Yellow Ajah Back to School: Crossword Game

[Songstress]

Welcome to the Crossword Game for the Yellow Ajah's Back to School event!

 

The themes of our puzzles will be related to summer. All clues will be posted below the puzzle. I'll plan on posting a new puzzle every day, so get your thinking caps on!

 

First person to complete the puzzle will get 7 points

Second person to complete the puzzle will get 5 points

Third person to complete the puzzle will get 3 points.

Anyone after who completes the puzzle will get 2 points.

 

The person with the most points at the end wins, and there might be a little prize waiting too!

 

When you are finished post here and then PM me your answers to check.

 

 

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Points to date:

 

Mills - 26

Xthrax - 12

BPV - 7

Pralaya - 5

Ayla - 3

 

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Puzzle # 1 - Summer Movies:

 

Across:

1. Mark Harmon stars as a high school gym teacher who is forced to teach a class of misfits for the summer.

3. Spike Lee writes, produces, directs and stars in this racial drama where the only thing hotter than the temperature is the tempers.

7. This is the movie that scared the crap out of beach goers all over the world.

9. What happened to your skin with too many rays

10. This 1993 family comedy takes us back to a much simpler time when kids go walk their neighborhood freely and enjoy a game of America's pastime.

 

Down:

2. Coming-of-age tale written by Stephen King, directed by Rob Reiner, and starring four unknown young actors by the names of Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell.

4. This Bill Murray film focuses on a summer camp ran attended by a bunch of misfits and run by a group of even bigger misfits.

5. Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

6. Summer month

8. Another summer month

11. Very warm

12. Vacation destination

[Songstress]

Bumping for the puzzle-y types!

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I've got all the downs but very few acrosses!

[Songstress]

** Edited the clue for #9!

[Xthrax]

I think I got them, not sure about 2 of the downs but pretty sure what I have may be the answers. Gonna Pm them

[Songstress]

Xthrax is oh-so-close!  Can anyone else beat him to the answers?

 

Another puzzle is in the works! 

[Millon]

Done and sent

[Songstress]

Mills has completed the first puzzle!

 

7 points to Mills - but don't give up, everyone who finishes the puzzle gets points!

 

And now... puzzle #2, incoming!

[Songstress]

Puzzle #2 - More Summer Fun:

 

Across:

2. Red and green fruit

4. This summery beverage is perfect for the Yellows

5. This summer activity is "in-tents" (*groan*)

7. Frozen treat

10. National Lampoon's _________

 

 

Down:

1. Summer month

3. Wind-powered boating

6. Riding the waves

8. Where you put your cold beverages for a picnic

9. Dive in, the water is fine!

[Xthrax]

Well, tried the 2nd one and PM'ed

[Songstress]

Well, tried the 2nd one and PM'ed

Xthrax is the first to solve #2! Who is next? Remember that all who figure out any of the puzzles will get points toward the winner's prize!

[Songstress]

And a correct solution for #1 from Xthrax! Keep going, folks! A third puzzle will be up tonight.

[Songstress]

Puzzle # 3 - A Very Yellow Summer: 

 

 

Across:

2. A beach cookout where shellfish is prominent

4. Independence

5. The beach is full of this substance - uncomfortable when it gets into your shoes.

8. Milla Jovovitch, Rory Cochrane, and Jason London starred in 1993's classic comedy about the last day of class for a group of high school students in 1976.

 

Down:

1. A beachfront planked promenade

3. This 2013 summer movie stars Brad Pitt... and a bunch of zombies!

6. Commonly seen on July 4th in the U.S.A, specialty of the Illuminators Guild

7. Summer fruit often served with shortcake

9. Also known as lightning bugs

10. This tropical fruit is appropriately yellow, and is a key ingredient of a classic summery cocktail.

[Songstress]

Guess away!  Remember, points are still up for grabs for puzzles 1 and 2...  And feel free to ask if you would like additional hints!

[Songstress]

Oh!  And we have a surprise entry... finishing first for Puzzle #3 is Bright Pink Venom!

 

7 points for the first correct submission go to BPV - but don't let that stop you from sending in your answers for #3, or the first two if you haven't yet.  Puzzle #4 is in the works!

[BrightPinkVenom]

Surprise! ^_^

[Millon]

Sent!

[Songstress]

Puzzle #3's second correct entry is Mills....

 

The rest of you keep working on 'em...  #4 will be up tonight!

[Songstress]

Puzzle # 4 - Something May Be Amiss....

 

 

Across:

1. Zombie-like walking

4. These fuzzy summer fruit are often found in cobblers... but in the World of the Wheel, they are poisonous!

5. This type of umbrella is designed specifically to shade from the sun

6. One of the living dead

8. The sound of this insect's mating song buzzes in the trees on hot summer days

10. Moisture in the air

 

Down:

2. This video game franchise was adapted to a successful series of films starring Milla Jovovich as Alice, enemy of the Umbrella Corporation

3. This summer sport is widely known as America's Pastime 

7. AMC's popular horror television drama, which was nominated for Best New Series for the 2011 Writers Guild of America Awards

9. These tiny bloodsuckers are common in summer, especially around standing water

[Songstress]

Remember:

 

First person to complete the puzzle will get 7 points

Second person to complete the puzzle will get 5 points

Third person to complete the puzzle will get 3 points.

Anyone after who completes the puzzle will get 2 points.

 

The scoring so far:

 

Puzzle #1 -

Mills - 7

Xthrax - 5

 

Puzzle #2 -

Xthrax - 7

Mills - 5

Ayla - 3

 

Puzzle #3 -

BPV - 7

 

Puzzle #4 -

Mills - 7

 

Puzzle #5 -

Mills - 7

Pralaya - 5

[Crimson_Ayla]

I tried the 2nd one :)

[Songstress]

I tried the 2nd one :)

Another correct solution!

[Songstress]

Puzzle #4 has been answered - great job Mills!  

 

#5 is in the works and will be up tonight...  scoring here for those who have forgotten, there's still time to send me your answers for the ones you haven't done yet!

[Songstress]

Puzzle #5 - Houston, We Have a Problem:

 

 

Across:

1. Intelligence

3. Gray matter

5. Smashes someone on the skull

7. Control center

9. The Scarecrow's wish (plural)

 

Down:

2. Mental acuity

4. Zombie's preferred snack

6. Smart people

8. Intellectual leader or planner of a group

[Millon]

hahahahahahahaha, nice