This week’s puzzle:

A gamer tries to help a friend deal with disappointments in his career, emotional troubles, and a boss who doesn’t care if he lives or dies. When he grows concerned that he might lose his friend, he tries to secure the relationship by making an important delivery, but in the end it only gets in the way.

Last week’s puzzle:

A man gets a new job as a result of assaulting his boss. He teams up with a man who lost his position when he was assaulted by a child, and together they work to thwart the ambitions of a man who makes it a point to hire employees of a variety of ethnicities and backgrounds.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A man gets a new job as a result of assaulting his boss. He teams up with a man who lost his position when he was assaulted by a child, and together they work to thwart the ambitions of a man who makes it a point to hire employees of a variety of ethnicities and backgrounds.

Last week’s puzzle:

Two men who lost their jobs for doing something foolish try to make their way home. Meanwhile, two revisionist historians and two merchants guide a woman with famous relatives on a journey so that she can kill a feeble old man.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

Two men who lost their jobs for doing something foolish try to make their way home.  Meanwhile, two revisionist historians and two merchants guide a woman with famous relatives on a journey so that she can kill a feeble old man.

Last week’s puzzle:

Two young men get into fights with their peers, one because of his mother and the other because of his father. Later on, one of them tells the other that the only way to save the day is for them to fight each other.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

Two young men get into fights with their peers, one because of his mother and the other because of his father. Later on, one of them tells the other that the only way to save the day is for them to fight each other.

Last week’s puzzle:

A man with a gift for language acquires the thing that he treasures most but loses it in circumstances that will never be fully explained. As if this were not bad enough, he must endure a family member with a dangerous obsession, a pack of marauding animals, and the difficulties of multicultural celebratory rituals.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A man with a gift for language acquires the thing that he treasures most but loses it in circumstances that will never be fully explained. As if this were not bad enough, he must endure a family member with a dangerous obsession, a pack of marauding animals, and the difficulties of multicultural celebratory rituals.

Last week’s puzzle:

A young woman travels from a church to a hospital, two restaurants, and a house via ambulance (presumably), wheelchair, airplane, motorcycle, and wagon. During her journeys, she encounters two females who lost their mothers at a young age, two teachers with problematic students, and a large number of handicapped people.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A young woman travels from a church to a hospital, two restaurants, and a house via ambulance (presumably), wheelchair, airplane, motorcycle, and wagon. During her journeys, she encounters two females who lost their mothers at a young age, two teachers with problematic students, and a large number of handicapped people.

Last week’s puzzle:

A man starting a new job and a visitor from out of town both get new suits. Both have difficulty interacting with those around them, both are looking for the same thing, and when they finally meet, each one insults the other’s relatives.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A man starting a new job and a visitor from out of town both get new suits. Both have difficulty interacting with those around them, both are looking for the same thing, and when they finally meet, each one insults the other’s relatives.

Last week’s puzzle:

After being harassed for dressing inappropriately and disrupting a party by misusing the tableware, a young man with a false name finds he has to get home in a hurry. Alcohol only adds to his problems, and friends and relatives advise him not to take risks, but in the end his solution is to resort to criminal behavior.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

After being harassed for dressing inappropriately and disrupting a party by misusing the tableware, a young man with a false name finds he has to get home in a hurry.  Alcohol only adds to his problems, and friends and relatives advise him not to take risks, but in the end his solution is to resort to criminal behavior.

Last week’s puzzle:

A rebel with abnormal senses narrowly escapes death at the hands of a woman with whom he shared a house. Not long afterward, a failure to escape leads to his dreams coming true, and later on a successful escape leads to his closest friend having to find a new job.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A rebel with abnormal senses narrowly escapes death at the hands of a woman with whom he shared a house. Not long afterward, a failure to escape leads to his dreams coming true, and later on a successful escape leads to his closest friend having to find a new job.

Last week’s puzzle:

A fisherman and his associates come into conflict over navigation, ownership rights, the use of rope, and cuisine. Meanwhile, two old men with similar taste in clothing get into a dispute concerning the neighbors of an old friend of theirs.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A fisherman and his associates come into conflict over navigation, ownership rights, the use of rope, and cuisine. Meanwhile, two old men with similar taste in clothing get into a dispute concerning the neighbors of an old friend of theirs.

Last week’s puzzle:

After being fired from his job, a man gets into trouble when the musician he has a crush on is in the wrong place at the right time. He tries to fix everything, but a coworker’s honesty and tendency to overthink make the situation a whole lot stickier.

And the answer is . . . ▼