Solution: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Answer: MCCAFELATTE
Written by Ethan
First fill out the slitherlink and crossword clues. The crossword clues are in alphabetical order to aid in identification.
The next step is to put these words into the slitherlink grid. You can treat the slitherlink you've created like a fill-in, lightly hinted by "ate so much" (because you're
putting words inside of the caterpillar/slitherlink).
One possible break-in is to note the long line of 13 empty triangles from the top middle to the bottom right, and that CHOCOLATECAKE is also 13 letters.
There are two directions CHOCOLATECAKE can go in, however, if you put the word from bottom to top, there is no 3 letter word that can fit in the bottom right (CH? or ?HC).
Therefore, CHOCOLATECAKE must be placed from top to bottom. The rest of the grid can be filled from this main branch.
The highlighted letters spell MCCAFE LATTE, what the caterpillar drank.
| Crossword clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Curly hair in a rounded shape (4) | AFRO |
| Nathan ___, Dutch soccer player (3) | AKE |
| French words that come before "carte" or "mode" (2, 1) | ALA |
| In addition to (4) | ALSO |
| Change repeatedly between options (9) | ALTERNATE |
| Unit of current (3) | AMP |
| Pikachu's trainer (3) | ASH |
| Titan who holds the heavens (5) | ATLAS |
| Symbols in Twitter handles (3) | ATS |
| Roman god of corn (5) | CERES |
| A sweet piece of what the very hungry caterpillar ate on Saturday (9, 4) | CHOCOLATECAKE |
| Quietly laugh to oneself (7) | CHUCKLE |
| Obtain, barely (3) | EKE |
| Ending for east, west, north, or south (3) | ERN |
| First two words of Jeremiah 29:11 (3, 1) | FORI |
| Waste time frolicking (6) | FRIVOL |
| Department in hospital that provides intensive care (3) | ICU |
| "___ the thick of it" - Backyardigans (4) | INTO |
| Edible lens-shaped legumes (7) | LENTILS |
| Test for future lawyers (4) | LSAT |
| Westernmost landlocked African country (4) | MALI |
| Lead singer of the Rolling Stones (4) | MICK |
| South American root veggie (3) | OCA |
| Not online (7) | OFFLINE |
| Mabuse on Strictly Come Dancing (3) | OTI |
| Slowly cooked soup (4) | STEW |
| Parts of music that are sung (6) | VOCALS |