Halloween season is a time to be playful. So here it comes: a new round of New Haven riddles, this time bleeding with dark holiday cheer. Solving them will test your knowledge of the city, your knack for deciphering enigmatic phrasing and, probably, your Googling skills.
Like the last time we did this, every correct solution, submitted to this form by 5 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, will earn you an entry into the prize drawing, where each of three entrants will be randomly selected to win a $50 gift card to their chosen restaurant. Correctly answering all eight riddles will give you eight chances to win, but even if you get just one answer right, you’ll still be in the running.
And if you don’t win, don’t despair. There’ll be more chances to play—and win—in the future.
Here we go:
1. Freed from the cave that hid their flight, two of three killers now hide in plain sight.
2. Named for a body of secrets unshared, its teeth and blades ever crave fresh hair.
3. Jarring collection of severed heads? Or charming bistro for walking dead?
4. In castle ruins, with sound and light, it slays two thousand on a good night.
5. Between two stops, a howl to obey: “Let loose the hounds, but only if trained!”
6. In the House on the Hill, as legend has it, he haunted his foes with “Sachem”’s hatchet.
7. Where conjurers practice the arts they chose, this school is endorsed by murders of crows.
8. “Shhhhhh!” “Hssssss!”
That’s all of ’em. Remember: You have until Tuesday, the 15th, to submit your solutions. Take your time and think things through, and most of all, have fun. Happy puzzling—
Written by Dan Mims. Image, from Shutterstock, features a crow mid-call, perhaps crying out to his or her murder.
