---
layout: base.njk
date: 2026-05-17
title: Boba and Kiki Puzzle
draft: true
---
{% css %}
table {
	margin: 0 auto;
	border-spacing: .5em;
	background: var(--xkcd-off-white);
}
td {
	height: 4lh;
}
td, th {
	padding: .5em;
	width: 12rem;
	color: var(--xkcd-black);
	background: var(--xkcd-light-grey);
}
th {
	font-size: x-large;
	text-align: center;
}
.bk-boba {
	background: var(--xkcd-pink);
}
.bk-kiki {
	background: var(--xkcd-sky-blue);
}
.bk-both {
	text-align: center;
}
{% endcss %}

<table>
	<tr>
		<th colspan=3 class="bk-boba">BOBA</th><th colspan=3 class="bk-kiki">KIKI</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td class="bk-boba">operate an airplane, or a kite (3)</td><td colspan=2 class="bk-boba"></td><td colspan=2 class="bk-kiki">for a celebrity, roll out the red one (6)</td><td class="bk-kiki"></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td class="bk-boba">after the previews comes this type of presentation (7)</td><td colspan=2 class="bk-boba"></td><td colspan=2 class="bk-kiki">sign on a door that opens inwards (4)</td><td class="bk-kiki"></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td class="bk-boba">type of bottle that might annoy a cat (5)</td><td colspan=2 class="bk-boba"></td><td colspan=2 class="bk-kiki">the empty part of space (6)</td><td class="bk-kiki"></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td class="bk-boba">shaky feelings after too much coffee (7)</td><td colspan=2 class="bk-boba"></td><td colspan=2 class="bk-kiki">skip ahead in the waiting line (3)</td><td class="bk-kiki"></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<th colspan=2 class="bk-boba"></th><th colspan=2 class="bk-both">IN A</th><th colspan=2 class="bk-kiki"></th>
	</tr>
</table>