Solution: The Light of Day
Answer: NUNDINAE
Written by The Enigmatologists
Begin by solving each crossword-type clue. The answers will come out in alphabetical order. Each answer will also contain a day of the week (clued by the title).
| Clue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Spousal support | ALIMONY |
| A popular type of nut | ALMOND |
| In the same family as buttercups | ANEMONE |
| Flamingo flower | ANTHURIUM |
| Law & Order SVU, S2 episode title | ASUNDER |
| Not new, old, or blue | BORROWED |
| A rank on a ship | BOSUN |
| The corner of an eye | CANTHUS |
| Correlation's partner | CAUSATION |
| A voting member | CONSTITUENT |
| Intense interest and enjoyment | ENTHUSIASM |
| Sole distributor, perhaps? | FISHMONGER |
| "You've got a ______ in me" | FRIEND |
| Game you might throw a flick huck in | FRISBEE |
| Sneeze follower | GESUNDHEIT |
| Instrument in "Love Me Do" | HARMONICA |
| Questioned someone for a job | INTERVIEWED |
| What you make when faced with adversity | LEMONADE |
| Bon Jovi, Bounce album | MISUNDERSTOOD |
| An aid to help one remember | MNEMONIC |
| After death | POSTHUMOUS |
| Throb | PULSATE |
| Covered in magnets and artwork | REFRIGERATOR |
| Ganymede or Aryabhata | SATELLITE |
| Half-human, half-goat, all Greek | SATYR |
| Nancy Drew found a whispering one | STATUE |
| Old timer, maybe? | SUNDIAL |
| What the old lady did to the fly | SWALLOWED |
| Follows lightning | THUNDER |
| Harbour wave | TSUNAMI |
| Type of hero that is not celebrated | UNSUNG |
| Like a jack of all trades | VERSATILE |
| Faith, hope, and charity | VIRTUES |
| A simple machine | WEDGE |
We now have seven days of the week, along with numbers written using a seven-segment display. The red segments tell us how to match the days of the week to the individual segments.
If you group the clue answers by number, and then light up the segments that match the days of the week in each group, you get eight seven-segment display characters, which spell the puzzle's answer, NUNDINAE.
Authors' Notes
Early Roman calendars used an eight day week, with the additional day being called nundinae.
The puzzle’s full title (This puzzle will never see the light of day) is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that this puzzle went through at least six different versions, each time getting feedback from testers that it was too hard.