This Issue’s Extravaganza: Six Authors In Search of a Meta March/April 2017 • Issue 66 • $10 USD pandamagazine.com From the Editor Issue 65 Completists Black Fedora Group (Ronald Kwan, Debbie Ma, Nathan Wong, Enjoy this second episode in Six Authors in Search of a Moor Xu)•Robert Bosch•Buzz Lime Pi (Jay Lorch, Josie Meta, and happy March! Naylor, Michelle Teague, Robb Effinger, Sarah McCarthy, Sean McCarthty)•CanNibble and the Helping Hand (Jesse Simons, Cheers! The Hand)•Central Services•Douglas Kouril•Alan Lemm•Doug Foggy Brume Orleans•Summer Herrick and Jonathan McCue•Asher Walkover•Jay Winter•DelphiRune (Steve and Anita)•Banana Panda (Chris Cieslik, Karen Arnold Ewing, Tony Ewing, John McLaren, Julia Urquhart, Amanda Zimmerman)•Nick Issue 65 Top Ten Brady•DCPHR (Carolyn, Casey, Evan, Jocelyn, Rose, Todd)•Martin Doublesin•Jenna Rivet, Pamella Rivet•Just- Central Services Us League (Jimmy Williams, Jared Dashoff, Mark Navarrete, DCPHR (Carolyn, Casey, Evan, Jocelyn, Rose, Todd) Zack Pierpoint, Wil Zambole)•Joon Pahk•Roger Wolff and Mystik Spiral (Dan Katz, Jackie Anderson) Audrey Muratore•Susan Brown, Joey ODonnell•Michael Dustin Foley Sylvia•Team 98 (Eileen Koven, John Leen, Liz Mader, Jeff and Dana Jeff McDowell, Sara McDowell, Randy Thomson)•Andrew Andrew Esten Esten•Paul Bozoian•Michael Lebowitz•Tweleve Pack (Molnar, Eric Berlin F14Rainman, Pianoman, Sslug, Stvwz)•Cate Hanchey•George Brent Holman Herz•Nancy Dominey•Andrew Foerster•Brent Holman•Berk Pride and Prejudice and Puzzles (Anderson Wang, Chris Jones, Jon and Pam Isaac•Evan Ritt•Alien Lab (Jeff Braunstein and Schneider, Patrick Xia, Victor Hu) David Burow)•Turtle Head•Mystik Spiral (Dan Katz, Jackie Laura Klein and Eric Prestemon Anderson)•John Ananny•Mark and Sean (Mark Halpin, Plogizote (Ben Smith, Joe Cabrera, Jenny Gutbezahl, Kevin Wald, Sean Lip)•Mix and Match (Sam Connelly, Evan Matteson, Katie Hamill, Phil Steindel, Ben Hallion) Justin Pombrio, Sara Schulz, Alex Walker)•Joe Fendel•Jeff Aviation Laws (Dylanamite, Greenstarfanatic, ManyPinkHats) and Dana•Off in the Lab (Lukas, Maya, Justin, Christina, Rich Bragg David, Sune)•Aviation Laws (Dylanamite, Greenstarfanatic, Buzz Lime Pi (Jay Lorch, Josie Naylor, Michelle Teague, Robb ManyPinkHats)•Lily Geller•JJ et al. (jeremiahs johnson, Effinger, Sarah McCarthy, Sean McCarthty) kids, and thanman)•Gregg Katz•Special Task Force: Unicorn Michael Sylvia (Josh Bluestein, Adam Smiles, Richard Spoonts)•Three Ladies and a Little Man (Jenny, Kelly, Kathy, and Paul)•Rich In Issue 66 Bragg•Velociraptors and Virtuality (Daniel Blackwell, Brie Pieces of Bamboo • 3–8 Frame, Ata Gurpinar, Christian Krenek, Matt Morse, Amy Swartz, Rebecca Vessenes)•Stark Raving Sane (Daniel TitleToCome • 9–23 Levine, Andrew Rogers, Marissa Weichmann, Elaina Present, Paul Romer)•Sabina Wolfson•Annelise Beck and Josiah Answers to Pieces of Bamboo • 27 Schwab•Emily & Pat•Paul Hlebowitsh•Aaron Fuegi•Bryan Changala•Wei Overboard (Lindsey Shi, Bradley Wu, Jason Answers to Issue 65 • 24-26 Hsiao, Julia Huang, Darren Yin) Editor/Constructor Test-Solver Friends of the Magazine Foggy Brume Justin Weinbaum Gordon Dow Mark Halpin Lance Nathan Bruce Kaskel Joe Cabrera Page 2 of 27 © 2017 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com March/April 2017 n Pieces of Bamboo Soundest Tracks Each of these songs won the Academy Award for Best Song. Can you identify the movie it’s from? Easy Medium Hard 1. “Let It Go” 6. “Jai Ho” 11. “The Windmills of Your Mind” 2. “Over the Rainbow” 7. “Moon River” 12. “The Weary Kind” 3. “Lose Yourself” 8. “Evergreen” 13. “Writing’s on the Wall” 4. “Chim Chim Cher-ee” 9. “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Qué 14. “Last Dance” 5. “My Heart Will Go On” Será, Será)” 15. “Call Me Irresponsible” 10. “Swinging on a Star” Quote Square A quote and its author are hidden in the grid below. In each row and column, cross off part of a house. Part of a house 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 N H P E C R A A C D Part of a house 1 Part of a house P T U L R S E O R L Y Part of a house A C A H I E I L L A G 2 Part of a house T E O O E L L L N I Part of a house C H P A L M B D E R 3 Part of a house N S R A U V C E O R W Part of a house B I E D H A D O O D E Part of a house 4 T L T N L R O S V M Part of a house H A B G A L T A E E Part of a house 5 R R O L S S V W E P Y Part of a house H K E E N C E H E G N Part of a house 6 Y I R T K R I N T R The Sixty-Second Test: FTW! Each clue below leads to two words. The first word starts with F. The second word is the same as the first, but the F has been changed to a W. How quickly can you get all 10? 