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

Carol, it was the only answer I could think of as well. I looked to see if sonata was printed lighter and I think it was my imagination but I thought it was sometimes.🤓 Then I thought maybe it was moon (open space letting the light in ) sonata. Okay, a stretch 😁 Anyone else? Oh, or maybe because they are small letters they are lighter?

I had ”failure”! I am kicking myself for not getting headquarters. Cocktail (cock tale) I would not have gotten that. I waa concentrating on the physical nature of the book, not what it contained. And if the cat hadn’t been hanging out in DH’s office all day (we call him the loyal dog), I might have gotten Summary, but maybe not. Oh, and I was thinking ”greenhouse”, or ”ivy-covered house”. I think they both work, so I’ll give myself full credit because who is going to stop me?