It’s the most wonderful time of the year—so it’s time again to wonder over some new New Haven riddles.
Solving this Christmas list of holiday head-scratchers will test your knowledge of the city, your knack for deciphering enigmatic phrasing and, probably, your Googling skills—and it could result in a present under your tree: a $50 gift card to a local restaurant of your choice!
The more correct answers you get, the better your odds of winning. Every correct solution, submitted to this form by 6 p.m. next Wednesday, December 17, will earn you an entry into the prize drawing, where three winners will be randomly selected. Correctly answering all seven riddles will get you seven entries in the drawing, but if you get just one answer right, you’ll still be in the running. (In fact, even if you solve zero answers, you’ll receive an entry. Call it an A for effort.)
And if you don’t win, don’t despair. You can expect more chances to play—and win—in the new year.
1. No gifts lie under this one of its kind, itself a present to all combined.
2. Mint-free sticks swirl ’round the crease, in the icy belly of this polar beast.
3. This hotspot’s heat flies back through teeth, encircling heads like Christmas wreaths.
4. With claws, not Claus, and coffee for pouncing: “1100 adoptions and counting!”
5. Differently spirited than Whoville’s residents, Seussian dinks keep this complex competitive.
6. ’Twas the weeks before Christmas, when all through this House, round feasts came in boxes, not just for takeout.
7. Despite the ringing name of this cathedral of study, silver bells here would turn even Santa’s cheeks ruddy.
That’s it. Remember: You have until 6 p.m. Wednesday, the 17th, to submit your solutions. Take your time, think things through and, most of all, have fun! Merry puzzling—
Written by Dan Mims. Photo by Andrei Porzhezhinskii/Shutterstock with augmentation by Dan Mims.
