. I single handedly crafted that just last week!”
Shifty glances, this can only spell trouble. Ask what is wrong. Someone has asked about the history of an inscription. ““Sometimes I get bored in the
shop and doodle on the weapons. But don’t change the subject! What are you planning on doing to me?” you say, clearly on edge.
A character has just tried to calm you down and failed. They’re clearly after your precious cloak! Rush behind the counter to hide the cloak while screaming incoherently.
Someone attempted to move stealthily around your shop. You hear them immediately as they inadvertently step on the bubble wrap you had carefully laid out all around your shop. You laugh maniacally and say “You will never find my master! Gnomes, attack!” Several gnomes run from the back room, popping bubble wrap the entire way.
Page 3 of 3 By Derek Brown
I Hate Roleplaying
Elf’s rules
Someone’s trying to sell you armor. Armor isn’t important if you have enough weapons. Luckily, you roll thievery and successfully steal a BRAND from near the door as you walk in. You hand this quietly to the Orc to hide while you ask about purchasing weapons.
You’ve just seen the blacksmith put out a fire with the cloak. You are impressed, and begin eyeing it heavily. You roll nature to see if it is all natural. Although it does appear to have something su-pernatural in it, you also determine that it is fair trade and organic, and therefore probably ok.
The blacksmith has now been reduced to incoherent screaming and obsessively protecting that cloak. It must be important! Tell the orc to continue attempting to calm down the incoherent blacksmith while you stealthily attempt to move to the other side of the room. Roll stealth.
Deva’s rules
You are handed a ROD. Pass your STAFF to the dwarf to hold for the time being. Ask about who sells the blacksmith these weapons.
The quoted price is over 10,000 gold pieces and you stumble backwards. In your clumsiness, you knock over a small cauldron of fire.
You notice you’ve heard two different accounts about where a weapon is from. This simply does not compute. Hand the AXE to the dwarf and roll insight to see if he is lying. He appears to be lying about the fact that he made this weapon. Shiftily glance at the Orc.
The blacksmith is clearly agitated about what is going on. “We are just confused because you said that you shipped these items in from the elemental planes, and then said you manufactured them yourself. We don’t want to hurt you.” Make a diplomacy check to calm him down. This fails mis-erably. You aren’t a very diplomatic person.
Orc’s rules
The blacksmith has just proclaimed that he has the best prices in town. You’re suspicious about
this claim. Roll streetwise. You find that he is the only seller in town, and thus not only has the
best prices, but also the worst. Ask about the cost.
You have just been offered a weapon. You gaze upon its construction and are impressed. That
isn’t particularly difficult, however, as weapons from your hometown are mostly rocks, sticks, or
rocks tied to sticks. Roll perception to find any defects. You find none, and comment on the quali-
ty of the construction to the blacksmith.
The blacksmith just asked what’s wrong. You attempt to distract him by commenting on the
MACE. “I see there are some odd inscriptions on the haft of this mace. Are they from an ancient
civilization?” You roll history to determine what the inscriptions mean. You don’t know. You dum-
my.
Enemies have entered the room. You call to your party members, “Time for battle!”
Page 1 of 1 By Philip Z Loh
Inconceivable
Keeper of timepiece and nighttime defense
Feline addict's religious believer
Change Silver from FiveThirtyEight's second
choice
Warm-hearted ruby's family relations
Water barrier country’s eternal punishment
For each smoke's nice smell
Clumsy optometrist's pipette tool
Gas station station's relative and gourd
Pig shower's nonsense
Undid cunning plan and placed in battle
position
Cannot get pregnant? Inconceivable!
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Page 1 of 1 By Mariia Mykhailova
It Was a Tournament to Remember...
