grimwerk: Frustration isn't the plan. Clearly, only work on it as long as it makes you happy.
If a couple of answers stand in your way for cultural or other reasons, feel free to ask anyone else working on the puzzle. There was a fair amount of collaboration on previous puzzles.
You have some clever challenges in here. I would answer, check the number on the right and I would get a kick of being correct at the first or second guess. The 1 and 13 took some time, but I managed to solve them.
But once stuck, I see no secondary method to get unstuck (like we have with crosswords).
OK, maybe someone can help me out with a clue.
Speed Stick seems to be a brand of deodorant/antiperspirant. And "R" is the last letter in "car". It could also signify "Rolls-Royce", but that is too long. :-S
bler144: So if you've figured out the trick you're ahead of me ;)
#14 was trivial to me. :-)
It's a very geeky computer related thing (but came about unexpected here). There is Star Treck vs Star Wars, Pepsi Vs Coca-Cola, and Emacs vs another popular visual editor. Nowadays few people use it, as it has been superseded by one of several improved clones.
I'm a bit unsure about
#19, as I never saw a trick-or-treat. I don't think there are many tricks that fit the three letter restriction. So I'd guess its what you could expect to get when you say "go ahead. I choose 'trick'".
#12 I think is just a fancy word. I think Will Eisner used it to define "comics".