Introducing a New Puzzle... The Nonoriddle!

For the past six months or so, I've been working on developing a new puzzle form. First, I forced paper versions on my friends and family. When they seemed to enjoy them ("When's the next one???"), I worked on creating a website to showcase these new puzzles of mine. Today, it is finally ready!

http://www.nonoriddle.com/

I hope you'll give it a try.

A nonoriddle is basically a combination of the fill-in-the-grid type puzzle that goes by various names (Griddler, Paint By Numbers, etc.) with a hidden riddle. When the grid is solved, it reveals the riddle.

Now riddles can be vague and have multiple possible answers (take "What's black and white and red/read all over?" for example). To overcome this problem, three helps are built into each nonoriddle:

1. Bookends: The first and last letter of the riddle are also the first and last letters of the answer.
2. Length: The length of the answer is indicated by a number in parentheses.
3. Hint: An alternative way of looking at the solution is given in the form of a short hint.

In addition, a timer is built into the puzzle to determine your solve time. I record the fastest time with each nonoriddle (within reason; thirty second solve times might require a little... proof).

My plan is to put up a new nonoriddle each week as long as people are enjoying them. Currently, seven nonoriddle are up to solve: This week's, two from May I used to test the website, and five prototypes I converted from their paper form. All are of various difficulties

I hope you enjoy and spread the word. Heck, even if you don't enjoy them, I wouldn't mind if you asked other people to give them a try.