Candyland

Re: Candyland

Henry Higginbotham

1. Hershey Kisses Life Savers

3. 3 (or Three) Musketeers Milk Duds

6. Tootsie Rolls Baby Ruth

And this one doesn't really sound right, but . . .

4. Mr. Goodbar Snickers

On the rest, one part comes readily to mind, but not the complete phrase. Couldn't think of any to be sly with the answers on this one.

Re: Candyland

Larry Barrett

1, 3, 4, and 6 are correct.

Re: Candyland

Henry Higginbotham

This one seems a stretch, since Bar is usually thought to be part of the name of the middle answer, but I'll run it up the pole anyway:

5. Butterfinger Mars Mounds

Re: Candyland

Larry Barrett



I agree that Mars Bar is the more commonly thought of name, but this is the way the puzzle has it.

2 and 7 to go.

Re: Candyland- Hints

Larry Barrett

I filled in the answers that Henry has provided so far, plus the first letters on the answers to numbers 2 and 7.

The seven clues below all appeared in a 1995 NYTimes crossword puzzle created by Cathy Millhauser. The answers to these seven clues are all names of candy treats (candy bars or similar candy treats).

1.Clue: Actress Barbara shows affection for E.M.T.'s?

Answer: 23 letters (two treats, each consisting of two words).

Hershey Kisses Life Savers

2.Clue: Naughty but nice women fail to reimburse Doris?

Answer: 20 letters (three treats, the first consists of two words, the next two one word each).

S---- T---- P----- Z---

3.Clue: Dumas heros exploit losers?

Answer: 23 letters (two treats, each consists of two words).

Three Musketeers Milk Duds

4.Clue: Rossner title character acts derisively?

Answer: 17 letters (two treats, the first consists of two words, the second one word).

Mr Goodbar Snickers

5.Clue: Fumbler defaces parts of diamonds?

Answer: 23 letters (three treats, each one word long)

Butterfingers Mars Mounds

6.Clue: Dustin persona wheels young Dr. Westheimer?

Answer: 20 letters (two treats, each consists of two words).

Tootsie Rolls Baby Ruth

7.Clue: Ingenue's elderly beau bespeckles Della's mug?

Answer: 23 letters (three treats, the first consists of two words, the second one word, the third two words).

S---- D---- D--- R----- C--

Re: Candyland- Hints

Alex Y

Good puzzle! I'll offer sweet tarts and sugar daddy as the starts of the two still unsolved, but I can't get any further (and only got the sweet tarts after you gave the first letters)

Re: Candyland- Hints

Larry Barrett

Correct on both accounts. Only four treats to go.

These seven clues were amusing. The rest of the NYTimes puzzle was typically hard, but using the 'down' answers to fill in some of the letters in the answers to these was a help.

Re: Candyland

Alex Y

7.Clue: Ingenue's elderly beau bespeckles Della's mug?

Answer: 23 letters (three treats, the first consists of two words, the second one word, the third two words).

----- ----- ---- ------ ---

Re: Candyland

Larry Barrett

to LOYL. One to go, and it is the cleverest of the bunch.

You already have the start:

2.Clue: Naughty but nice women fail to reimburse Doris?

Answer: 20 letters (three treats, the first consists of two words, the next two one word each).

Sweet Tarts P----- Z---

Answers to 2 and 7

Larry Barrett

2.Clue: Naughty but nice women fail to reimburse Doris?

Answer: 20 letters (three treats, the first consists of two words, the next two one word each).

Sweet Tarts Payday Zero

7.Clue: Ingenue's elderly beau bespeckles Della's mug?

Answer: 23 letters (three treats, the first consists of two words, the second one word, the third two words).

Sugar Daddy Dots Reeses Cup