The King: Recently we had a big tournament, worth being immortalized in the chronicles of my kingdom. Unfortunately, the court scribe misplaced the record of the final event, and we need to restore it. Three knights advanced to the finals: sir Alynore, sir Boras and sir Curtis. In the finals, each of them fought each other once, for a total of three duels. Go talk to them, and reconstruct the events of the finals. Sir Alynore: (1.1) In the first duel I defeated the knight in red armor. (1.2) In the second duel the knight on piebald horse lost to the knight in black armor. (1.3) In the third duel I defeated sir Boras. Sir Boras: (2.1) In the first duel the knight in red armor has beaten the knight on chestnut horse. (2.2) In the second duel I was beaten by sir Alynore. (2.3) In the third duel I have beaten the knight in black armor. Sir Curtis: (3.1) In the first duel the knight in red armor fought the knight on palomino horse. (3.2) In the second duel I won against sir Boras. (3.3) In the third duel I won against the knight in gold armor. Puzzled, you return to the King, who says: I see you've already met my knights? Alas, none of them is fully reliable in his reports. One of them is a liar, and his stories always have something that is not true; you’d better not trust him at all. Another we call sir Boast-a-Lot: he always claims that he has won all his duels, but other than that, he’s accurate. The accounts of the third one are always true, with one exception: he is new to the court, and he can never get any names right. Does that help you to sort out the story?
Knight Horse Armor Duels won/lost
Lia
r
Sir B
oast-a
-lot
New
to th
e co
urt
Ch
estn
ut
Palo
min
o
Pie
bald
Red
Go
ld
Bla
ck
Wo
n 1
st du
el
Lo
st 1st d
uel
Wo
n 2
nd
du
el
Lo
st 2n
d d
uel
Wo
n 3
rd d
uel
Lo
st 3rd
du
el
Sir A P S Y K N M G N F A I S R N E
Sir B T A E S I C A T E D T B O F N
Sir C U R S I E N R O T L Y I M U S
Page 1 of 1 By Dana Young
Labyrinth
Hoggle is commanded by Jareth, the Goblin King, to create a maze, but he also wants to help Sarah escape. He decides to make a maze with a twisted path through it. Draw one diagonal wall from corner to corner in every square to create a maze. The numbers indicate how many lines touch that corner. Not all corners provide that information. Do not draw lines such that you form a closed shape/loop. From every point in the maze you should be able to reach an edge. When you are done, follow the path that connects the left side to the right side. Read the letters in the squares that the path only crosses once.
D O T H E F O U R S A N
D E V E R Y Z E R O A N
D T W O A T E D G E A V
O I D I T C H Y W O O L
D O S O M E T H I N G E
A C H D A Y T H A T L E
A V E S Y O U A T E A S
E S O M E B A R B E R L
I K E S C A L L I N G M
E A C A B G O L D F I S
H K N I T S H A W L S W
H E N D I S T U R B E D
1 1 2
1 1 3 3 1 1 1
1 2 3 2 0
1 4 1 1 2
1 3 1 3 2 2 1
1 2 2 1 1 3
2 1 2 2 4 1
0 3 2 2 3 1
1 1 3 2
1 4 2 2 3
3 1 2 3 2
1 2 1 1 2
1 1 1 0 1 1 1
Page 1 of 1 By Morgan Brown
Language of the Elves
The languages of Elves, Orcs, and Humans are much alike. To read Elvish, use the consonants you’re given to make a word that starts with a
vowel and alternates vowels and consonants (like “eleven” but not like “elven”). Use the Elvish to read the Orcish. Be sure to answer in
Quenya.
Definition Letters Elvish Orcish
Alone SLTD __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 0 -1
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -3 -2
Become something different than you are MTT __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 3 15
__ __ __ __ __ __ 0 5
Brings down fat cats DPS __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 22 0
__ __ __ __ __ __ -2 -6
Describes somebody in a fantasy tale VLR __ __ __ __ __ __ -2 10
__ __ __ __ __ 1
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Found in Japan SK __ __ __ __ __ 0 13
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Goes with "Window" PN __ __ __ __ -14 9
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Write this in when you don't want to give
your name
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Person who leaves a lot behind LPR __ __ __ __ __ __ 4
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Page 1 of 1 By Nate Buck
Minotaur’s Lair
Visit https://puzzleday.research.microsoft.com/2015/P/MinotaursLair to begin your adventure!
