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Hint Page

Highlight between the angled brackets >just like this< to read the hint text. 

​​​Puzzle #1 - Holidaze Crossword

1 E-H
3 A-L
6 A-J
9 G-K
​11 A-J
​C 1-12
D 11-4*
G 9-5*
J 1-4
hint: >this day is 4/20<
hint: >month, cleaning weather<
hint: >month, blooms<
hint: >usually green strips of plastic<
hint: >another name for pilgrims, backwards<
hint: >NOT FOR VEGETARIANS<
hint: >he rose from the dead, after all<
hint: >its shadow predicts winter's length<
hint: >subject of a Christmas carol<
answer: ​>DANK<
answer: ​>APRILSHOWERS<
answer: ​>MAYFLOWERS<
answer: ​>GRASS<
answer: ​>SREZINOLOC<                  SOLUTION: ​>COLONIZERS<
answer: ​>TURKEYDINNER<
answer: ​>ZOMBIE<
answer: ​>GROUNDHOG<
answer: ​>NOEL<


​​Puzzle #2 - 40 Days


​​Puzzle #3 - Coloring Page


​​Puzzle #4 - Chick Tracks

1 >this puzzle was intentionally titled 40 Days instead of Forty Days<
2 >the semaphore symbols clue numbers, not letters (that's why you only got letters A-J)<
3 >the numbers you got are indexes for an important word<
4 >you should index into EUCHARIST<
5 >you should get USE A THESAURUS, meaning you need a synonym for eucharist<
SOLUTION >COMMUNION<
1 >each egg represents a letter<
2 >the first word has an apostrophe<
3 >the first letter of the speaker's name is E<
SOLUTION >ELONMUSK<
1 >there is a bold word on page 1<
2 >two things are hopping on most pages<
3 >the pairs of footprints indicate how many times the chick hopped on each page<
4 >the hopping egg shows you where you need to use the number of hops<
5 >if the chick hopped twice, take the second word on the same page<
6 >use the length of that word for an index<
7 >index by the word lengths into the quote about ox<
SOLUTION >SMOOTH<
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