Cryptic of the Year #7
Ten of this puzzle's answers relate to a specific year—can you figure out which? (Highlight the spoilered text at the end of this post to see the answer!) This puzzle was requested via my stream some time ago (he said purposefully vaguely) by juff (who also runs the variety cryptic outlet The Gnomon ), but they left choosing the specific year up to Ruby, a fab streamer who plays a lot of point-and-click adventure games. So thanks to those two for being the impetus for this puzzle! Another big thanks to skaldskaparmal (an amazing puzzle maker ) who provided excellent feedback, some of which I politely declined to implement (so if there's anything annoying in here, skald already told me about it and you can revel in your correctness together). Finally, I think it's funny that I've only posted one puzzle here this year, and it's a Cryptic of the Year. That's all. Thanks for solving! [ solve online ] [ pdf ] [ .ipuz ] SOLUTION: (highligh...