I have finally completely finished my Truthwitch Crossword puzzle! When I was first starting my crossword puzzle making process, I immediately knew I wanted to make puzzles for all of Susan Dennard's books and made the word list and answer sheet almost a year ago. Then a series of events prevented me from making the clue sheet until now! But it is done, the word choosing was done a very long time ago, and it is maybe a touch harder than I would like. Still, I think the vast majority of the puzzle is at a very appropriate difficulty level; I send my apologies for three or four of them.
I am hoping to have Windwitch, Sightwitch, and Bloodwitch up before Witchshadow comes out next year. I am banana's excited for Witchshadow.
Last week's puzzle was for The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and you can find the answer sheet for that right here! Next week's puzzle is The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu, and the Truthwitch answer sheet will be there once it is posted! Here is a link!
Quotes
“She has bent the world and shaped it into something 25 Across.”
“And Merik returned to his brain with a sickening certainty that 29 Across and His 41 Across laughed at him from the bottom of the sea.”
“We were only twelve years old, and Iseult 50 Across me without any thought for herself.”
“It wasn’t 80 Across she wanted. It was belief in something—a prize big enough to run for and to fight for and to keep on reaching toward no matter what.”
“Twist and 39 Down. Threads that break. Threads that die.”
Across
5. Female deity invoked across cultures (2 words)
9. Burned the entire eastern seaboard of Nubrevna
16. What Safi is meant to escape the party on
17. Merik’s father’s ship
18. Three-word phrase beginning with wells (2 words)
19. Tasked with finding Safi
22. What was on the sign the Purist held
24. Safi is surprised to find out that Merick is one of these
26. Corlant hits Iseult with one of these (2 words)
30. Country that needs food
34. People repeatedly refer to Aeduan as this due to being a void witch
35. Red-leather book that Kullen reads (7 words)
40. Healer monk
43. Nihar’s are famous for these
44. This type of witch can speak through a counterpart over great distances
45. What Hell-Bards search for
47. Merik wants to open Nubrevna up to more of this
49. Aeduan’s seasickness caused the sailors to think that Bloodwitches cannot do this (2 words)
52. Steady and thoughtful
53. Desperate to save his people
54. Capital of Nubrevna
56. Impulsive and bold
58. Color of guilt threads
61. The Puppeteer can control threads that have been ____
62. Matthew owns this kind of business (2 words)
63. Built by Dalmotti Earthwitches (two words)
64. When people lie to Safi her magic tell her this
65. Safi throws knives into this part of the sea fox
66. Evrane is a waterwitch one of these
67. Alma’s gray mare
68. Disgraced Hell-Bard
70. Where Merik is meant to take Safi
72. Mercenary group tied to the Cahr Awen (singular) (2 words)
74. Is meant to be leading the Midenzi’s
75. Defining trait of Safi’s Uncle
77. Prince Leopold’s nickname
78. Amount of threads Aeduan has
79. Cards Ryber has upon meeting Safi
81. Safi’s half of the repeated two words to describe Safi and Iseult’s behavior.
Down
1. Invocation used to express frustration or surprise (3 words)
2. Gretchya’s addictive gift to Iseult
3. This is ending soon when it does the war resumes (2 words)
4. Nubrevnan royal family
6. The perfect threadwitch
7. The Foxes are Nubrevnan these
8. Ship girl (2 words)
10. Origin Well of Nubrevna (2 words)
11. Firewitch who trains Safi and Iseult
12. Aeduan tracks this of others
13. Who poisoned the Nubrevnan coast and rivers
14. The Jana’s voicewitch
15. A young Threadwitch who cannot make threadstones who abandoned her tribe
20. Surname that indicated you are a part of the settlement Corlant has taken over (2 words)
21. Iseult wakes up after being healed to find they are under attack by this organization (3 words)
23. Who tainted the soil of Nubrevna
27. Personal guards of the Marstoki Empress
28. Alix is the this for silk (2 words)
31. Master huntsman who leads a small militia
32. Iseult does this kind of math in her head to distract from her emotions
33. Corlant is this, indicating he is linked to the void
36. Safi and Iseult’s hiding place
37. Iseult pretends she has this to get Corlant out of the room
38. Safi’s title
42. Commonly used word indicating greeting or assent
44. Wears iron shackles on her wrists
45. Ryber and Kullen, Matthew and Habim
46. Color of Ryber’s eyes
48. Wordwitch
49. Nickname for the man whom Safi wishes to break every bone in his face (2 words)
51. Safi and Merik do this at the ball
55. Where Gretchya and Alma are going
57. Position Merik temporarily has
59. What Aeduan says to get Iseult into the cupboard (2 words)
60. People whose magic goes out of control
66. Emperor of Cartorra
69. Iseult’s half of the repeated two words to describe Safi and Iseult’s behavior.
71. Body of water in the Dalmotti Empire (2 words)
72. Empire Safi is from
73. Empress Vaness is the Destroyer of this Pass
76. Merik’s threadbrother (2 words)
78. Iseult, Gretchya, Alma, Aeduan
