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Ahoy Muggles!

I had a lot of fun last week working with @Wendy Walker and @Abide on "What's In Your Pocket?". Let's do it again sometime, guys!

Speaking of fun, today is Halloween and we're expecting all sorts of ghouls and goblins to pay us a visit later tonight. Coincidentally, today also marks the 25th anniversary of our moving into our house. I can still remember the awkwardness back then when some trick-or-treaters showed up while we were carrying in boxes. For some strange reason they weren't interested in our music CDs or silverware. Talk about "tricky treaty" negotiations, eh @whimsy?! Below is the jack-o'-lantern I carved to greet our little visitors, and yes, we'll have plenty of treats to make them happy!


The meta answer is a familiar six-letter Halloween figure.

Happy Haunting - Crosshare

Happy Haunting - PUZ

Happy Haunting - PDF

Happy Haunting - Spreadsheet





Difficulty:


Nudges are here.
Reveal is here.

Good luck!
Cap'n Rick

PS - I'd like to thank @Abide, @Al Sisti, @whimsy, @boharr, @MarkWoychick, and @Joe Ross for pretesting and technical help.

Off the couch! Fun puzzle, thanks @Cap'n Rick!

Off the couch too...I really enjoyed your wordplay...thanks Rick!

Off the couch - a good one.

Off the couch. Fun!

Nice one Cap’n!

Another fun one from the Cap'n! Keep 'em coming!

Ego restored a bit. Thanks Cap'N for something I could actually solve!

Maybe I'll head to a favorite haunt?

KayW wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:38 am


Off the couch. Fun!

Well it may be old and worn, but it looks like it has good bones....

🛋Nice job Cap'n--puzzle was a scream

Off the couch, thanks Cap'n!

My track record on the MMM puzzles has been rather poor so far.

Great fun a second time around, Rick - I remembered that I tested it, but I didn't remember how to solve, so it was like a brand new puzzle

Off the couch!
Thanks for the puzzle.

What on EARTH are you guys seeing that I'm not?

I'm sitting on the couch minding my own business while an elephant is jumping up and down on my head grinding me down into the crevice taunting "Ha, ha. Twelve people got it so it really is something obvious. You have no excuses this week. ha-ha." Maybe with luck I will have find enough things by Weds work my way up onto the couch but right now things are grim.

Off the couch! Happy Halloween!

woozy wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 5:00 pm What on EARTH are you guys seeing that I'm not?

Right there with you, woozy

rjy wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 5:40 pm

woozy wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 5:00 pm What on EARTH are you guys seeing that I'm not?

Right there with you, woozy

Hang in there, guys! You'll get it.

Your photo reminds me of one I once used for Wordle.

Off the couch! Thanks, Cap'n Rick, this was fun once I saw the first step!

Last seen on the couch.

woozy wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 5:00 pm What on EARTH are you guys seeing that I'm not?

I'm sitting on the couch minding my own business while an elephant is jumping up and down on my head grinding me down into the crevice taunting "Ha, ha. Twelve people got it so it really is something obvious. You have no excuses this week. ha-ha." Maybe with luck I will have find enough things by Weds work my way up onto the couch but right now things are grim.

Same. I guessed it correctly but only have a small smidgen of an idea, from the comments...