THE MOUSY
MINDBOGGLER

If you subscribe to the AllEars® Weekly Newsletter, you’ll know that we run a little game called the Mousy Mindboggler. Sometimes it’s a word game, sometimes it’s a riddle, sometimes it’s some other brain-teasing challenge — but it’s always fun!

Once each month, in the AllEars® Bits and Bites issue, our friend James Dezern (known as “dzneynut” around several Disney discussion forums) supplies us with a puzzle of his own design.

Around the middle of each month, James Shares the Magic in another way — by posting an all-new puzzle here in this AllEars.Net Guest Blog. The subject of the puzzle will vary, and James will award the winner of the challenge a collectible Disney pin!

This month, James writes:

Here’s the answer key to the December Mid-Month Mousy Mindboggler Word Search:

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There were only *8* responses to the word search puzzle about Disney and the Holidays. I guess everyone was too busy getting ready for the holidays to stop and play a game about the holidays!

The first 10 unused letters in the puzzle were OFJZNLKAIC.

The winner of a Cruella DeVil pin was Lynn T. of North Brunswick, NJ. Congratulations, Lynn, and thanks for playing!

This month we are going to change gears and try another crossword puzzle, and the subject this month is the quotable Walter E. Disney.

Walt Disney was a creative genius and a philosopher on many subjects of interest to the American people. Please note that all of the words in the word bank are used in the puzzle. And, if anyone can figure out the personal significance of the date in the bonus clue, I will give you an extra chance in the drawing.

Here’s the link to the new puzzle:

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The object is, as always, to have fun, but if you’d like a chance to win a Disney collectible pin, arrange the letters that are circled in the puzzle to come up with the answer to the bonus question, which relates to the puzzle theme. Send your resulting answer IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF AN EMAIL addressed to [email protected].

Send your entries no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on February 13, 2015. All correct answers will be entered into a random drawing, and the winner will be awarded a Disney pin. The answers and drawing winner will be posted in this Guest Blog, along with a new puzzle, in mid-February.

As always, any feedback on the puzzle format or topics would be appreciated! Drop me a line at [email protected].

Thanks for playing!