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BAPHL 19 • October 6, 2018SOLUTIONS

PHLOGISTON

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Ravel (Phlogiston)puzzle by joon pahk, Ben Smith, Phil Steindel, and Andy KravisThis is a normal Spellweaving puzzle, with a few key differences:

1.There’snogridgiven,duetoAzote’ssabotage.YoucanusethegridinthemockpagefromPuzzlecraft,butthestartergridgivenisblank,withoutheavybarsornumbers.

2.Tocompensatefortheblankgrid,thecluesare given with full enumerations (Right version) or lengths and word counts (Acuteversion).Ordinarily,thiswouldbefullyequivalenttohavingbarsandnumbersinthegrid,except…

3.Someofthesquaresinthegridareskipped on the second pass; that is, when the answer thread intersects itself at one of theseletters,thelater(higher-numbered)answerskipsoverthatsquare.Theselettersareshowningreen in the grid at right.

Reading off the green letters in order along the answer chain gives SLIP STITCH,theanswertothepuzzle.Afulllistofanswersisbelow.

1 PERCUSSION2 TUNNELVISION3 GOBACKTO

SQUAREONE4 AIRSUPPLY5 IRREVOCABLE6 PHINEAST.

BARNUM7 REGENT8 ARETE9 BROCADE

10 ICEBERGLETTUCE

11 MITTEN 12 FUSERS13 SERENADES14 DEMISE15 ROSEQUARTZ16 CATALAN17 JESTING18 BEST19 SCOTTBAIO

20 LASSIECOMEHOME

21 R.J.REYNOLDS22 CANESUGAR23 GEORGE24 AMENDS25 OPENER26 LUBE27 CEASE28 OAHU29 BERN30 ’TIS

31 ENTENTE32 LOOM33 ASAP34 TAPE35 MONEY36 FEAST37 SEIKO38 UNFADED39 ALSO40 LUNCH41 BITEOFF

D A∨T E >L O

E N D S >O PO M E H O M E R∨

Z >C ∧A T A L∨ A∨ N >J EI T T E N >F U S E R S S∨

U ∧M >R E G ∧E N T >A R E T E B∨O N E >A I R S ∧U P P L∨ Y >I R R E

>P E R C U S S I O N >T∨ U N N E L V IR A U Q S O ∧T K C A B O G< N O I S

B T S A E N I H P< E L B∨ A C OT E ∧L ∧G R E B∨ E C∨ I< E D A

S O R< E ∧S I M∨ E D< S EI A ∧B T T O C S< T

G U S E N A C<H A O< E S

E F< YF

SABOTAGE Round


PHLOGISTON

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Everything in Modulation (Phlogiston)puzzle by Phil Steindel, Rachel Steindel Burdin, and James BurdinEachpieceofmusichas5accentednotesthatspelloutawordcluedbyitstitle.Thelargermarcatoaccents indicate notes that change their names (one per song); the smaller marcato accents indicate notes that have already changed their name. These changes accumulate until all seven notes have changed(ashintedby‘progressive’).Thenumberbeforethesongtitleindicateshowmanynoteshavechanged. In order, the words and changes are:

0)CAGED(nonoteschanged)

1)DEGAS(B⃗ S)2)FACET(G⃗ T)3)CELTS(F⃗L)4)LADEN(C⃗N)5)NOELS(A⃗O)6)NORSE(D⃗ R)7)ARSON(E⃗A)

Thenotesindicatedbythefermatas,withthenewnotenames,spellouttheanswer,TRANSLATOR.

Stop! Hammer Time! (Phlogiston)puzzle by Kevin WaldThispuzzlehasbeendestroyed(bycannonfire);itsanswer(giventoRightteams,backsolvedbyAcuteteams) is LEGITIMATE.

SABOTAGE Round


AZOTE

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Arrr-Squared (Azote)puzzle by Jenny Gutbezahl and Phil SteindelThesabotagedpartofeachvariablecanbesolvedasacrypticclueforaname;foreaseofsolving,thesearegiveninalphabeticorderbyname.Thesenamescanbepaireduptoformfamousmusicalduos,somecomposers(suchasGilbertandSullivan)andsomeperformers(suchasPeachesandHerb).Matchingthepairsandcreatingagraphwiththeirdatawillfindonepointofintersection(thiscanbedonewithoutgraphingbysimplycomparingthedatapointsgivenbelowthegraph).Orderthepointsofintersectionbyyear,thentakethefrequency(y-axisvalue)fortheletter,givingtheanswerHARMONIC MEAN.

First Clue First of duo Second Clue Second of duo Year (X-axis)Frequency

(Y-axis) Letter

furniture store contracts (3) IKE(a) ain’tcrazy(4)

TINA (anag.ofain’t) 2001 8 H

extractofbalsamic(3) SAM(hidden) downAvenue(4) D+AVE 2002 1 A

is sore after gym class (7) PE+ACHES

movieaboutanOSwithabit(4) HER+B 2003 18 R

Eastern Gap is receding (4) PAG+E(rev.)

place 80s pop iconAdam(5) PL+ANT 2004 13 M

hearts of fennel covered in soy (5) SO(NN)Y

auditors’unitofstock (4)

CHER (hom. of share) 2005 15 O

Abel’sbrotherholdsrelevant (7) C(APT)AIN

a movie featuring BoDereknearariverwithabitoflingerie (8)

TEN+NIL(L)E 2006 14 N

heldbackbyeconomists (5)

SIMON (rev. hidden)

LargeFunkMash-up (9)

GARFUNKEL(anag. of funk mash-up)

2007 9 I

Heads of State helping Europe (3)

SHE (first letters)

a religious song for the listener (3)

HIM (hom. of hymn) 2008 3 C

good shelled hazelnuts (7) G+(f)ILBERT(s)

50-51 into a TrailblazerorExploreratone(8)

SU(L-LI)V+AN 2009 13 M

hot all (4) H+ALL cerealwithabitofechinacea (5) OAT(E)S 2010 5 E

from nasal twang (4) SALT(hidden)father holds a relatively short record (4)

P(EP)A 2011 1 A

MarisandClemens,reportedly (7)

RODGERS(hom. of Rogers)

hem raiments loosely (11)

HAMMERSTEIN(anag. of hem raiments)

2012 14 N

SABOTAGE Round


AZOTE

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Aw, Ships! (Azote)puzzle by Daniel Lepage and Ben SmithThe first step is to find the stolen cards, which are hidden in the input packet, and construct versions you canuse(e.g.bytracingthemonanacetatesheet).Thisgivesthese:

2221241231

1 4 1 0 3 2 1 5 2 13212112314

1 2 3 2 4 0 1 3 3 1

EachofthesecardsdefinesaBattleshippuzzleonthegivengrid—lineitupinthetwopossibleorientationswiththecornerofthesamecolor,andyougetonenumberperrow/column:

2221241231

1 4 1 0 3 2 1 5 2 13212112314

1 2 3 2 4 0 1 3 3 1

SABOTAGE Round


AZOTE

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The solutions to the two puzzles are:

2221241231

1 4 1 0 3 2 1 5 2 13212112314

1 2 3 2 4 0 1 3 3 1

Theflavortextmentions“whichsitestheymakesureareguarded”;eachrowhasexactlyonesquarethatiscoveredbyashipinbothsolutions.Thelettersinthesespaces,readfromtoptobottom,spelloutKEYPUNCHES:

2221241231

1 4 1 0 3 2 1 5 2 13212112314

1 2 3 2 4 0 1 3 3 1

Smuggler’s Cove (Azote)puzzle by Kevin WaldThispuzzlehasbeendestroyed(bynibblingrats);itsanswer(giventoRightteams,backsolvedbyAcuteteams) is NARCS.

SABOTAGE RoundAw, Ships! (continued)


ETHER

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Over Troubled Waters (Sabotage Meta — Ether)puzzle by Daniel Lepage

Tower Upper Level Lower Level

How these teams havebeenacting:

MEAN

Yearn:ACHE

Livingoverhead,say:ARBOREAL

Defeat,inblackandwhite:CHECKMATE

Memberofacountry:CITIZEN

White wader: EGRET

LayeredItaliandessert:SPUMONI

Lipbalmbrand:CHAPSTICK

CompanyVIPs:EXECS

Hungariancomposer:LISZT

Beaver-tailedmammal:PLATYPUS

Lendagain:RELOAN

Improve,asskills:SHARPEN

Theseanswerscanbewrittenonthecorrespondinglevelsofthebridgeusingthetilesfromthepuzzleanswers,thelettersalreadyprovidedonthebridge,andtwelveextraletters(oneperclueontheupperandlowerlevels).Theextraletters,readingfromlefttorightacrossbothlevels,spelloutA PUZZLE PEACE.

SABOTAGE Round


PHLOGISTON

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Mister Rogers’ Rules of Order (Phlogiston)puzzle by Jenny Gutbezahl, Ben Smith, and Joe CabreraThediscussioncanbebrokendownintomotions,eachonestartingwhenacharactersayseither“motion”or“move.”Eachmotiondescribesaone-wordmusical,andyoucantraceeachmotiononthestolen map to form a letter.

Letter Show Referenced

B Rent

R Mame

O Hamilton

L Xanadu

L Urinetown

F Evita

E Cats

M Oklahoma

R Annie

I Spamalot

Alphabetizingbyshowtitlesgivestheanswer:REFORM BILL

ESPIONAGE Round


PHLOGISTON

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Triplet Features (Phlogiston)puzzle by Eli BarrieauEachsynopsisandtheredactedpicturerelatetoafamousfilmtrilogy.Usingaternarysystemtonumberthe installments we get a code where:

Pertheflavortext,thefirstmovie=0,thesecond=1,andthethirdgivesus=2.

The trilogies in footage order are:

Movie Trilogy Ternary Number Letter

Back To The Future 010 C

Toy Story 120 O

Star Wars – The Original Trilogy 112 N

Spider-Man 202 T

The Lord of The Rings 100 I

Cars 112 N

The Godfather 210 U

The Matrix 100 I

Batman 112 N

The Cornetto Trilogy 021 G

yielding the answer CONTINUING.

Scratching Out a Tune (Phlogiston)puzzle by Ben SmithThispuzzleisunsolvable;itsanswer,givendirectlyinthestolen“ApplicationKey,”isHISTAMINIC.

ESPIONAGE Round


AZOTE

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The Pirates Who Don’t Do Many Things (Azote)puzzle by Kevin WaldTheaudiointercept,properlyinterpreted,readsasfollowsintheAcuteversion:

What should I draw on the gray circles seen in the six wheels in each column?

The sequence of objects in each column will be the same. In that sequence, what’s red will be above the olive that is itself four places below the leek. That symbol of Wales should have a turnip above it and a carrot just below it. And the wheel that has beet in it will have chard immediately above it.

Okay. I just hope all of those show up clearly when we Xerox the puzzle.

In the Right version the middle paragraph is instead:

The sequence of objects in each column will be the same: A turnip, a leek, a carrot, chard, a beet, and an olive, running from top to bottom.

So either way, from the top down, the gray circles in each column of wheels will contain the following veggies,inorder:Turnip,Leek,Carrot,Chard,Beet,Olive.

Eachlineinthesongcontainscluingforoneortwobigrams(two-lettersequences),withcorrespondingpair(s)ofveggiesnexttotheline;foreachbigram,findthewheelsinthefirstandsecondcolumncorresponding to the first and second veggie (respectively), and mark off the handles corresponding to thesemaphoreforthefirstandsecondletterinthebigram(respectively).Themannerofcluingforthebigramineachverseisindicatedbythesinger’sname,whenthenauticaltitleisabbreviated:

Cap. Ital:Eachbigramisthepostalcodeforthestatewhosecapitalismentioned:NJ(Trenton),CT(Hartford),FL(Tallahassee),MN(St.Paul),TX(Austin),MA(Boston).

Com. Pleteword:Eachbigramisacompleteword,cluedsomewherewithintheline:UP(aloft),XI(Ξ), OR(“GOLD”inFrench),ES(“IT”inGerman),SO(thusly,inthismanner),WE(asasubject,thesethreepirates, one and all).

A.B. Breviation:Eachbigramisanabbreviation,cluedsomewherewithintheline:VW(Beetle),PO(buildingwherethemailis),RX(prescription),TD(sixpointswithjustoneball),PJ(theyoungestofthekidsinFamilyCircus),UV(tanningraysfromSol).

Whenallofthehandlesindicatedabovehavebeenmarkedoff,twohandlesoneachwheelremainunmarked;readassemaphore,thesespellout(toptobottominthefirstcolumn,andthenthesecond)GRAND LARCENY.

ESPIONAGE Round


AZOTE

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Tiki Grog (Azote)puzzle by Jenny Gutbezahl and Joe CabreraEachingredientcorrespondstofeatureontheglass:themainliquoriseyes,liqueurishands,non-alcoholicmixerishose,andgarnishismouth.Solveasalogicpuzzletogetthecorrectcorrespondences:

Main Liquor Eye Shape Liqueur

Hand Shape Mixer

Nose Shape Garnish Mouth Shape

E1 Rum Round, Angledin H1 CampariJazz

Hands N1OrangeJuice Wide M1 Cherry

AngryInfinitysign

E2 Rye Sad H2 DryVermouth Fists N2Egg

WhiteFlared Nostrils M2

Twist of Lime Grin

E3 Bourbon Angry H3 Sparkling WinePalms Down N3

ClubSoda

Turned Up M3

Pineapple Chunk Circular

Thisallowsyoutoidentifyeachdrinkinorder.Indexintothedrink’snamebytheamountofchangegivenfor that drink to get the answer FRUIT CUP.

Letter Drink Liquor/Eyes Liqueur/Hands Mixer/ NoseGarnish/Mouth Change

F JockeyFullofBourbon E3 H1 N1 M1 12¢

R ArmsofaStranger E3 H2 N3 M2 13¢

U VermouthofSauron E1 H2 N2 M3 16¢

I Cardinal Sinsation E1 H1 N2 M1 10¢

T Rum Tum Tugger E1 H2 N1 M1 7¢

C Enthusiastic Consent E1 H3 N1 M2 12¢

U Pocket Full of Rye E2 H2 N1 M3 8¢

P MidnightSparkle E1 H1 N3 M2 10¢

Mystery Island Treasure Hunt (Azote)puzzle by Ben Smith and Kevin WaldThispuzzleisunsolvable;itsanswer,givendirectlyin“AudioIntercept3,”isINDIAN-HEAD CENT.

ESPIONAGE Round


ETHER

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Meta Hari (Espionage Meta — Ether)puzzle by Kevin WaldIneachEspionagepuzzle,theusualtrianglecontainingthepagenumberhasbeenreplacedwithamorecomplex,grayshape.Alltheseshapesappear,containingnumbers,inMetaHari.Ifyoureplaceeachshape containing n with the nth letter of the solution of the corresponding puzzle:

(1)Someoftheselettersareinfrontofcluesatthebottomofthepage,twoeachintherangeCtoI;therearealsocluesbesidetheAsandBsinboxestowardthetopofthepage,oneachside.AllthesecluescanbesolvedsothattheanswersformpairsofwordsthatareidenticalexceptthatonehasaWwheretheotherhasaB.Youthushave“white”wordsand“black”words;puteachwordonitsappropriateside,nexttotheboxcontainingtheletterthatprecedesitsclue.

2)Ifyouthendrawastraightlineconnectingthecentersoftheboxesforeachpairofnear-identicalwords,itwillpassthroughonewhitecircleandoneblackcircle,eachcontainingaletter(eitherbecauseithadaletteratthestart,orbecauseyoureplaceditsshape+numberwithaletter).Writetheblackcircle’sletterbesidethewhitebox,andviceversa.Whenallofthesehavebeendone,theletters(toptobottomonthewhiteside,thenontheblackside)willspelltheanswer,QUALITY BONDING TIME.

ESPIONAGE Round


AZOTE

PHLOGISTON

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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Azote) The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Phlogiston)puzzle by Kevin Wald and Katie HamillEachsectionofthe“legaldocuments”cluesaseriesof12answers(oneexampleineachillustratesthecluing method):

TheComplaintconsistsofsimplified“PrintersDevilry”cluesinwhichtheboldfacetextcluesawordwhichcanbeinserted(possiblywithalteredspacingandpunctuation)intotheunderlinedwordtomakethesentencemakesense;thesewordsare1.ABYSS(bABY’SSleep),2.MILNE(taMILNEws),3.PONE(uPONEmpires),4.COYLY(deCOYLYe),5.PYLE(harPYLEmony),6.EYED(monEYEDitors),7.Y’ALL(roYALLuge),8.NONE(canNONEer),9.STERNAL(weSTERNALight),10.BOYS(craB,OYSter),11.CONS(preCONScious),12.TANKING(sparTANKINGs).

TheDepositiongivesitsanswersdirectly,inalphabeticalorder:ABROAD,AWAITS,CAPULET,COUGAR,EJECT,FIGHT,LUTHERAN,NECK,PHLOX,PICTORIAL,POETIC,TAMPERS.

TheSummationconsistsofsentences,inwhichtheboldfacetextcluesananswerdirectly(withallenumerationsgivendirectlyinthecommentatthebottom);inorder(whichis,again,alphabetical)theseareABJECTNESS,BOATSWAINS,COCKNEYS,CONCEPTUALLY,ENCOURAGED,MILITARYPOLICE,NIGHTFALL,PARDONABLE,POLYURETHANE,STEREOTYPICAL,TAPESTRY-MAKING,XYLOPHONE.

Wecanformgroupsofthreeanswers,onefromeachdocument(theexamplesformonegroup)inwhichtheSummationansweristheresultofreplacingaYorNintheComplaintanswerwithananagramoftheDepositionanswer+NorY(respectively).InComplaintorder,theanswersandthelettersextractedfromthem in part 1 of each puzzle are:

1 ABYSS EJECT ABJECTNESS C J T B

2 MILNE PICTORIAL MILITARYPOLICE O A R L

3 PONE LUTHERAN POLYURETHANE N Y E U

4 COYLY CAPULET CONCEPTUALLY T A E E

5 PYLE ABROAD PARDONABLE A N O P

6 EYED COUGAR ENCOURAGED C O R R

7 YALL FIGHT NIGHTFALL T I F I

8 NONE PHLOX XYLOPHONE P N L N

9 STERNAL POETIC STEREOTYPICAL O T O T

10 BOYS AWAITS BOATSWAINS I I W T

11 CONS NECK COCKNEYS N N E E

12 TANKING TAMPERS TAPESTRY-MAKING T G R E

MISMANAGE Round


AZOTE

PHLOGISTON

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InTheDevilandtheDeepBlueSeawegetCONTACTPOINTfromDepositionanswersandJAY,ANOINTINGfromSummationanswers,sothePart1answerisJUNCTION(J+UNCTION);inTheDevilWentDowntoGeorgiawegetTREEORFLOWERandBLUEPRINT,TEE,sothePart1answerisPLANT(PLAN+T).Meanwhile,the“votes”(YorNthatgetsreplacedand“switched”)fromtheComplaint,inorderbyDepositionareYYYYYYNNNNNNandYYNYYNYYNNNN,whichgiveREELSandCRISPinPart2ofthesepuzzles,respectively.ApplyingthesamereplacementprocesswithJUNCTIONandREELSgivesJURY SELECTIONastheanswerforTheDevilandtheDeepBlueSea;applyingitwithPLANT and CRISP gives PLAY SCRIPTastheanswerforTheDevilWentDowntoGeorgia.

MISMANAGE RoundThe Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / The Devil Went Down to Georgia (continued)


AZOTE

PHLOGISTON

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Practice Your Scales! (Phlogiston) Search for Yer Booty! (Azote)puzzle by Jenny Gutbezahl and Brie FrameThesepuzzlesmustbesolvedintandemintheCambridgeSideGalleria.Followthescalenotesgivenand take the letters as indicated on each walkaround:

Step Location Scale Note Phlogiston Letter Azote Letter

1 BANKOFAMERICA/LGIVEN DO(homophone) — L

2 BANANAREPUBLIC, Level 3 RE — I

3 (going towards Express) TCUSTOMIZE,Level 3 MI — —

4 CHEESECAKEFACTORY,Level 1 FA — E

5 COMMUNITYSOLARSYSTEM,Level 2 SOL — U (from SUN)

6 ATLANTICTIME,Level 2 LA L T

7 ORIENTALRELAXATIONTHERAPY,Level 3 TI E E

8 PANDORA,Level 2 DO NN

(fromOLDNAVY)

9 GAPBODY,Level 3 OD — A

10 AMERICANEAGLEOUTFITTERS, Level 1 IT O N

11 REALITYZOMBIES,Level 2 AL L T

12 ALDO SHOES,Level 1 OS O —

13 CASABLANCAFLORIST,Parking Level AF C —

14 T.J.MAXX,Level 2 IM[readingJasI] — —

15 WORLDOFBEER, Level 1 ER — —

16 WORLDOFBEERagain,Level 1 OD — —

AttheendofthewalkaroundyouwillbefacingtheESCALATORS,whichistheanswerforPracticeYourScales!

TakingtheAzotelettersinorder,thenappendingthePhlogistonlettersinreverse order gives LIEUTENANT COLONEL,whichistheanswerforSearchforYerBooty!

MISMANAGE Round


PHLOGISTON

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Flyre Festival (Phlogiston)puzzle by Aaron Fuegi, Katherine Bryant, Phil Steindel, and Susan GlassEachbigramonthemapcorrespondstothepositionofoneofthesmallbronzesculpturesofnativefloraandfauna(byartistNancyWebb)foundinCharlesPark.Theruleslistedinthepuzzledescribehowtoassigneachstatuetooneofthesevennotes.Theassignmentsofthebigramsusedinthegrid—whichcorrespondtotheunderlinedbigramsonthemap—areasfollows:

Initials # on Plaque Description on Plaque Note

BM(withKA) 4a&b PrayingMantis DO

ES(withJM) 9a&b Cricket DO

SG 11 CoralBells TI

JT 15 Lady’sMantle TI

KC 16 Lady’sMantle TI

LG 19 Bee FA

M5 20 Ant MI

AG 21 Katydid FA

DL 25 Chicory&Bumblebee LA

SS 26 Chicory&YellowJacket LA

SM 27 PrayingMantis,Cricket,DayLilyBud&Leaf,ShastaDaisy,Vinca,&CoralBellLeaves MI

KP B Honeybee&Coreopsis SO

OD D Ant&LilyLeaf LA

TS E JapaneseBeetle&ViburnumLeaf RE

BK K PrionusBeetle&PachysandraLeaves RE

SF L CabbageButterfly&Chicory SO

Entering the shapes corresponding to the correct note in the grid yields the following:

The answer is GENETIC MAP.

MISMANAGE Round


AZOTE

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Buried Treasure (Azote)puzzle by Andy Kravis, Katherine Bryant, joon pahk, and Joe CabreraIntheRightversionofthispuzzle,teamsaregivenastandard17x17crossword;intheAcuteversion,teamsaregivenadiagramlessversionofthesame17x17crossword.Inbothcases,teamsmustfirstsolvethecrossword,whichturnsouttohave13rebussquares,eachcontainingeitherthebigramAU or thebigramAG:

DDT

SELMA

XFACTOR

DEN

S

ASS

S

TE

EON

ELENA

SN

RCA

PARTYHOP

H

NIL

AVE

BROOM

BE

S

A

ASSI

ADS

TED

SNEER

O

PURR

TR

MA

TOMS

S

S

E

RADAR

REED

APT

ARES

PREDATE

MER

TEE

EMERIL

BR

INT

DASANI

IDS

STARR

DITION

NEAL

SMOG

ONEDGE

BENET

SLOB

GATES

OPTING

SNOT

S

ET

AU

AU

AG

AU

AG

AGAU

AU

AG

AG

AG

AU

AG

Thosebigramsarethechemicalsymbolsforgoldandsilver,indicatingthirteensitesofburiedtreasure.Butwheretodigforsaidtreasure?

MISMANAGE Round


AZOTE

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MISMANAGE RoundBuried Treasure (continued)

Theflavortextsaysthatwhenyou’redone,you’llknowexactlywhereinCambridgetodig.AcuteteamswillbeginthehuntwithanareamapofCambridgewithaninsetoftheLechmereareawherethispuzzlewillbesolved:

TEX-MEXBOSTON SAND & GRAVEL

BUNKERHILL

FIRSTAVE

HUBWAYPIZZAMA-28

MA-28

MA

-28

PARK

CANAL

BUSSTOP

LAND

BLV

D

AREA MAP OF LECHMERE

TACOBELL

CHIPOTLE

A|X

CAMBRIDGESIDEGALLERIA

T

E A S TB I K EPAT H

APPLESTORE

AT&T

ED

WIN

H

FortheRightversion,theinsetmapalsohasa17x17gridoverlaidonit:


BUNKERHILL

FIRSTAVE

HUBWAYPIZZAMA-28

MA-28

MA

-28

PARK

CANAL

BUSSTOP

LAND

BLV

D


TACOBELL

CHIPOTLE

A|X


T

E A S TB I K EPAT H

APPLESTORE

AT&T

ED

WIN

H

AZOTE


AZOTE

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ThelargestsetofblacksquaresinthecompletedpuzzlecloselyresemblesthemainwaterfeatureinLechmere,andtheothersectionsofblacksquarescorrespondtothedarkersectionsoftheLechmereinset.Additionally,thesizeofthecrosswordgridisthesamesizeastheinsetmapofLechmere.So, teams must realize that they have to overlay the completed crossword grid onto the area map of Lechmere.Whentheydo,thethirteenAU and AGrebussquareswilleachcoverexactlyoneletteronthemap,asindicatedbelow:


BUNKERHILL

FIRSTAVE

HUBWAYPIZZAMA-28

MA-28

MA

-28

PARK

CANAL

BUSSTOP

LAND

BLV

D


TACOBELL

CHIPOTLE

A|X


T

E A S TB I K EPAT H

APPLESTORE

AT&T

ED

WIN

H

DDT

SELMA

XFACTOR

DEN

S

ASS

S

TE

EON

ELENA

SN

RCA

PARTYHOP

H

NIL

AVE

BROOM

BE

S

A

ASSI

ADS

TED

SNEER

O

PURR

TR

MA

TOMS

S

S

E

RADAR

REED

APT

ARES

PREDATE

MER

TEE

EMERIL

BR

INT

DASANI

IDS

STARR

DITION

NEAL

SMOG

ONEDGE

BENET

SLOB

GATES

OPTING

SNOT

S

ET

Fromtoptobottomandlefttoright,thoselettersspelloutMONEY MARKET CD.

MISMANAGE RoundBuried Treasure (continued)


ETHER

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Balance Your Budget In 10 Easy Steps (Mismanage Meta — Ether)puzzle by Ben Smith and Kevin WaldThe steps are as follows:

1. ESCALATORS,GENETICMAP,PLAYSCRIPT,JURYSELECTION,LIEUTENANTCOLONEL,MONEYMARKETCD

2. ELTR,GENETIMP,PLYRIPT,JURYSCION,IUNNCOON,MONYMRKCD

3. ELTR,GENETIMP,PLYRIPT,URYSCIONFLAG,IUNNCOON,MONYMRCDFLAG

4. INELTR,INGENETIMP,INPLYRIPT,INURYSCIONFLAG,INMONYMRCDFLAG

(ThesyllablewasHO,givingHOE,HOG,HOP,HOUR,andHOMONYM,withIUNNCOONdropping.)

5. INELTR,INGETMP,INPLYRT,INURYSCOFLAG,INMOYRCDFLAG

6. INELTRNPLYR,INGETMPNPLYR,INPLYRT,INURYSCOFLAG,INMOYRCDFLAG

(Theverbmeaning“work”wasPLY,inthecenterofINPLYRT.)

7. INELTRNPLYR,INGETMPNPLYR,INMOYRCDFLAG,INPLYRT,INURYSCOFLAG

8. INELTRNPLYR,INGETMPNPLYR,INMOYRC,INPLYRT,INURYSCOFLAC

(CDFLAGandCOFLAGareidenticalexceptthattheDhas“inflated”toformanO.)

9. INWESTERNPLYR,INGETMPNPLYR,INMOYRC,INPLYRT,CALFOCSYRUN

(WeformedCALF...RUNandWESTERN.)

10. INWEST,ING,INMC,T,CALFUN

11. INVESTINGINMUTUALFUN

(CrotatestoformU,andWisbisectedtoformV.)

So the answer is INVESTING IN MUTUAL FUN.

MISMANAGE Round


PHLOGISTON

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Phlogiston (Music) Metapuzzle by Daniel Lepage and Kevin WaldAlltheanswersarethesamelength,eachcontainsonemusicalnote,andthelastletterofeachisthefirstletterofexactlyoneother,andviceversa.Ifyouformthemintoabigloopsothatthelastletterofoneisthefirstofthenext,andineachadjacentpairnotethelettersinthesecondanswer(shownbelowinbold)inthesamepositionasthenoteofthefirstanswer(shownbelowunderlined),yougetthefollowing:

ESCALATORS

SLIPSTITCH

HISTAMINIC

CONTINUING

GENETICMAP

PLAYSCRIPT

TRANSLATOR

REFORMBILL

LEGITIMATE(andbacktothetop)

giving the answer, LAST MINUET SCRAMBLE.

PHLOGISTON META


AZOTE

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Azote (Pirates) Metapuzzle by Daniel Lepage and Kevin WaldTheanswerseachstartwithadifferentletter,inacontinuousalphabeticsequence,andeachcontainsoneC.Inorderbyinitialletter,andhighlightingthetripletsofletterscenteredontheCs(whichare“threepointswithseainthemiddle”)weget:

FRUIT CUP

GRANDLARCENY

HARMONIC MEAN

INDIAN-HEAD CENT

JURYSELECTION

KEYPUNCHES

LIEUTENANT COLONEL

MONEYMARKET CD

NARCS

Taking all the first letters of the triplets, and then all the last letters, gives the answer, TRIDENT TRUE METHODS.

AZOTE META


ETHER

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The Farmer, The Fox, and The Chicken (Meta-Meta — Ether)puzzle by Aaron Fuegi, Susan Glass, joon pahk, Daniel Lepage, and Kevin WaldBelowaretheassembledTangramBoardshapes.Solversmighthavesomeminorvariationsbutallthepieceswithmarkedlettersshouldendupinexactlytheplacesindicatedbelow.Notethatsolversmustobeytwomainconstraints.A)Keepthecheckerboardpatternentirelyconsistentandasshowninthesmallindicatorimageonthepuzzleforeachshape.B)HavethepieceswithmarkedLetter-Numbercombinationsrotatedsothattheyreadnormally;X8inthefirstimagebelowisnotallowedtobeupsidedown or on its side.

Onceassembled,solverscanreadouttheindicatedlettersintheappropriateorderasPhlogiston,Azote,andEthermakepeacewithotherandagainbecomePhlog-a-Zither:

C1 C2 B3 S4 F5 X6 S7 X8 S9 F10 X11 C12 B13 B14 F15 X16 B17 S18 F19

L E T T R I G O N S B E T R I G O N S

yielding the final solution LET TRIGONS BE TRIGONS.

Fox (QUALITY BONDING TIME):

META-META


ETHER

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Chicken (A PUZZLE PEACE):

Sack of Grain (INVESTING IN MUTUAL FUN):

META-METAThe Farmer, The Fox, and The Chicken (continued)


ETHER

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Farmer (LAST MINUET SCRAMBLE):

Boat (TRIDENT TRUE METHODS):

META-METAThe Farmer, The Fox, and The Chicken (continued)

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