29 of you solved the April Cocktail puzzle, Paper Plane, with 14 solving the original puzzle without any help. Congratulations to all! Below is the solved grid and an explanation of the final answer. A full solution, including cryptic solutions to every clue, is available for download on my Patreon page. If you haven't joined, sign up at https://www.patreon.com/negronis_cocktails, which will also give you access to future puzzles. The next Cocktail will launch on Saturday, June 14, at 4pm Eastern.
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Negroni
24 clues contain a word from the aviation alphabet representing a letter. The clue 26D tells you to look at the "tails," or last letters of those clues, for step 1. In alphabet order, these spell TURN OVER FOLD IN AT GRID BASE. The other 23 clues must pick up a passenger, or letter, before solving; those, in clue order, spell FOLD DOWN CORNERS THEN LIFT. Using the entire printed clue and following these instructions (make your first fold at the bottom of the grid, then fold down the top corners to the center and unfold, or lift), you end up with the instructions and filled grid upside down, with crease marks as shown in this solution by the dotted line. The letters that crease line crosses (shown in light blue) spell LAST WORD AS IS. Keeping everything as is, follow the crease to the end; the last word it crosses is paper from the title, or, as is in this orientation and font, jaded.
Name | Solve Time | |||||
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1 | AaronT | 04-13 00:36 | ||||
2 | Shaggy | 04-13 12:19 | ||||
3 | Tc | 04-13 12:38 | ||||
4 | jyu | 04-13 14:13 | ||||
5 | Bennett Washburn | 04-13 17:34 | ||||
6 | Golem | 04-13 22:13 | ||||
7 | JanglerNPL | 04-13 22:16 | ||||
8 | stribs | 04-14 00:01 | ||||
9 | Veep | 04-14 12:07 | ||||
10 | jus10 | 04-14 12:37 | ||||
11 | LL | 04-14 18:44 | ||||
12 | Link | 04-14 21:07 | ||||
13 | phykos | 04-15 17:06 | ||||
14 | Codiak | 04-16 20:26 |
Name | Solo? | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AaronT | yes | ||||
Abide | no | ||||
Bennett Washburn | yes | ||||
bosco | yes | ||||
Codiak | yes | ||||
dandre | no | ||||
Danny K Bernstein | no | ||||
Dukael | yes | ||||
Eckless | no | ||||
Golem | yes | ||||
Gwinns | no | ||||
I. K. Snamhcok | no | ||||
Itaipines | no | ||||
JanglerNPL | yes | ||||
John Ananny | no | ||||
jus10 | yes | ||||
jyu | yes | ||||
Link | yes | ||||
LL | yes | ||||
NYWanderer | no | ||||
phykos | yes | ||||
RPardoe | no | ||||
ryoustra | no | ||||
Shaggy | yes | ||||
stribs | yes | ||||
tabascq | yes | ||||
Tc | yes | ||||
Veep | yes | ||||
xhixen | no |
Name | Streak | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shaggy | 8 | ||||
LL | 8 | ||||
JanglerNPL | 4 | ||||
Veep | 4 | ||||
jus10 | 4 | ||||
AaronT | 2 | ||||
Tc | 2 | ||||
jyu | 2 | ||||
Bennett Washburn | 2 | ||||
stribs | 2 | ||||
Link | 2 | ||||
phykos | 2 | ||||
Codiak | 2 | ||||
Golem | 1 |
Name | Points | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AaronT | 4 | ||||
Shaggy | 4 | ||||
Tc | 4 | ||||
jyu | 4 | ||||
Bennett Washburn | 4 | ||||
JanglerNPL | 4 | ||||
stribs | 4 | ||||
Veep | 4 | ||||
jus10 | 4 | ||||
LL | 4 | ||||
Link | 4 | ||||
phykos | 4 | ||||
Codiak | 4 | ||||
Golem | 3 | ||||
Eckless | 3 | ||||
Gwinns | 3 | ||||
Abide | 3 | ||||
John Ananny | 3 | ||||
tabascq | 3 | ||||
RPardoe | 3 | ||||
Danny K Bernstein | 3 | ||||
Dukael | 3 | ||||
dandre | 2 | ||||
ryoustra | 2 | ||||
bosco | 2 | ||||
Jaime Stearns | 2 | ||||
thanman2 | 2 | ||||
DJB | 2 | ||||
Raygirl | 2 | ||||
AK37 | 2 | ||||
Millwood | 2 | ||||
Dannyvee | 2 | ||||
Hector | 2 | ||||
adamsimonlevine | 2 | ||||
ManyPinkHats | 2 | ||||
Al | 2 | ||||
Tom Wilson | 2 | ||||
Todd etter | 2 | ||||
Fasolamatt | 2 | ||||
jowens | 2 | ||||
itaipines | 2 | ||||
noneuclidean | 2 | ||||
DAMF | 2 | ||||
Seth Rotkin | 2 | ||||
I.K. Snamhcok | 2 | ||||
hashbrown | 2 | ||||
jbird | 2 | ||||
DIS | 2 | ||||
Donimo | 2 | ||||
Greg | 2 | ||||
Naptown Kid | 2 | ||||
Ed | 2 | ||||
FrotzNPL | 2 | ||||
nilradical | 2 | ||||
Burak O'Drama | 2 | ||||
xhixen | 1 | ||||
I. K. Snamhcok | 1 | ||||
Itaipines | 1 | ||||
NYWanderer | 1 | ||||
ProgChamps | 1 | ||||
zfarr | 1 | ||||
tigerosnap | 1 | ||||
Spongeamy1 | 1 | ||||
Disco Anne | 1 | ||||
bng17 | 1 | ||||
gpagano | 1 | ||||
JeffH | 1 | ||||
Louis D | 1 | ||||
NonnieL | 1 | ||||
gifo | 1 | ||||
Joe | 1 | ||||
Rand | 1 |