To celebrate another year of blogging, here's a cryptic crossword with themes drawn from this blog's contents. Click on the image to see a full-size pop-up.
When the puzzle is done, the red squares, read from left to right, line by line, will spell out a message.
If you haven't done a cryptic crossword, here are some hints on how to solve one.
Print out the image and the clues, and sharpen your pencil. Answers will be provided in a later post.
CLUES
ACROSS
1. “Cry, sis,” a parishioner said unerringly to a ghost
6. Ghost hunters study things that go this in the night
8. I feel fart developing in postmortem existence
9. Partic. sixth sense
10. Like a blog post or a legal case
13. Mystic river
14. Stock index dictated the way
15. Lore and complicated British clairvoyant
17. Not the end?
19. Control lapel flower in another life
20. Sounds like Santa’s vehicle will do Buffy’s job
21. Debunking project: no beta males need apply
22. Skeptic hides in lusher meringue
DOWN
1. K.C. announced sleeping prophet
2. Skeptic Asimov is a current designation
3. Boston medium and Irish exterminator
4. Randi’s alter ego?
5. His pony’s possibly a path to past lives
7. Mixed-up guerilla joins E.R. without a psychic showman
10. What 7D may do to dinnerware
11. My shrew upset by “F” from psychical researcher
12. Charles’ pie
13. Starting with D-Day there’s no place like it, and there was no one like him
14. Russell’s goal omits E.T.
16. Addled heart on physical plane
18. Declare a toast to psychic experiment
And a Happy New Year to you too, Michael.
Posted by: Zerdini | December 28, 2011 at 01:01 AM
I have never commented here before Michael, but I feel compelled to say that this is utterly brilliant. What a wonderful surprise when logging on this morning!
Your efforts here and throughout the year do not go unappreciated.
Posted by: Sleepy Sealion | December 29, 2011 at 07:22 AM
Thanks for the crossword, Michael. Great fun.
Posted by: Ben | December 29, 2011 at 07:31 AM
Thanks, all! Best wishes for 2012, the year of the Mayan apocalypse!
Posted by: Michael Prescott | December 29, 2011 at 01:44 PM
Okay, for those who want to know, here are the ANSWERS.
ACROSS
1. Crisis apparition
6. Bump
8. Afterlife
9. ESP
10. Brief
13. Dee
14. Tao
15. Leonard
17. NDE
19. Reincarnation
20. Slay
21. Alpha
22. Shermer
DOWN
1. Cayce
2. Isaac
3. Piper
4. Radin
5. Hypnosis
7. Uri Geller
10. Bend
11. F.W.H. Myers
12. Tart
13. D.D. Home
14. Targ
16. Earth
18. Scole
The red squares spell out HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Posted by: Michael Prescott | December 31, 2011 at 02:17 PM
I'm gonna share it in Facebook, this is really awesome
Posted by: kangqid | January 07, 2012 at 01:01 AM
Thank you, kanqqid!
Posted by: Michael Prescott | January 07, 2012 at 03:20 AM
Thanks Micheal for sharing this post.
Posted by: seo training in multan | January 16, 2012 at 10:03 AM