Puzzled Pint 3/17 - Alice in Wonderland - Hints and Answers
Location - Down the Rabbit Hole
Daisy-Chain means you're connecting the words together in a chain
Start with putting "Hole" in the blanks after Rabbit
It's not a Hole Card from Poker that you're looking for, which other word would fit in the middle?
Hints for all answers
Home for a bunny
Three-ring binder user's gadget
Frequent customer reward system
Place for poker
Ping-Pong
Wimbleton footware
Scuff remedy
Finish
Not quite grey
Character from Alice in Wonderland
Take the numbered entries in order
Partial Answer
Rabbit Hole
Hole Punch
Punch Card
Card Table
Table Tennis
Tennis Shoe
Shoe Polish
Polish Off
Off White
White Rabbit
ANSWERDON'T BE LATE
1. Advice from a Caterpillar
The set of four words in each column have a connection, as represented by the column header question mark
You are not changing the words in the word bank, only copying them into place
Not all of the words in the word bank are full words, some are partial words
What happened to Alice throughout the story when she ate or drank?
Partial Answer: Header 1Small
Partial Answer: Header 2Little
Partial Answer: Header 3Short
Partial Answer: Header 4Big
Partial Answer: Header 5Super
Partial Answer: Header 6Mega
Partial Answer: Column 1Small-Minded, Small Talk, Small Potatoes, Small Print
Partial Answer: Column 2Little:Rascals, Finger, Lord Fauntleroy, Mermaid
Put all the indicated letters into a 5x3 grid then read left to right top to bottom.
ANSWERLittle Alice Liddell
2. A Mad Tea-Party
Filling in the grid is a straightforward logic puzzle with no tricks to it
The column and row totals are the total number of O's in that row or column (characters that did sit in that seat)
The Mad Hatter did not sit in the striped armchair
The March Hair sat in the Side Chair
Partial Answer: Completed Grid
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bill the Lizard o o o o o o
Alice o o
Mad Hatter o o o
March Hare o o o o o o
Dormouse o o o o o o
Duchess o o o o
Notice in the flavor text the words "I feel"
Notice the pattern of darker lines on the grid, making 2x3 sections
ANSWERDecode the Braille to obtain "Makes Notes" which is the answer to Carrol's famous query
3. Off With Her Head!
You have to draw lines between dots. The title of the puzzle is a big clue
This is a beheadment puzzle. Take the first letter off the word on the left and connect it to the word on the right
Partial Answer: Left Words
FLOCK
SWORD
EYES
YAWNING
HANGER
ABUSES
WEIGHT
UNIT
FAIR
LICE
AGREED
Focus on the letters that were beheaded
Put them in order by card rank.
ANSWERSHUFFLE AWAY
4. Lobster Quadrille
"The sound of the creatures"
Add the sound of "fish" to complete each word, e.g. the first one is BENE'FISH'AL -> BENEFICIAL
Partial Answer: All Words
Beneficial
Elfish
Artifical
Uffish (look it up)
Deficient
Fishtail
Standoffish
Sufficient
Official
Selfish
Afficionado
Superficial
Proficient
FINAL ANSWERTake the highlighted words to get BEAUTIFUL SOUP
Curiouser and Curiouser
You need to cut out the grid and remake a 3x3 grid. Note, keep the numbers upright! No rotation necessary!
Don't forget to use your puzzle answers! They will help you know which edges to connect
Each edge is a synonym for one half of each puzzle answer.
Connect those to the other half of each answer to make a 3x3 grid.
CDEFGABC is the center tile's top edge
Partial Answer: Center tile connections: TopFabricates
Partial Answer: Center tile connections: RightElsewhere
Partial Answer: Center tile connections: BottomGone
Partial Answer: Center tile connections: LeftYoung
Connect the dots to make a drawing
It's a cat. Know any famous cats from Alice in Wonderland?