Some holiday fun: Puzzle #3 - The Old New Thing - Site Home

(Note: Read the puzzles in order from 1 to 6 for them to make sense.)

This was by far the hardest puzzle to make. It's also going to be the hardest to solve because a lot of the clues were originally inside jokes, and rewriting them for a general audience makes the answers much less obvious.

Hint: Quotation is by Nancy Pearl.

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To lose weight, gain weight, lose weight, gain weight, etc.

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18	191		9	31		146	198	79	167

If you don’t return your book to the library on time, it is...


56	3	144	151	106	51	111

Where you’re headed in August (with "The")


32	121	165	47	154	58	117	162	86	73


168	16		91	141	197	187	81	150	65	23

Battled again.


126	148	64	127	140	189	119	42

It may be filled with melted cheese or melted chocolate. But not both at the same time.


14	95	98	82	192	200		52	40	69

Unable to choose between two options.


53	102	193	22	33	116	133	158	6	125

It leaves Seattle at midnight and lands in Chicago at 6am.

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110	184	142		29	55	48

Like corn flakes left in milk too long.


112	172	1	45	68

Restaurant in Woodinville that requires a contract if you have nine people.


17	100	5		186	132	94	10


26	80	76	163

Bird that will visit Britney in a few months.


181	174	194	104	13

A guided tour down the Amazon, or a whale-watching trip, for example.

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7	89	139		38	43	122	28	15	166	183

A community of monks or nuns, or the church they belong to.


77	124	85	25	190

A petty quarrel.


39	37	54	149

Dull impact sound.


107	138	113	103

Oversized living for your living room, available at Redmond Town Center.


114	12	61	164	83	70	155

The last grade before high school.


4	41	160	171	161	108

You can borrow it from the library and are encouraged to use it in the car while driving.

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179	101	157	46	27		147	34	169	199

Color traditionally associated with girls.


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Restaurant in Wallingford with a spacey name (with "The").


88	137	185	109	143	176	2	153

You don't usually get to choose your first college one.


173	97	182	36	96	20	118	59

The runner was ______ out between second and third.


90	145	131	78	120	180

It starts at the corner of Bellevue and Bellevue and goes downtown every half hour.


123	152	115	44	60		24	84	170


8	11	75	175	72


66	135	57	177	50	99	105	159

A representation of a person, usually hanged or burned to demonstrate hatred.


62	93	128	156	21	134

Joe Beda suggested I should become one.


195	74	67	130	63	30

Gerard Schwartz’s instrument.


196	87	136	35	129	178	92

Answers to all puzzles will be posted tomorrow. Please do not post spoilers.