Puzzled Pint 3/17 - Alice in Wonderland - Hints and Answers

Location - Down the Rabbit Hole

  1. Daisy-Chain means you're connecting the words together in a chain
  2. Start with putting "Hole" in the blanks after Rabbit
  3. It's not a Hole Card from Poker that you're looking for, which other word would fit in the middle?
  4. 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
  5. Take the numbered entries in order
  6. Partial Answer
    Rabbit Hole
    Hole Punch
    Punch Card
    Card Table
    Table Tennis
    Tennis Shoe
    Shoe Polish
    Polish Off
    Off White
    White Rabbit
  7. ANSWERDON'T BE LATE

1. Advice from a Caterpillar

  1. The set of four words in each column have a connection, as represented by the column header question mark
  2. You are not changing the words in the word bank, only copying them into place
  3. Not all of the words in the word bank are full words, some are partial words
  4. What happened to Alice throughout the story when she ate or drank?
  5. Partial Answer: Header 1Small
  6. Partial Answer: Header 2Little
  7. Partial Answer: Header 3Short
  8. Partial Answer: Header 4Big
  9. Partial Answer: Header 5Super
  10. Partial Answer: Header 6Mega
  11. Partial Answer: Column 1Small-Minded, Small Talk, Small Potatoes, Small Print
  12. Partial Answer: Column 2Little:Rascals, Finger, Lord Fauntleroy, Mermaid
  13. Partial Answer: Column 3Short:Bread, Cut, Circuits, Changed
  14. Partial Answer: Column 4Big: Bang, Shot, Cheese, Apple
  15. Partial Answer: Column 5Supersonic, Superfluidity, Superhero, Supermodel
  16. Partial Answer: Column 6Megalith, Megabyte, Megalodon, Megalomania
  17. Put all the indicated letters into a 5x3 grid then read left to right top to bottom.
  18. ANSWERLittle Alice Liddell

2. A Mad Tea-Party

  1. Filling in the grid is a straightforward logic puzzle with no tricks to it
  2. The column and row totals are the total number of O's in that row or column (characters that did sit in that seat)
  3. The Mad Hatter did not sit in the striped armchair
  4. The March Hair sat in the Side Chair
  5. 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
    
  6. Notice in the flavor text the words "I feel"
  7. Notice the pattern of darker lines on the grid, making 2x3 sections
  8. ANSWERDecode the Braille to obtain "Makes Notes" which is the answer to Carrol's famous query

3. Off With Her Head!

  1. You have to draw lines between dots. The title of the puzzle is a big clue
  2. This is a beheadment puzzle. Take the first letter off the word on the left and connect it to the word on the right
  3. Partial Answer: Left Words
    FLOCK
    SWORD
    EYES
    YAWNING
    HANGER
    ABUSES
    WEIGHT
    UNIT
    FAIR
    LICE
    AGREED
  4. Focus on the letters that were beheaded
  5. Put them in order by card rank.
  6. ANSWERSHUFFLE AWAY

4. Lobster Quadrille

  1. "The sound of the creatures"
  2. Add the sound of "fish" to complete each word, e.g. the first one is BENE'FISH'AL -> BENEFICIAL
  3. Partial Answer: All Words
    Beneficial
    Elfish
    Artifical
    Uffish (look it up)
    Deficient
    Fishtail
    Standoffish
    Sufficient
    Official
    Selfish
    Afficionado
    Superficial
    Proficient
  4. FINAL ANSWERTake the highlighted words to get BEAUTIFUL SOUP

Curiouser and Curiouser

  1. You need to cut out the grid and remake a 3x3 grid. Note, keep the numbers upright! No rotation necessary!
  2. Don't forget to use your puzzle answers! They will help you know which edges to connect
  3. Each edge is a synonym for one half of each puzzle answer.
  4. Connect those to the other half of each answer to make a 3x3 grid.
  5. CDEFGABC is the center tile's top edge
  6. Partial Answer: Center tile connections: TopFabricates
  7. Partial Answer: Center tile connections: RightElsewhere
  8. Partial Answer: Center tile connections: BottomGone
  9. Partial Answer: Center tile connections: LeftYoung
  10. Connect the dots to make a drawing
  11. It's a cat. Know any famous cats from Alice in Wonderland?
  12. ANSWERCheshire Cat

Bonus - Pi Day

Word Chain Puzzle

  1. Answers
    Cherry
    Peach
    Coconut Cream
    Rhubarb
    Strawberry
    Key Lime
    Pumpkin
    Pecan
    Apple

Word Search Puzzle

  1. Replace the π in the search grid with the letters "pi"
  2. Clue Answers
    Spider
    Spice
    Pushpin
    Typing
    Picture
    Cockpit
    Pita
    Tropical
    Bagpipes
    Scampi
    Toothpick
    Pupil
    Pint
    Typical
  3. Remaining lettersThe remaining letters say: "Read letters on left side of the π"
  4. Final AnswerHappy Pi Day

Sectioned Grid Puzzle

  1. Answers
    P
    A
    S
    T
    R
    Y

    G
    O
    O
    D
    N
    E
    S
    S
    PASTRY GOODNESS