I think my brain took one look at all those shapes and said 'UH uh, nope, no way. not doing geography.' So I argued with it off and on all day, and ended up doing a little better than I thought I would, I did get everything but 2, 6, 7, 8, and 10 right. I knew #2 was Tennessee, but couldn't come up with anything for it, never heard of Tennessee Tuxedo. Finally figured out the blue thing in #6 was Turkey, but was hung on it being a country, so tried to make the yellow stuff be something connected to that. Didn't recognise the shape of Georgia, was stuck on chocolate for #7. Was sure #8 was 'CHiPS', never heard of California split. I thought #10 was Virginia. Yes, I am REALLY bad at geography! And I got #12 thanks to Lars' comment. I shut down the computer right after my last post last night so I missed all those last hints, I like to think I could have gotten #6 if I'd seen them. This was really an intersting learning experience, and fun, too. Now that I have a little better idea how they work, hopefully I can do better next time. I think I like the 'old' type puzzle we've been doing better, but this is more of a challenge, and challenges can be fun. Whatever kind of puzzle you want to post, Jasdip, is fine with me. Rusty

As a kid growing up, I loved everything that had anything to do with cowboys, horses, westerns, etc., and Gene Autry was second only to Roy Rogers on my hero list. So the song 'The Last Roundup' came easy to me. And it's been going through my mind ever since I opened this puzzle Sunday. I had thought of 'Circular reasoning' for 3A but didn't think that would be a thing, so didn't put it on my list. So I missed a total of 7. And the one I am kicking myself about is C6. Not once did I realize that was the letter J! 'Walking backwards' was the best I came up with for that one. SMH. This was a real brain work out! But a fun one. Rusty

Didn’t get Moonlighting and I’m not kicking myself for it; wouldn’t have struck me that the color was light. I asked about gold because I was thinking Honeymooners. A stretch, I know. Also not kicking myself over Monk, since I’ve never heard of it. Today, on the other hand, I should have gotten. Didn’t cross my mind as I think of it as a news program not a ”show” per se. My guess (which I knew was wrong) was Days of Our Lives, or Days for short. Half off… closest I got was ”part of.”

Patriciae - Jasdip said, and I reiterated for you, that the picture wasn’t good and to think of a chest of drawers. I did guess tunnel at one point but couldn’t get the L to work. As for it not being a specific place, no less so than 3, 4, 8, and 12, no? Thanks, Rusty, for solving that mystery! The only one I didn’t get ever or at all was the anchor one. (Obviously with a lot of help.) I’ll have to look that up. Like others, I was hung up on Anchorage but couldn’t get it to work. Usually I give up on the super hard ones, but this one was fun and kept my interest up. Not sure if it was the puzzle itself or the discussion. Thanks jasdip - and everyone!