National Museum of Natural History
Most things in the museum aren’t alive, but the butterflies and moths sure are! Walking through the pavilion, you can see that these colorful insects always like to match with their favorite flower.
Instructions
Answers fit into this flower garden in two ways. Row answers read horizontally from the lettered markers; each Row contains multiple consecutive answers reading left to right (except Rows A and J, which contain one answer reading across the nine protruding spaces). Blooms are six-letter answers that fill the shaded and unshaded hexagons, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise. Bloom clues are divided into three lists: Light, Medium and Dark. Answers to Light clues should be placed in hexagons with white centers; Medium answers belong in the hexagons with gray centers; and Dark answers belong in hexagons with black centers. The lists of each Bloom are in alphabetical order, but you must use the Row answers to figure out where to plant each Bloom.
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| White blooms Ancient calculator One of the Seven Seas Anhinga or snakebird Non-literal sayings I- Dinner cloth Lochte rival The Mona Lisa was painted on this wood Hung ten Unified by an idea Light pink blooms Gambling building Formal discussion Spirited Personal computer There are seven in a variety of dip Male flower organ Natural gift Points discussed Testudine Ball, gate, and butterfly Dark pink blooms “Never Say Never” film focus Term for parakeet used in aviculture Moved rhythmically Main course Jenkins of WoW fame Cape Cod tribe Warning or announcement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Instructions
Words fit into the butterflies in two ways. The words for the Left and Right wings read down, but you must place them such that two common 4-letter words read across the Fore and Hind wings. The lists are in alphabetical order, so you must figure out which words belong to which butterflies. One letter is given for each butterfly.
| Butterfly Wings | |
|---|---|
| Left | Right |
| alts | agar |
| bees | levy |
| dual | mill |
| dune | Muir |
| prop | some |
| sacs | team |
| slap | tick |