1. Goldberg 2. Martin Van 3. McGoohan's was 6
4. canes 5. openings 6. chicken families
7. naked 8. courageous 9. nocturnal rodent
10. word for Rush Limbaugh 11. isolated hill 12. bread spread
Welcome once again to Sunday Puzzle Warm-Up, a weekly opportunity to have a little fun and to get your brain in gear for the regular Sunday Puzzle (which posts Sunday evenings at 8 pm Eastern time).The theme for tonight's puzzle is coming soon. (I considered titling tonight's diary Coming soon: Sunday Puzzle Warm-Up 2015-10-31, but decided against it for fear folks might think I meant the puzzle wasn't ready but would be coming soon...)
So what is it that's coming soon? We already had a coming soon puzzle for the end of Daylight Savings time (which will be tomorrow). And we already had a coming soon puzzle for Halloween (which is today). The presidential election isn't until next year, so that's probably not soon enough to be featured. There is a Democratic debate scheduled in 2 weeks, so that's a good possibility; and Jeb!'s campaign is floundering pretty badly so his withdrawal from the race might be an even better possibility. Find out what the answer is by solving tonight's JulieCrostic (the clues to which are at the very top of the diary).
Tonight's puzzle has 4 rows, with 3 answers per row. If you're familiar with how JulieCrostics work, you can jump right in; if you're new and don't yet know how JulieCrostics work, you can find complete instructions in the bottom part of the diary.
If you're new to Sunday Puzzle, a request: please don't post any answers or other spoilers in comment subject lines. Instead, please put any guesses at possible answers into the comment itself. Thanks!
Have fun, and I hope to see you in comments!