This week’s puzzle:

A young couple falls in love while running away from authority.  Just when they think they’re finally safe, their best friend’s father splits them up as part of an effort to get closer to his son.

Last week’s puzzle:

A recent graduate struggles to find his role in life.  Despite losing two father figures and holding down multiple jobs, he still manages to find time to visit relatives in the hospital, give one old schoolmate career advice, and help another find his purpose.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A recent graduate struggles to find his role in life.  Despite losing two father figures and holding down multiple jobs, he still manages to find time to visit relatives in the hospital, give one old schoolmate career advice, and help another find his purpose.

Last week’s puzzle:

A teacher gets distracted from his classes trying to find an old box that’s been missing for a while.  He finds it, loses it, tracks it down again, tries to destroy it, and then when it’s finally opened he doesn’t get to see what’s inside.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A teacher gets distracted from his classes trying to find an old box that’s been missing for a while.  He finds it, loses it, tracks it down again, tries to destroy it, and then when it’s finally opened he doesn’t get to see what’s inside.

Last week’s puzzle:

A college dropout goes on a journey to understand what killed his father.  On the way he is imprisoned for stealing from himself, but he is let loose, and he goes home to kill the man who set him free.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A college dropout goes on a journey to understand what killed his father.  On the way he is imprisoned for stealing from himself, but he is let loose, and he goes home to kill the man who set him free.

Last week’s puzzle:

A hero proves that he can outfight or outthink any opponent and then is captured by a man with a physical deformity.  Meanwhile, a beautiful young woman tries to convince a man plotting to kill her that she cannot love him.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

A hero proves that he can outfight or outthink any opponent and then is captured by a man with a physical deformity.  Meanwhile, a beautiful young woman tries to convince a man plotting to kill her that she cannot love him.

Last week’s puzzle:

When a plant lover and a movie aficionado first meet, it seems like they have almost nothing in common.  Their relationship is strengthened as they spend time dealing with words, birds (okay, a bird), cars, bars, the local shop, a deadly drop, and the movie buff’s crazy pop.

And the answer is . . . ▼

This week’s puzzle:

When a plant lover and a movie aficionado first meet, it seems like they have almost nothing in common.  Their relationship is strengthened as they spend time dealing with words, birds (okay, a bird), cars, bars, the local shop, a deadly drop, and the movie buff’s crazy pop.

Last week’s puzzle:

Two friends interrupt a discussion of international cuisine and the difficulties of platonic heterosexual relationships to talk a little religion.  Then they change clothes, wash their car, eat breakfast, and shortly afterward part ways forever.

And the answer is . . . ▼

And now, still in honor of last weekend’s Oscar ceremony, this week’s puzzle will be about a film that should have won Best Picture but didn’t:

Two friends interrupt a discussion of international cuisine and the difficulties of platonic heterosexual relationships to talk a little religion.  Then they change clothes, wash their car, eat breakfast, and shortly afterward part ways forever.

Last week’s puzzle:

An ancient kingdom goes to war with its natural resource-poor neighbor over a dispute over some uninhabited land.  The kingdom’s assault force makes it to the other nation’s border, but its advance comes to a halt as two secret agents sabotage the most powerful weapon they had.

And the answer is . . . ▼

In honor of the upcoming Oscar ceremony this weekend, this week’s puzzle will be about a film that has won Best Picture:

An ancient kingdom goes to war with its natural resource-poor neighbor over a dispute over some uninhabited land.  The kingdom’s assault force makes it to the other nation’s border, but its advance comes to a halt as two secret agents sabotage the most powerful weapon they had.

Last week’s puzzle:

A group of animals escape from their crazy old owner and start new families.  Meanwhile, children team up with scientists in order to go home, and a hunter gets his just comeuppance.

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A group of animals escape from their crazy old owner and start new families.  Meanwhile, children team up with scientists in order to go home, and a hunter gets his just comeuppance.