Puzzle Page

By RitterCat. Art by Fatecrashers.
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Welcome to yet another edition of the Puzzle Page here at The Smog! As always, we're open to feedback; if there's some type of puzzle you'd like to see included in the next issue, or if you have a gripe with this issue's puzzles, feel free to send a VM to RitterCat or air your opinion in the release thread.

Sadly, for last issue's Pokémon Countdown, Pokémon Anagrams, and Mystery Sounds, there were either no correct submissions or no submissions at all! In the categories that were attempted, chuckaboomboom and kevinrocks both receive their own custom title for scoring 2/3 on the Pokémon Ports. (As both noted, question two was unsolvable due to an unseen error. Sorry about that!) Finally, we would like to congratulate Fahyt for submitting the first completely correct crossword grid. You've earned yourself a custom avatar on Pokémon Showdown—well done! Thank you to everyone else who submitted, especially the large number of people who submitted correct crosswords grids—go to last issue's Puzzle Page to check the answers and see how you did!

Word Puzzles

Pokémon Countdown

The challenge is to use as many letters as possible from each given word or set of words to make a Pokémon-related term. The letters can be arranged in any order and each letter should only be used once. One point is given per letter. You can only submit one term as an answer.

Your answer can be a Pokémon, move, item, or ability. This week's words are:

  1. {Dance All Night}
  2. {Reformation}
  3. {Cinema Background}
  4. {Issue Forty One}
  5. {This Puzzle Is Too Hard}

Pokémon Anagrams

The short phrases given below are anagrams of a number of Pokémon-related terms. Your job is to work out which terms make up the phrase!

  1. Give Active Labrador (3 words)
  2. Sandlot Puck Catcher (3 words)
  3. Inspect Peg's Ratatouille (3 words)
  4. Negotiated Fix Sum (3 words)

Pokémon Ports

In a port, a series of hints are given, with the last two or more letters of one hint shared with the first two or more letters of the next hint. For example, the answer to [LC Grass-type][LC Normal-type] would be Cottoneevee (the last two letters of Cottonee are ee and the first two letters of Eevee are ee), and the answer to [Fire-type Move][LC Ice-type] would be Embergmite (the last three letters of Ember are ber and the first three letters of Bergmite are ber).

  1. [Item][Gen 3 Games Acronym][OU Grass-type][Water-type Move][LC Bug-type][PU Grass-type][LC Rock-type]
  2. [Ability][Ability][Water-type Move][NFE Water-type][Dragon-type Move][LC Rock-type][Ubers Psychic-type]
  3. [LC Psychic-type][Normal-type Move][OU Poison-type][NU Poison-type][Water-type Move][PU Poison-type][PU Normal-type][Ability][Type][OU Grass-type][OU Steel-type][Normal-type Move][Normal-type Move][PU Normal-type][LC Poison-type]

Crossword

And here we have it: the grand finale to this issue's Puzzle Page! To participate, simply fill out the crossword grid below with what you believe are the right answers and send a screenshot of the grid to us. The first person to send in a completely correct grid will win themselves a custom avatar on Pokémon Showdown!, as always. Should you be the lucky winner, more details concerning the prize will be sent to you later. Like last issue, this issue's answers include Pokémon names, items, abilities, and moves, so keep those in mind when you examine the clues!

Participation

You are eligible for the Puzzle Page competitions as long as you have a Smogon account. To participate, send all your Puzzle Page entries in a single forum conversation to The Smog. The deadline for submission is 2 weeks from now, on the 26 of May; after this, you can still try the puzzles, but the answers will be posted here and we'll close submissions. As always, good luck and have fun!

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