Page 1 of 1 By Mariia Mykhailova
Missing Queens
14 10 6 1 8 4 11 2
13 9 ♕
3 ♕ 15 ♕
7 5 ♕
12 0
7 12 5 3 10 0 11 6
13 9 ♕
1 15 ♕
4 ♕ 8
14 2 ♕
Page 1 of 1 By Dana Young
Nightmare
Scary things lurk in the dark. Some mirrors have been set up in these six rooms so you can see the monsters better. Each square that doesn’t have a mirror must contain a monster. The numbers above the grid indicate how many of each monster are in the grid. The numbers around the grid indicate the number of monsters visible from that starting position. Ghosts (G) can only be seen by reflecting off a mirror. Vampires (V) can be seen directly, but they cast no reflection. Zombies (Z) can be seen both ways. After you solve the grids, feel around in the dark for the vampires and unscramble the letters to find the hidden monster.
2G 4V 4Z
0 2 5 0
0 0
3 3
2 0
0 6
0 2 3 3
7G 2V 3Z
1 0 0 0
2 2
1 1
4 2
2 2
1 3 2 2
2G 2V 4Z
2 1 2 3
0 3
1 2
0 1
0 2
0 0 0 3
5G 4V 2Z
3 0 0 0
0 2
2 1
3 2
3 3
3 4 0 3
3G 3V 4Z
3 4 1 1
0 1
3 3
2 2
0 3
3 0 0 0
6G 4V 2Z
2 2 0 4
3 0
0 2
2 3
3 0
2 0 4 0
Page 1 of 1 By Amos Eshel
Nine Princes in Amber
1. OUWGSOASWMS'O DBDPS AMBERS BO VMTK NSEKWMG __ __ __ __ __ __ 2. DUBO AMBERS OSMYSO WO W MTIBE UTTN YBPPWBE __ __ __ __ 3. AMBERS BE DUS PBDDPS KSMKWBN __ __ __ __ 4. EWMEBW'O ETYSP TM KTYBS DBDPS AMBERS __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 5. LTENSM LTKWE'O OSRMSD BNSEDBDF BO IPWEG AMBERS __ __ __ __ __ 6. NWMG AMBERS DUS DMCS ODTMF TV UBK __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 7. US BO DUS UWPV-IPTTN AMBERS __ __ __ __ __ 8. AMBERS IPWEG BOPWEN, BE RWEWNW __ __ __ __ __ __ 9. DUS FTCEHSM OTE TV AMBERSOO NBWEW __ __ __ __ __
Page 1 of 1 By Dana Young
Orcs
First you should look at the sitting area at the front of the house.
That’s where you’ll find an orc all by himself. His final action was
to separate from his mate. The last thing you should do is be too
aggressive. Offer him the tail of a killer whale. If pleased he’ll give
you the penultimate petal of delicate flower. If he is displeased
he’ll give you his second to last quilled animal.
Unfortunately, the ritual to drive out his demons is the last thing
you want to do. You’ll see a line of cars approach a second later.
The first to emerge carries a burning wooden stick. It is another
lone orc. You might think witchcraft is at an end. But he’ll have
two marks where a fireball has burnt him. You’ll just catch the last
note of music that sounds symphonic. In the middle of all of this
you’ll see a female wizard.
What will she bring you?
