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'''Screen Debuts''' is a
==Puzzle Elements==
{{Element|Fakeout|The puzzle is presented as a diagramless cryptic, featuring two sets of clues (Across and Down) and a 13x13 grid (with rows and columns numbered).|Cryptic Crossword|Fakeout}}
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{{Element|Fakeout|Surprise! The clues aren't solvable as actual cryptic clues, and the numbers don't fit with anything in particular.}}
{{Element|Hint in Title|"Debuts" in the title hints toward...}}
{{Element|Initialization|...taking the first letter of every word in a clue. Notice that they spell a word—specifically, a color-like word (representing one of black, brown, or red). The clue in Row 10, for example, spells LIGHTLESS (black).}}
{{Element|Paint-By-X|Each clue can be associated with a square—one coordinate given by its numbering, the other by the enumeration. Painting that square the color given by the clue draws out the answer.}}
<!--Fun fact—there are a lot of answers of WISHBONE (a TV show about a dog) and A TAIL IN TWAIN (its first episode), due to the dog face emoji in the puzzle vaguely resembling a Jack Russell terrier.-->
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Latest revision as of 21:58, 28 February 2024
Screen Debuts | |
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | |
Creative Pictures Studios | |
Author(s) | Mark Gottlieb |
Answer | Click to reveal🐶 |
Statistics | |
No. solves | 30 |
No. total guesses | 102 |
Links | |
Puzzle | Link |
Solution | Link |
Screen Debuts is a puzzle from the Creative Pictures Studios round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt, presented as a diagramless barred cryptic.
Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]
Cryptic Crossword - The puzzle is presented as a diagramless cryptic, featuring two sets of clues (Across and Down) and a 13x13 grid (with rows and columns numbered).
Fakeout - Surprise! The clues aren't solvable as actual cryptic clues, and the numbers don't fit with anything in particular.
Hint in Title - "Debuts" in the title hints toward...
Initialization - ...taking the first letter of every word in a clue. Notice that they spell a word—specifically, a color-like word (representing one of black, brown, or red). The clue in Row 10, for example, spells LIGHTLESS (black).
Paint-By-X - Each clue can be associated with a square—one coordinate given by its numbering, the other by the enumeration. Painting that square the color given by the clue draws out the answer.