Here we are with the final message from The Puzzleboy in 2025. Together we have launched our first eight puzzles, grown to numbers in the hundreds, and along the way your mind has been stretched to new levels. My New Year’s Resolution? Keep this up, Puzzleboy: you’re killin’ it.
But anyway: we’ve got a fruitcake-based puzzle to solve! Some of you sliced your way to victory and some of you found this puzzle to be just like an actual fruitcake: hard to swallow. Let’s see how the loaf crumbled.
“Please cut out a few columns so there is only one piece of fruit in each row of the sweet treat.”
“A few” can be very subjective. Turns out you had to cut out more than you needed to leave. So this:
Turned into this:
There we go. One piece of fruit in each row.
For their outstanding achievement in the field of baked goods, I hereby give the following puzzlers The Puzzleboy Handshake. Welcome to the Puzzleboy Pantheon!
Audrey A.
Cyrus H.
Dan B.
Edward W.
Eric C.
Helene L.
Jay W.
Jim M.
Kristen K.
Maxim L.
Rakedu T.
Ryan D.
Sam L.
Tim M.
Next month, it’s time to head West for the winter as The Puzzleboy once again goes Hollywood! Come on back here on January 1st for:
