this month’s extravaganza: #rejectedolympicevents

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Puzzles for the Fun Side of the Brain

This Month’s Extravaganza: #RejectedOlympicEvents

From the Editor

Editor/Constructor Test-Solver Friends of the MagazineFoggy Brume Justin Weinbaum

Lance NathanGordon DowBruce Kaskel

Mark HalpinJoe Cabrera

Congratulations to Todd Becker who won the contest in Issue 52 and received a gift subscription.

Hope you enjoy the issue, and for those going to see MIT Mystery Hunt, see you there!

Cheers!Foggy Brume

Issue 52 Top TenBuzz Lime Pi (Chase Stephens, Donna Whitlock, Jay Lorch,

Jeff Phillips, Jett Jones, Michelle Teague)Paul Hlebowitsh

Dan Katz and Jackie AndersonRich Bragg and Jonathan McCue

Win, Lose, or Banana! (Chris Cieslik, Julia Tenney, Julia Urquhart, Nathan Curtis, Zachary Barryte, Denis Moskowitz,

Stephanie Day)Brent HolmanNathan FungMark Halpin

Just-Us League (Jim Mason, Mark Navarrete, Zach Pierpoint, Jimmy Williams, Steven Williams)Erryday Im Puzzlin (Jeff, Scott, Dana, Flynn)

Issue 52 CompletistsAaron Fuegi and Susan Glass

Alison Muratore, Audrey Muratore, Eric Suess

Todd Becker

Nick Brady

Buzz Lime Pi (Chase Stephens, Donna Whitlock, Jay Lorch, Jeff

Phillips, Jett Jones, Michelle Teague)

Creepingly Immoral (Ata Gurpinar, Amy Swartz, Norah Burch,

Kristin Lieber, Jason Mcintosh, Matthew Morse, Jon Singer)

Dan Katz and Jackie Anderson

Joseph DeVincentis

Doug Orleans & Paula Wing

Erryday Im Puzzlin (Jeff, Scott, Dana, Flynn)

Nathan Fung

Mark Halpin

Paul Hlebowitsh

Brent Holman

Just-Us League (Jim Mason, Mark Navarrete, Zach Pierpoint,

Jimmy Williams, Steven Williams)

Korn-u-copia (Donna & Mike Korn)

Liquid Kourage (Jason Borsom, Allie Nolen)

Electric Mayhem

Rich Bragg and Jonathan McCue

Some Regents (Josiah Schwab, Annelise Beck)

Michael Sylvia

Tweleve Pack (Stvwz, Pianoman, Fuzzy, Sluggy, Molnar)

Win, Lose, or Banana! (Chris Cieslik, Julia Tenney, Julia

Urquhart, Nathan Curtis, Zachary Barryte, Denis Moskowitz,

Stephanie Day)

Jay Winter

In Issue 53Pieces of Bamboo • 3-8

#RejectedOlympicEvents• 9-21

Answers to Pieces of Bamboo •26

Answers to Issue 52 •22-25

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Each clue’s answer uses only the top row of a standard typewriter. How quickly can you get all 10?

n Pieces of Bamboo

The Sixty-Second Test: Typewriter Row

1. Most urgent (3 8)2. Pepper picker (5 5)3. Popular networking tool (7)4. More hushed (7)5. A turn on one foot (9)

6. A break or split (7)7. One’s act or material (10)8. Fragrant smelling mix (9)9. One pulling the strings? (9)10. Manners, or proscribed behavior (9)

This or ThatFor each of the items below, is it a popular rap song or poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

1. Paul Revere2. Paul Revere’s Ride3. The Children’s Hour4. Children’s Story5. Gangsta’s Paradise

6. Daylight and Moonlight7. They Reminisce Over You8. Gin and Juice9. A Nameless Grave10. Drinking Song

11. Tha Crossroads12. Everything is Everything13. Midnight Mass for the Dying Year14. Rapper’s Delight15. To The River Charles

Acknowledgements to Ask Me Another... for this quiz format

Quote Square

An Albert Schweitzer quote is hidden in the grid below. In each row and column, cross off a seven-letter movie, clued by who played the title character.

Bette DavisDaniel Day-LewisRobert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. (2 wds)Daryl Hannah

Dustin HoffmanDustin Hoffman (2 wds)

Tom HulceSteve Martin (2 wds)

Gary OldmanAdam Sandler (2 wds)

Al PacinoWill Smith

Scott Weinger

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1A A M A D P E M N C

A H R I P T H I U E S

2L R A I R A A N N E H

S O S X H S N O R T

3A E I N E E B D E A

H J I O Z G M N O L R

4D E I H N A C N E N O

L N T N C J O G L P

5D D M H E E A E I E

O T O M O T O S L L T

6H I A A N D A C B A I

S A E R P R I C D O

7D M N A C K K L R A

D N R E N M O U S N Y

n Word GardenOur word garden conceals 8 words and phrases in a mystery category. Find words and phrases by selecting a start-ing square and then moving the given direction and distance to get the next letter (e.g., 2L means move 2 squares to the left). Answers never travel off the grid. Some additional letters will be leftover. These will form a clue to help identify the mystery category.

V I R T S T S M R I

A P I M N S I N C M

O P L C T U A D U I

E N T G C U I S P S

P N A S I I P P O C

O T H S L D I E N A

G T R I O Q M R M E

W R T N S T R E A O

O A A O T N T M T N

M O I E L R I O V I

?? 1L 1U 2U 1U 1L 3R 2D

?? 3U 4D 2L 3R 3D 6U 3L 2R

?? 2L 3D 4R 3U 3U 4L 2R 6D 4R 3U 3U 2R 3D 3D

?? 2L 4D 2D 3D 1R 2U 2L 1L 3U 3U 1U

?? 5U 2L 6D 6R 4U 2R 6D 8L 5U 3R 3D 2L

?? 2D 4L 2D 3R

?? 3D 1R 3D 1R 3D 2R 3U 1R 3U 1R 3U 3L

?? 3U 4R 7D 4L 1D 6R 3U 3R



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

’’

Jackie Mason

For the dropquote below, solve the clues to determine what letters belong in that column. An * indicates that the letters will go into that column in order.

1. Letter that represents iodine + controversial spying agency*2. Letter following model or preceding bone*3. Ivory or Dove product, minus the last letter4. Piscine animal, minus the last letter5. The process of ensuring something is up to snuff (abbr.)*6. Underwater7. Musical sound (two possible answers)8. Large body of water9. Fashion or mode, minus the last letter10. What a Snellen test tests, minus the first and last letter11. French negative word12. Large round percussion instrument, with its vowel changed to Y13. Smallest positive integer, minus the consonant14. Unit of time15. Iron symbol16. Phrase before mode or carte (2 wds)17. Brit’s elevator, minus the last letter18. Brand name for a cotton swab, with its last letter changed to K (hyph)*19. Female chicken + University20. Coloring substance21. Mexican yes*22. Element with the shortest name*23. Branch of math minus the second letter or branch minus the second letter24. Letter preceding Henry*

n Jawdroppin’ Challenger

n Logic Puzzle: Badges of Honor?Four friends are all users of the trivia game site Shtipple. Shtipple awards badges such as Citrus Crazy (earned for getting 100% on the Oranges of the World game) or Underappreciated (publishing at least 10 games with a 1 rating). Can you put together each friend's full name, their username and avatar, and what badges they have qualified for? (Men are Desmond, Doogie, and Shasta; women are Hannah and Punky. Last names are Brewster, Howser, Montana, McNasty, and Pfeiffer. One person's avatar is a wildebeest.)

Clues1. No two players have the same number of badges.2. immensespatula (who is not Pfeiffer) does not have the Spaghetti Singer badge (earned for playing 1000 games

involving pasta).3. Every badge has been earned by exactly 3 players.4. The two women (neither of whom has a giraffe avatar) have no badges in common.5. Desmond has earned more badges than Mr. Howser, who has not earned the Nobody's Home badge (earned for

setting one's hometown to Nothing).6. Shasta and a person with the tapir avatar have earned an even number of badges.7. The five players are Punky, Montana, titanicladle, the player with the giraffe avatar, and a man who has earned

only one badge overall.8. No one's full name is also the title character of a TV show.9. The player with a rhino avatar has earned the most badges.10. Brewster's username is hugefork.11. McNasty (who has earned exactly one more badge than a male player) earned the Nobody's Home badge.12. Either grandknife or the player with the hippo avatar have the Superstition My Way badge (earned for getting

exactly 13 right on 13 games), but not both.13. bigspoon did not have the most badges. The player with the hippo avatar does not have the fewest.

First Name

Last Name

Username

Avatar

Citrus Crazy

Nobody's Home

Spaghetti Singer

Superstition My Way

Underappreciated

.



n CryptolistomaniaWe’ve taken ten items that have something in common and encrypted them with a simple substitution cipher. Can you decode each list and figure out the connection? In each, the connection is related to an R.E.M. song.

Losing My Religion

GZWWEKNP

FZPELACS

XAMPLNPCSP

XALNGRPLAKCS

NZSSK

HCKSKNP

TMAMCNPAKCS

PCMKNP

JCFQKSKNP

CISMNPKJ

Stand

QYKKAS

’MYXSV’M XZF

WZQFZK MXSSB

PYO ZT PZHSM

VAMSKC

HSSWTRX FEAHOM

RHWSK FES WZVS

ESYKFM AH YFXYHFAM

WSMBSKYFAZH

VK. VSKQSWSM

Orange Crush

VASOFTTFV

VEFCCY WEVB

VRLECB

WC. TEPP

PYCR’V

WZLHBYEH IFO

AYHYIY ICD

BYP

WZKEF

VLCUF

It’s the End of the World As We

Know It

SFWOVBWOJV

QCJBQYMCUS

QNDQESAAJV

NQEVQNJP

SVA JH AQMU

NQCWKNS

DKWKQY QUUKNSA ASUWNKBWOJV

CQVASDOB

VKBYSQN GJYJBQKUW

AJJDUAQM

Shiny Happy People

RKMRHELGD

XELGI

RTC

INC’G NH CRTZL

OLOGNWLZI

XNSBRIL

ELCAERZWI

MSIER AETIL

REC & DRCCLE

TORZR

Superman

PWD PAQGFB

IEPYWB NKCIGWW

QFMSKC

NEHKBBF

NBKECEKZ

SB. SDMHJQPV

OFFSIOKM

XWCWBKP HFO

JKBKIEQW

SWQKPPF

n Card Quote

A. Cut into damaged wire...it’s more smooth __

__

♣__ __

♠__

♥__

♦2. Came up like sun, and dew broke __

♥__

__

♠__

♣__

__

♦3. Disney’s carrying letter made from wood __

__

♠__

♥__

__

♣__

♦4. Jostled tin filled with fish __

♠__

♦

__

__ __

♥__

♣5. First after first goddess __

♥__

♣__ __

♦__

__

♠6. Some foxes with 6-10 headless chickens __

♠__

♣__

__ __

♥__

♦7. He’s putting one initial unit in captain’s chair __ __

♠

__

♣__

♥__

♦__

8. Sleepy, without a top or cover __

__

__

♦__

♣__

♥__

♠9. Hammer on top of skinny shelf __

♣__

♦__

__

__

♥__

♠10. Name has cross and dot __

♣__

♦__

♥__

♠__

__

J. It’s similar to banana-loganberry spread __

♠__

__

♣__

__

♥__

♦Q. Horrible wish about railroad’s rapid motion noises __

♥__

♦__

__

♠__

♣__

K. Kind of energy from remodeled attics __

__

♦__

♥__

♣__

♠__

The answer to each cryptic clue is a six-letter word and should be entered onto the blanks provided. When finished, read the letters in the grid to get a Rita Rudner quote.

A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K♠♣♥♦


#RejectedOlympicEventsOur staff here at P&A loves submitting entries for @midnight’s Hashtag Wars. These puzzles are all inspired by the hashtag #RejectedOlympicEvents, none of which of course won (or are very good). But we did have one good one we are proud of. What was it?

Verbal GymnasticsWe often have to bend over backwards to make these puzzles work.

Changes made to one’s words to the audience (3)

Gets one of the dwarves ready for bad news (4)

Get Wonder Woman’s boyfriend Steve to go somewhere else (4)

A government excise on oranges (4)

A Greek white wine that’s more wet (5)

Instructions for making a nutritious blend with a specific appliance (4)

A muscle enhancing drug that’s made out of pieces of broccoli (5)

One’s normal expression of merriment (3)

Person lifting back the curtain is no longer stressed about it (6)

Undoes, permanently (5)

the flip

U _ _ H

M _ _ A

F _ _ D

J _ _ E

S _ _ Y

C _ _ X

F _ _ S

U _ _ D

D _ _ R

A _ _ S

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Gecko-Roman WrestlingDealing with all sorts of creatures can be a challenge.

Winners Losers Waiting for results

Brac

ket 1

Bart/spider Duffman/koala Barney Gumble/warthog

Comic Book Guy/ram Hans Moleman/tortoise Kent Brockman/rhino

Homer/walrus Manjula/antelope Mayor Quimby/panda

Lisa/owl Milhouse/snail Maggie/anteater

Marge/panther Selma/elephant Disco Stu/shrew


Brac

ket 2

Griffin Centaur Chimera

Harpy Cerberus Hippocampus

Hippalectryon Cyclops Pegasus

Phoenix Medusa Manticore

Sphinx Minotaur Stymphalian Birds


Brac

ket 3

Brainy Smurf (Smurfs) Gobo Fraggle (Fraggle Rock) Skeeter (Muppet Babies)Dr. Galeo Seaworthy (Snorks) Rhinokey (Wuzzles) Split Kit (Garbage Pail Kids)

Simon (Alvin and the Chipmunks) Cheer Bear (Care Bears) Sniffles (Happy Tree Friends)Mayor Mare (My Little Pony) Chesty (Pandamonium) Eek! (Eek! The cat)

Zummi Gummi (Gummi Bears) Pammy Panda (Shirt Tales) Rubik (Rubik, the Amazing Cube)


Brac

ket 4

Glikker Flunnel Yuzz-a-ma-Tuzz

Itch-a-pods Nutches Yekko

Sneedle Quandary Vrooms

Thnadner Umbus Spazzim

Wumbus Zatz-It Jogg-Oons


Winners Losers Waiting for resultsBr

acke

t 5

Nidoran Alakazam Venusaur

Psyduck Golem Meowth

Squirtle Sandslash Charmander

Staryu Victreebel Lickitung

Zubat Wigglytuff Cloyster


Brac

ket 6

Ewok Drexl Fynocks

Exogorth Gizka Ithorian

Sarlacc Lepi Wampa

Tauntaun Taozin Rancor

Varactyl Veermok Dianoga


Brac

ket 7

Maxwell (the Geico pig) Energizer Bunny Spot the Dog

Morris the Cat Budweiser Clydesdales Snuggle Bear

Pets.com sock puppet Joe Camel Coca-Cola polar bears

The Slowskys Nipper The Merrill Lynch bull

Tony the Tiger Spuds McKenzie Yellow M&M


Brac

ket 8

The Cowardly Lion Black Swan Three Billy Goats Gruff

Billy the Fish Fantastic Mr. Fox Toucan Sam

Dodge Ram Miami Dolphins Crow T. Robot

Ferdinand the Bull Mrs. Peacock Scorpius

Sebastian Crab Puff the Magic Dragon The Last Unicorn


Brac

ket 9

a deficit hawk a cold fish a black sheep

a jive turkey a copycat a literary lion

a silly goose a dirty rat a night owl

a stool pigeon a lounge lizard a scapegoat

an ugly duckling a sacred cow a legal eagle


400-Meter GerrymanderingIn this contest, it’s not how you impress the judges, but how you bribe them.

ACTOERMALCEOOERMOREEAPPROPRIATEETEREMFOERGYPSEY

AHAMMERLLNFCHISELUNSBAUGERLAKCWRENCHAMEA

ATXVMTHITHAXIXGAIXNEDELVCTRONS

BOSCKERANJOUKERORKERBARTLETTKERFRUITKER

CBASEBALLERSCINCCHICAGOCORCBOSTON

CEMHCALEEMLNTEGHIYTREH

DOCIORARCIENEMYTHAICREITEDDALIKS

DUYLLLOWDUBLOWNDUALMYDUPLNTS

EODITORSTOERMFOORROEMOVAL

FFUBERHERONGIHROHNRUPSHYLLUFNIADSIDH

FORIDANHMENFRNNASNMGICN

HOMARSHOEXPLORATORYHOVEHICLE

HONTINUESHOHNDEAVORHRHASHHEMPERHANTRUM

LIAIREJASOEARTHSFLEEFIREE

LILLEESOMEOLLEEFILLLLEDWILLEHAVARILLEE

LUKETHISLEIAPREVENTSCHEWBACCAFORWARDOBIWANMOTION

MALVELTCHICKEVELT

MBILLSICALGJACKOUPMWALTERRILYNWDAVEAT

MCCONTROLLEMCINFLUENCEMCOFFICIATEMCREGULATEMCOMCREIGNE

NECTICUTITAL

ONESHALLPOSTERIORSTUDYORSITTINGROOMFOLLOWKITCHENAFOYERSUSPECTLIVINGROOM

PARPETOLWEBRDANWIHTLUKMBERJACLOOG

RASTNAMEOFARRYMCBEARGIRRSCRUBANDBOSTONREGARSCREATOR

RPHRUMSYRARTOONWAPHRRUSROMPANIONFORRPHREVERANTARRTIRFOWPHR

SFTSHERSRTFSNAKE

SGUFFIXTGHATMGEANSTGYPEOGFEGATER

SHALLSARPCOULDCTTINGMAYUENSIL

SUSAMARENOSOWFLGOOSEALAFILLYW

UNIMINPRESSEDINDIINFFERENT

WARDHTIWATNEMETATSSAEURTNU

WHAGRANTFOLLOWBURNSIDESUNDAMCCLELLAN

WHATITSPAIREHEDWITTHEYHKISSEYOUS

WSEYSTERNASEYTHORLSEYUIS


Pairs ArcheryTwo arrows are better than one.

• is still a word if you remove the third letter, second and third letters, or first, second and third letters?• is a new word if you move a letter to the end?• starts with a five-letter musical instrument?• consists of only letters from the latter half of the alphabet?• contains (but does not start with) three consecutive letters intact?• has at least four consecutive consonants?• is an animal if you remove alternate letters?• contains no curves?


Synchronized Shotputting Part 1Note: You will need information from this puzzle for Part 2.

8 9 12

3 9 11

7 3 7


Synchronized Shotputting Part 2Note: You will need information from Part 1 for this puzzle.


Hopscotch HeptathlonDon’t stray off the path.

Enter two letters per numbered square.

9 9 9 9 9 9 9

7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8

6 6 6 6 6 6 6

4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5

3 3 3 3 3 3 3

2 2 2 2 2 2 2

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

GamesGames are given randomly, but are entered in the numbered squares in order 1 through 9. • Altar in the sky

Game that’s being honored here Situations

• Card game played with two decks of cards What you might wait with (2 wds)

• Hangs around Japanese robe Problems

• Harass Last name or first name of a talk show host They like to engage in spelling

• Kind of measurement French for you Game that includes Irkutsk Bury

• Plaster alternative Landlocked European country Something to be shed

• “That’s ____” Like a ballerina Crimean city

RowsClues are randomly ordered for each row. For 4-5 and 7-8, entries read straight across. 1. Long-necked creature

