Reef2Reef's First Ever Crossword: Reef Magic

Seawitch · Dec 24, 2018

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Reef2Reef's First Ever Crossword: Reef Magic

So, here's our first crossword. I recommend printing it out and enlarging it if possible, both the puzzle and the clues. If you see two numbers in a box, separated by a dash (-), the first number is across and the second number is down.

The puzzle was started with a simple (free) crossword compiler, but due to its limitations, I did a lot of it freehand in Excel. Next time I'll use a more sophisticated compiler ($$$) so we can get a more professional-looking puzzle.

In any case, I think it's good enough to go up, and no, this is clearly not an article. But it is something that many readers will enjoy.

Mistakes? I hope not, but I'm sure you'll let me know in the comments.

Puzzle is courtesy of Seawitch for Reef2Reef, ©2018, All Rights Reserved.

And here are the clues. Might want to print and enlarge these also. Oh, and the answers? You'll have to wait a bit for those. Ho Ho Ho. Enjoy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Crabs McJones · Dec 24, 2018

Very cool! Printed out. Going to do this afternoon

PDR · Dec 24, 2018

I'm gonna be all over this!

5altkreep · Dec 24, 2018

Wow! This is a really cool idea. Cant wait to dive in!
Thank you for all your contributions, and Happy Holidays!

Seawitch · Dec 24, 2018

Thrilled to hear I'm not the only one who likes this idea. Thank you @PDR and @Crabs Mcjones

I even put someone from R2R in there.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Seawitch · Dec 24, 2018

5altkreep said:
Wow! This is a really cool idea. Cant wait to dive in!
Thank you for all your contributions, and Happy Holidays!

Thank you kindly! I thought this place needs these on a regular basis. I just have to find the right software to help.

revhtree · Dec 26, 2018

Who else is working on this?

Seawitch · Dec 26, 2018

revhtree said:
Who else is working on this?

Sharpen your pencil, boss.

Vivid Creative Aquatics · Dec 26, 2018

Nice -printing it out and handing it to everyone on the VCA team. Thanks for sharing!

Seawitch · Dec 26, 2018

Vivid Creative Aquatics said:
Nice -printing it out and handing it to everyone on the VCA team. Thanks for sharing!

Send me a photo of everyone working on it, and we'll post it with the solutions.

redfishbluefish · Dec 26, 2018

I got stuck on the first clue...."Unwelcome purple visitor".....Barney doesn't fit!

Seawitch · Dec 26, 2018

redfishbluefish said:
I got stuck on the first clue...."Unwelcome purple visitor".....Barney doesn't fit!

LOLOLOL

Vivid Creative Aquatics · Dec 26, 2018

I assembled a PDF to make it easy to print. not sure if you can also add this to the OP, but if you can , pleas add it

Vivid Creative Aquatics · Dec 26, 2018

Seawitch said:
Send me a photo of everyone working on it, and we'll post it with the solutions.

Will do - I'll see if I can send that tomorrow

vetteguy53081 · Dec 26, 2018

Should be fun. Never a dull moment with R2r !!!!!!

Seawitch · Dec 26, 2018

vetteguy53081 said:
Should be fun. Never a dull moment with R2r !!!!!!

That's the idea, my friend. We want to keep it fresh and exciting for everyone. No dull "how's your skimmer working, buddy?"

Seawitch · Dec 26, 2018

redfishbluefish said:
I got stuck on the first clue...."Unwelcome purple visitor".....Barney doesn't fit!

20 years ago, I had a nanny for my kids while I was at work, and the nanny brought her infant daughter with her. Whenever I got home from work, Barney was on the TV. Made my kids (like 9 and 11) crazy. We grew to hate Barney. But good guess!

redfishbluefish · Dec 26, 2018

Seawitch said:
20 years ago, I had a nanny for my kids while I was at work, and the nanny brought her infant daughter with her. Whenever I got home from work, Barney was on the TV. Made my kids (like 9 and 11) crazy. We grew to hate Barney. But good guess!

I'm going to guess it was my last born (1988) that use to watch this show, that drove me nuts. If I remember, he sang some song about, "I love you, you love me," or something like that. When I saw this clue, "Unwelcome Purple Visitor," it was the first thing that came to mind.

Seawitch · Dec 26, 2018

redfishbluefish said:
I'm going to guess it was my last born (1988) that use to watch this show, that drove me nuts. If I remember, he sang some song about, "I love you, you love me," or something like that. When I saw this clue, "Unwelcome Purple Visitor," it was the first thing that came to mind.

It was developed in '87 but didn't get on TV until 1992 to 2005. I think it was on in my house starting around 1995 when my kids were 6 and 8. There have been some reruns and some talk of resurrecting it. Here's your favorite song: