Hey, were able to read the comic strip for Sunday August 24, 2025? It is a rare glimpse of a crossword based on a comic! Well, with just a measly help from Google's AI, I was able to get some answers, but it was Microsoft Copilot with deep thinking that got me to the very last one on 28 across. So if you do want to see the comic but it is not in your newspaper go to the link below and print it out:

>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbefo.....ine/2025/08/24 <<

HURRY!! You have 2 weeks to get this comic, otherwise if the 2 weeks are up, you will have to pay GoComics to access it!

(REMEMBER THIS JOURNAL?: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/11108425/ )


(AND NO! WHY WASTE THE FUN IN GETTING THE ANSWERS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!? I'M CLOAKING IT! OTHERWISE, IF YOU DON'T PUT THE ENERGY TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE BEFORE LOOKING AT THE ANSWERS, THEN YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED!)

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1. Where Rat is going when he dies: HELL

2. Croc son: JUNIOR

4. What no one wants Stephan to do: RETIRE

5. Is the earth flat?: NO

6. Rat's drink of choice: BEER

8. The smart character: GOAT

10. Rat's employer: JOESROASTERY

11. Fit guy with no sense of humor: JEFTHECYCLIST

12. Where Wise Ass lives: HOME

13. Croc food: ZEBRAS

14. Lives next to Rat: NEIGHBORBOB

16. Guard Duck's weapon: RGL

17. Best part of Pearls: PUNS

18. Stephan's middle grade series ___ Failure: TIMMY

19. Charlie Brown's strip: PEANUTS

20. Pig's girlfriend: PIGITA

21. Fluffy cat's name: SNUFFLES

25. Chained-up dog: ANDY

29. Guy who wrote this: ME

ACROSS:

3. Stephan's astrological sign: CAPRICORN

7. The sweet character: PIG

9. What Pearls never is: UNFUNNY

12. Croc greeting: HULLOZEEBANEIGHBA

15. Oversensitive guy who polices strip: COMICSTRIPCENSOR

20. Latest Pearls book: PEARLSGETSPUTINTHEPOKEY

23. Last word of strip Stephan likes to make fun of: CIRCUS

24. Pig's protector: GUARDDUCK

26. Brilliant guy who comes up with all this stuff: STEPHAN

27. Something to sit on when watching TV: PILLOW

28. Character whose name sometimes gets Stephan in trouble: WISEASS (THE HARDEST ONE!)

29. Book of the Bible that strip's name comes from: MATTHEW

30. Is Stephan handsome?: YES

31. Gary Larson's strip: FARSIDE

32. Rude, petty character that nobody likes: RAT


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