This week’s puzzle:

A businessman gets held up on a trip when his customers insist that he stay longer. He ends up leaving something behind, and an old friend goes to pick it up, but by the time the friend comes back he’s already got a replacement.

Last week’s puzzle:

A person concerned with time and a person concerned with mass become engaged in a problem of creation. They worry when a model parallel to theirs begins to collapse, but in the end, despite expectations, their experiment is a success.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A person concerned with time and a person concerned with mass become engaged in a problem of creation. They worry when a model parallel to theirs begins to collapse, but in the end, despite expectations, their experiment is a success.

Last week’s puzzle:

Two disfigured men try to make the world understand the full meaning of their injuries. A lawless man knocks both of them out of buildings.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

Two disfigured men try to make the world understand the full meaning of their injuries. A lawless man knocks both of them out of buildings.

Last week’s puzzle:

A man travels to an unfamiliar place to help out two thieves, experiencing considerable difficulty due to transportation and terrain. He solves some of his problems with lies and contempt, but he cannot get the job done without a couple of skid marks.

And the answer is . . . ▼

Most unfortunately, the picture hint portion of the puzzle will continue to be down this week. The feature is proving more complex to implement than originally anticipated.

This week’s puzzle:

A man travels to an unfamiliar place to help out two thieves, experiencing considerable difficulty due to transportation and terrain. He solves some of his problems with lies and contempt, but he cannot get the job done without a couple of skid marks.

Last week’s puzzle:

One man is accused of being a poisoner and sends an old man to a dark death, and another man gives poison to a child and defiles a corpse. One man spoils his best friend’s chances for love, and another man gets relationship advice from someone that people almost never listen to.

And the answer is . . . ▼

Unfortunately, our picture expert is out of town this week, so there will once again be a delay before the picture hint is posted.

This week’s puzzle:

One man is accused of being a poisoner and sends an old man to a dark death, and another man gives poison to a child and defiles a corpse. One man spoils his best friend’s chances for love, and another man gets relationship advice from someone that people almost never listen to.

Last week’s puzzle:

A man is freed from imprisonment only to be immediately recaptured and sentenced to death. He escapes, but he is captured twice more, once because his best friend lacks self-control and once because he is outsmarted by an old man.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A man is freed from imprisonment only to be immediately recaptured and sentenced to death. He escapes, but he is captured twice more, once because his best friend lacks self-control and once because he is outsmarted by an old man.

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Last week’s puzzle:

A couple’s struggle to resolve their relationship difficulties leads one of them to reminisce about a teacher and the other to talk to a sibling he hasn’t seen in a long time. In the end, the woman’s touch goes straight to the man’s heart.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A couple’s struggle to resolve their relationship difficulties leads one of them to reminisce about a teacher and the other to talk to a sibling he hasn’t seen in a long time. In the end, the woman’s touch goes straight to the man’s heart.

New! See an image clue. ▼

Last week’s puzzle:

An unpopular Harvard graduate tries to get his colleagues to go along with his radical ideas. While reluctant at first, they are swayed by his ability to compromise, a famous quotation, cowardice, and the shooting of some birds.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

An unpopular Harvard graduate tries to get his colleagues to go along with his radical ideas.  While reluctant at first, they are swayed by his ability to compromise, a famous quotation, cowardice, and the shooting of some birds.

New! See an image clue. ▼

Last week’s puzzle:

A former lawyer travels the land for the sake of love, rescuing a young man from a horrible death and helping to reunite a family. Meanwhile, two criminals looking for a big score act as accessories to the defrauding of a blind man, participate in a bank robbery, and infiltrate a political event.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A former lawyer travels the land for the sake of love, rescuing a young man from a horrible death and helping to reunite a family.  Meanwhile, two criminals looking for a big score act as accessories to the defrauding of a blind man, participate in a bank robbery, and infiltrate a political event.

New! See an image clue. ▼

Last week’s puzzle:

Three guys run into difficulty when their ride breaks down in the middle of a big trip. They get their co-workers to help out and go through an awful lot of trouble to fix it, but in the end they just pass by their destination without even getting out.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

Three guys run into difficulty when their ride breaks down in the middle of a big trip. They get their co-workers to help out and go through an awful lot of trouble to fix it, but in the end they just pass by their destination without even getting out.

Last week’s puzzle:

A cubicle worker gets into trouble with the authorities because he’s afraid of heights. Later on, after an intensive training program, he can ride in a helicopter, and eventually he learns to fly on his own.

And the answer is . . . ▼