Puzzle Page

Welcome to yet another edition of the Puzzle Page here at The Smog! As always, we're open to feedback; if there's some type of puzzle that you'd like to see included in the next issue, or if you have a gripe with this issue's puzzles, feel free to send a PM or VM to RitterCat or air your opinion in the release thread.

Once again, congratulations to Kit Kasai for winning the Pokémon Countdown with a score of 25 points across the three clues. The maximum possible score was 41, so I hope to see some new competitors step up next issue! In the Pokémon Ports, hollywood, acidphoenix, and Mowtom were the first three to submit complete sets of correct answers; as the other two users already have one, Mowtom wins a custom title. Another custom title is awarded to JETZero3, who correctly identified all of the Pokémon Anagrams—well done! Congratulations to Uselesscrab for being the first of many users to submit the correct answer to the Pokémon Cryptogram. Good job—you have also won a custom title! Finally, sorry for the lack of a crossword last issue—exams came at the most inopportune time.

Word Puzzles

Pokémon Countdown

The challenge is to use as many letters as possible from each given word or set of words to make a Pokémon-related term. The letters can be arranged in any order, and each letter should only be used once. One point is given per letter used. You can only submit one term as an answer.

Your answer can be a Pokémon, move, item, or ability. This issue's word sets are:

Liberal Friends
Eyebrow Prayer
Ghastly Embrace

Pokémon Anagrams

The short phrases given below are anagrams of a number of Pokémon-related terms. Your job is to work out which terms make up the phrase!

Our Mississippi Mega Arena
Your Tropical Orca
Moonlit Antics Worsen

Pokémon Ports

In a port (short for "portmanteau"), a series of hints are given, with the last two or more letters of one hint being shared with the first two or more letters of the next one. For example, the answer to [LC Grass-type][LC Normal-type] would be "Cottoneevee" (the last two letters of Cottonee are ee, and the first two letters of Eevee are ee), and the answer to [Fire-type Move][LC Ice-type] would be "Embergmite" (the last three letters of Ember are ber, and the first three letters of Bergmite are ber).

[Ability][Grass-type Move][Normal-type Move][LC Rock-type][Fighting-type Move][PU Ice-type][OU Grass-type][PU Normal-type][NFE Electric-type]
[NFE Fairy-type][Ability][Electric-type Move][Dark-type Move][Flying-type Move][BL Flying-type][LC Fire-type][Ice-type Move][Normal-type Move][Normal-type Move][Water-type Move][PU Water-type][BL2 Dragon-type][OU Dragon-type][BL Fighting-type][LC Ground-type]
[Dark-type Move][Normal-type Move][Normal-type Move][Fire-type Move][Item][LC Poison-type][Ability][Normal-type Move][Grass-type Move][Bug-type Move][Fire-type Move][Electric-type Move][OU Poison-type][NU Poison-type][Normal-type Move][Normal-type Move][UU Grass-type][Ability][BL Fighting-type][LC Rock-type]

Crossword

And here we have it: the grand finale to this issue's Puzzle Page! To participate, simply fill out the crossword grid below with what you believe are the right answers and send a screenshot of the grid to us. The first person to send in a completely correct grid will win a custom avatar on Pokémon Showdown!, as always. Should you be the lucky winner, more details concerning the prize will be sent to you later. As usual, this issue's answers include Pokémon names, items, abilities, and moves, so keep those in mind when you examine the clues!

Participation

You are eligible for the Puzzle Page competitions as long as you have a Smogon account. To participate, send all your Puzzle Page entries in a single forum conversation to The Smog. The deadline for submission is 2 weeks from now, on the 20th of July; after that, you can still try the puzzles, but the answers will be posted here and we'll close submissions. As always, good luck and have fun!

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