1. Expensive, elegant cabernet, perhaps (4 4) 6. An operation performed with a tined utensil (4 4) 2. What a sardine might get from a genie (4 4) 7. Located an injury on a person (5 5) 3. Flaming piece of cord (4 4) 8. What a gym spectator might be (7 7) 4. Hairpiece needed for a Middle Eastern fruit (3 3) 9. Precipitation consisting solely of plumes (7 7) 5. Promise made by actor Harrison (4 4) 10. Your enemy’s sadness (3 3) March/April 2017 © 2017 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com Page 3 of 27 n Word Garden Our word garden conceals 11 words in a mystery category. Find words by selecting a starting square and then mov- ing the given direction and distance to get the next letter (e.g., 2L means move 2 squares to the left). Words never travel off the grid. Some additional letters will be leftover. These will form a clue to help identify the mystery category. D T A T R S W E L C E N E B T E S N T N T D O O K W M R A O E E Y A E R D Z D S D N T U A T M E S O I P X I U S D R I U F A A G E M V E H E N R K U U P O E E N R E A N R T B D C R E O K T O J E T D O ?? 7L 7U 7R 4D 7L 2U 7R 4L ?? 3R 4D 2R 2U 4L 3D 3R 4U ?? 2L 2U 2L 1D 4R 3L 2D ?? 3U 2L 1D 3R 3U 6L ?? 3D 3D 3D 2U 3U 3U 7D ?? 4R 4U 4L 3D ?? 2R 2D 2R 3U 3L 2D ?? 2D 3L 2D 2L 3L 2U 1R ?? 3R 3D 3R 5U 5L 4D 3R 2D ?? 1U 1R 2U 2L 1D 2D 3R ?? 6L 4U 5R 2D 3L Page 4 of 27 © 2017 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com March/April 2017 n Jawdroppin’ Challenger For the dropquote below, solve the clues to determine what letters belong in that column. Use the letters that complete each answer in the same-numbered column. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ’ @ComedicBust 1. Dry up like a raisin S V E 2. Hefner magazine P L A 3. Dr. Strange publisher A V E 4. Difficult situation P R B 5. Candor H O N 6. Insulting name E I E 7. Oceanic bird S U L 8. Wedlock A G E 9. Get a code? N C P 10. Mayflower passenger P G M 11. Spanish dance A G O 12. More like Nivrana? U I E 13. Bidding card game B R G 14. It might be 20/20 E G H 15. Musical instrument B A O 16. Yoda, e.g. J E I 17. Evening limit C R E 18. Adult G R N 19. Create V E T 20. Reptile I Z R 21. Free of guilt A O V 22. Blue A Z E 23. Fighting C B A 24. XX T E T March/April 2017 © 2017 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com Page 5 of 27 n Cryptolistomania We’ve taken ten items that have something in common and encrypted them with a simple substitution cipher. Can you decode each list and figure out the connection? In each list, the connections are Sylvester Stallone movies. Rocky Daylight F.I.S.T. PGVCPPCU CHJ MOFNO AVG MBN HBGJF LI. KMIOHGZ’L AVMNQG PJZN OSFBX YMVQDIHDQ’L OVNF BFTCD UN HC VBSC VMFNO PTUIVMG MBN QDCIJND GNVJRFJL PKQZ ANBDAN QBDNPCX QMOIB OTGE FBXXS HJFOBX MORHLIHGQ KJUBQ PCXXS YCTRGJCB KOQLHUQDI’L VEQ MCTZ UNPYFNS RNIBQO’L PUJBB HCJHC CHJ RQRNOHMV XTIIQUZOF Stop! Or My Mom With Shoot Rhinestone Oscar I UQISKQ WR JAQHM WEV IERXPS DPWOQYJ DUKQUQTT ECDR VQDDFYOPXL RWOYJVV JAQ AKMJ UWDGQM IRSVKSW SPYJWOFY SMQITQ 2 FSVRS VFQXS JSPOPXL JAQ YHIVW YDVWS FYPLPXRZ VWYJJXDZRC JAQ XHMSHV TKHDHOQT UEBXF WFVOQKJ SJVPLX JAQ GHOT IMQ IUMHSAJ CDYBE KRNJQD RXS TRPYVOCZPXL JHVP RKMVHJKMQ JDFSYYS GFYJPLX ZRXLQRLJ GPZK EIPVQ’T EWMUO ULEJSF APVQRZ JGGJWOV JIGQ JAHT EIUJB KD SFWQKJXORYC VTFYO VQEMJWO Page 6 of 27 © 2017 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com March/April 2017 n Sample Cryptics These cryptics are intended for novice cryptic solvers.