You can’t control where Cupid’s arrows thunk their cartoony heart-shaped tips this Valentine’s Day. But you can control your answers to our local Valentine’s riddles, each one dressed up in flirty clues and offering the chance to win a nice meal out. 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. Tuesday, February 17, 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 a restaurant of their desire. Correctly answering all seven riddles will give you seven chances to win, but even if you get just one answer right, you’ll still be in the running. (In fact, even if you get zero answers right, you’ll still get an 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. Lovers star-crossed can cross them here, assuming it’s Tuesday and skies are clear.
2. Drinking on V-Day in bars alone? The vino list here is más largo, you know.
3. Where once lovers’ gifts were smithed and sold, love-building for buildings is now the goal.
4. Parked in a place that’s both inside and out-, steamy self-care’s what this popup’s about.
5. Its name ferries beauty and safety, too, with slick ’disiacs and a doting crew.
6. At Chapel, this treasury’s wings are wed, by goddess of love on High overhead.
7. Kissed someone here? Don’t hope for a prince; a Fresh one appeared but it’s decades since.
That’s all of them. Remember: You have until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 17th, to submit your solutions. Take your time, think things through, and most of all, have fun.
Happy puzzling—
Written by Dan Mims.
