Puzzle Fifteen: Hunting High and Low (freestyle)

Winners of last week's meta challenge were gppasco and Megarrific. 

Another new freestyle. Enjoy! Thanks to Quiara Vasquez of QVXwordz for test-solving. 

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Puzzle Fourteen: Thread the Needle (meta)

Tougher meta for the long weekend -- like a Gaffney Week 3, probably.

The answer to this week's meta is a body part. 

Submit your answer by clicking HERE. 

Submissions are due by Monday, December 28, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST. 

If you have any issues submitting your answer, just put it in an email to lexicondevillive at outlook dot com with your name, preferred screen name / ID and email address and I'll add you in manually. 

Two winners – the first person to submit a correct answer and another person selected at random from the correct entries – will receive a Lexicon Devil sticker as well as the respect of their puzzling peers.  

If you're enjoying these puzzles -- especially the metas, which are time-consuming to construct and oversee -- please consider making a small contribution via the newly added tip jar: 

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Puzzle Thirteen: We Have Snacks (freestyle)

Photo by Jeremy Noble.

Another freestyle. Note the "bad-puns" and "Canadian-clue" tags.

Also, if you're enjoying these puzzles, please consider making a small contribution via the newly added tip jar: 

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Puzzle Twelve: Cautionary Tale (meta)

Today's puzzle arrives late due to my accidentally saving an older version over a newer version. Computers!

The answer to this week's meta is a color. 

Please note that the cluing of 8-Down, 57-Down, and related entries is not a hint to the meta, just me trying to be entertaining. 

Submit your answer by clicking HERE. 

Submissions are due by Monday, December 14, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST. 

If you have any issues submitting your answer, just put it in an email to lexicondevillive at outlook dot com with your name, preferred screen name / ID and email address and I'll add you in manually. 

Two winners – the first person to submit a correct answer and another person selected at random from the correct entries – will receive a Lexicon Devil sticker as well as the respect of their puzzling peers.  

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Leaderboard

12/11/2020 0:20:18         Quiara Vasquez          

12/11/2020 11:17:08 boharr

12/11/2020 11:26:28 Dannyvee

12/11/2020 11:38:28 Megarrific

12/11/2020 13:13:44 Kitchendiva

12/11/2020 20:27:50 I. K. Snamhcok

12/12/2020 5:43:47         DJB!

12/13/2020 11:02:05 lbray

12/13/2020 14:48:37 oldjudge
 

Puzzle Eleven: Success at any Price (freestyle)

Freestyle with diagonal symmetry. 68 words. Saturday difficulty, if not harder. 

When you're done, this puzzle contains something that is more of a small Easter egg than a meta. You can email me at lexicondevillive at outlook dot com if you find it.

If you like this one, Steve Mossberg published a diagonal themeless of similar difficulty last night on his blog Square Pursuit. And the Diagonal Master, Brooke Husic, dropped a non-diagonal scorcher this week on her own blog, following up on a great literary diagonal midi in October and a super-tough diagonal themeless in September. Brooke also teamed up with Matthew Stock for a tough diagonal themeless on Brian Thomas's Puzzles That Need a Home recently.

Enjoy! 

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