Page 1 of 1 By Sergii Dymchenko
Semi-magic Squares
13 6 32 21 28 11 34 23 1 30 2 21 7 16 34 1 26 27 1 2 26 11 35 36
34 35 1 2 3 36 22 26 3 32 4 24 33 30 2 3 20 23 3 17 12 32 13 34
23 24 4 30 5 25 25 27 5 6 28 20 24 25 31 4 14 13 24 31 19 14 18 5
17 19 10 27 20 18 9 10 31 13 29 19 22 17 21 32 10 9 27 28 15 4 16 21
16 15 31 9 26 14 7 8 35 12 33 16 6 8 5 35 29 28 33 25 10 30 7 6
8 12 33 22 29 7 14 17 36 18 15 11 19 15 18 36 12 11 23 8 29 20 22 9
28 1 33 14 31 4 1 8 32 3 33 34 10 8 33 18 28 14 10 29 11 12 13 36
19 35 6 7 8 36 19 24 4 5 28 31 31 35 2 3 4 36 1 2 25 34 14 35
20 23 9 27 10 22 29 27 30 6 9 10 22 24 5 29 6 25 8 26 27 32 15 3
24 21 11 26 13 16 23 20 16 26 14 12 20 23 7 27 15 19 31 17 22 21 16 4
5 29 18 12 17 30 18 15 7 35 25 11 17 9 30 13 26 16 28 19 20 5 30 9
15 2 34 25 32 3 21 17 22 36 2 13 11 12 34 21 32 1 33 18 6 7 23 24
1 8 31 4 33 34 34 35 1 2 3 36 1 9 29 5 33 34 13 26 6 28 7 31
10 28 5 6 30 32 19 23 4 21 27 17 10 26 6 7 30 32 18 24 8 27 9 25
29 21 27 7 11 16 20 22 10 5 28 26 14 24 23 8 17 25 16 30 10 11 12 32
20 19 24 23 12 13 6 8 32 24 25 16 27 21 19 20 11 13 14 23 17 22 15 20
25 18 9 35 22 2 18 12 31 30 13 7 28 15 12 35 18 3 21 3 34 19 33 1
26 17 15 36 3 14 14 11 33 29 15 9 31 16 22 36 2 4 29 5 36 4 35 2
Page 1 of 1 By Tim McConnell
Setting Sun
Rotten Aneirin. Gutenberg has the original. See LXXIV (the original, but also applying 16):
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Page 1 of 1 By Philip Z Loh
They Were Both Poisoned
At the battle of wits, both cups were poisoned with the same Iocane* powder.
*a fictional element
Large-screen movie theater™
_ _ _ _ (4) Edge of a roof _ _ _ _ (4)
Review with stars _ _ _ _ (4) Dramatic poetry recitation at the Get Me
High Lounge _ _ _ _ (4)
Shopping center _ _ _ _ (4) Hood of monkhood _ _ _ _ (4)
Fencing weapon _ _ _ _ (4) Logic gates that output TRUE only when
inputs are FALSE, FALSE _ _ _ _ (4)
At all times _ _ _ _ (4) Hawaiian musical instruments, for short
_ _ _ _ (4)
Popular type of slaw _ _ _ _ (4) This is the life: ______ la vie
_ _ _ _ (4)
Long for or type of tree _ _ _ _ (4) Small, sheltered bay _ _ _ _ (4)
Compass direction _ _ _ _ (4)
Shakespeare King _ _ _ _ (4) Hurt _ _ _ _ (4)
Get paid _ _ _ _ (4)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ (6, not a word)
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Page 1 of 1 By Bryan & Wendy Coard
Word Play
This puzzle is a nonogram. In your traditional nonogram the numbers tell you the number of spaces to fill in and between each number is one or more blank spaces. This isn’t your typical nonogram though. In this puzzle one direction of numbers tells you the number of spaces to fill in while the other direction tells you how many to leave blank.
Page 1 of 1 By Nate Buck
You Are Over-Encumbered
You are just leaving a dungeon from another successful adventure, but you have too much loot! Fortunately, you spy a chest, and between it and your inventory you can store all of your stuff. Cut out the 11 pieces, and fit them completely into the grids below. Then, read the letters from the pieces in the specified order. You might need to rotate pieces, but you won’t need to flip them. The ROCK’s position is given.