Valentine’s Day is a time for suspense and, hopefully, satisfaction. So here it comes: a new round of coy New Haven riddles, bathed in poetic pheromones and offering the chance to win a nice meal out on us. Solving them will test your knowledge of the city, your knack for deciphering enigmatic phrasing and, probably, your Googling skills.
The more correct answers you get, the better your odds of winning will be. Every correct solution, submitted to this form by 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 12, 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 the restaurant of their heart’s desire. 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. (In fact, even if you solve zero answers, you’ll still get one entry. Call it an A for effort.)
And if you don’t win, don’t despair. Just as there are plenty more fish in the sea, there’ll be more chances to play—and win—in the future.
Here we go:
1. By any other name, it would smell as sweet: an unwild meadow wooed by each spring’s heat.
2. Named in English for “plus” plus French for “love,” this shop’s brave fashions fit the bold like a glove.
3. This nearby ’port’s too small for missed connections, unless both parties depart in different directions.
4. In this gated community’s barking excitement, residents howl for their love’s requitement.
5. This marriage of convenience in mass conveying was named for a wedding yet made for straying.
6. Potions of love steal heart and head; so do this pair’s, from white to red.
7. Sunken and dimmed into relative obscurity, this tunnel’s not of love but rather security.
8. Those who intersect with this three-way affair would be shocked to learn it was once called “square.”
That’s all of ’em. Remember: You have until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the 12th, to submit your solutions. Take your time and think things through, and most of all, have fun.
Happy puzzling—
Written by Dan Mims.