First Blood sequel 2. Cartoonist Thomas

Actress associated with The Shawshank Redemption (2 wds)

3. Precious gem Rock legend Bob Bumper ______

4-5. Slaughterhouse Speedy vehicles Part of the United Kingdom Kind of milk

6. Inventor Thomas It can be a bed or sofa It flows through the veins of the gods

7-8. Small recess Begin the burglary process (2 wds) Mad Men’s Don In an angry manner

9. 300 people Heat-related


1000-Meter Reading

How close can you get to a 1000? < = >1. Number of legs a millipede has A P E2. Value of a purple chip at the Bellagio A R T3. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, number of swear words in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut B R O

4. Number of degrees in the angles of an octagon C R U5. Number of weeks in one score years D J S6. Number of ships launched by something with a Helen of beauty, according to Isaac Asimov E M O7. Sum of the first 25 primes F L Y8. Number of seconds in a warhol G Y M9. The boiling point of polonium, in Celsius I C E10. Number of Twitter followers in a "Wheaton", according to cartoonist John Kovalic M A T11. Number of ships launched by Helen, according to Homer N I L12. Most words in a song (set by Eminem with Rap God in 2014) N T H13. Number of published Sporcle quizzes created by Chris Morse a/k/a sproutcm, as of January 10, 2015 O K S14. Number of women who have been Playboy Playmates, as of January 10, 2015 O U T15. Number of outhouses in a barn, in particle physics O W N16. Number of origami cranes you must fold to get a wish from a crane, per legend P E Z17. Number of calories in Dairy Queen's large Oreo Cookie Blizzard Q U E18. Number of lines Othello has in the play Othello R I B19. Number of episodes of Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, and Law Order Criminal Intent, as of Jan 10, 2015 S E C20. Value of THOUSAND in Scrabble, if on a double-word score T A N21. Number of words a picture is worth T W O22. Value of 20 blue bills in Monopoly, American edition U F O23. Distance of Mercury to the Sun, in millions of miles V I P24. Weight of the heaviest woman in the world (Carol Yager) at the time of her death, in pounds X E D25. Millimeters in a Smoot Z E N

6 14 23 9 16 5 20 4 24 9 13 10 12 2 20 9 5 20 12 18 16 16 11 17 10

10 17 18 5 6 17 2 15 9 25 8 1 8 18 1 25 24 2 25 24 19 1 15 3 17

22 13 11 11 14 21 16 24 3 7 8 18 1 25 24 22 14 18 1 19 2 5 9 15 13


SequestrianIn the sequestrian event, it’s important to make sure everyone is kept to their own room and told to shush.

A Shhhikaku Puzzle

L shhh shhh B shhh H shhh shhh P O E

R shhh T O shhh shhh shhh G U R T

T E S T shhh shhh B Y shhh O H

C shhh A shhh shhh shhh shhh M shhh shhh A

shhh T R I M S shhh shhh R U N

shhh A shhh shhh shhh K shhh shhh shhh G D

shhh B shhh U N I shhh M A H I

shhh A shhh C O L D shhh N shhh S

A R K shhh O D shhh R A C K

shhh N shhh shhh N shhh shhh shhh T shhh shhh

shhh shhh shhh P shhh shhh shhh C shhh shhh C

shhh shhh K E N shhh shhh shhh shhh shhh shhh

...although even after the proper arrangements, I don’t think we have the right people sequestered. At least we know how quiet each room is.

8 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3 5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 6 _ _ _ _ _ _

6 _ _ _ _ _ 4 _ _ _ _ _ _

7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5 5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12

9

15 16

9 3 4

1111

2

10

10

20


Downhill Battle of the Bands


Long-Distance NarcolepsyCatching Z’s is better than counting sheep, but you may need a second opinion.


Picnic Basketball“Ah man, something’s wrong with this basket.”

Eight across answers have been ruined. Enumerations have been withheld.

Across12. Get some of regatta involved14. Psychic Geller in with dangerous

element15. Signifier of possession that’s

somewhat kitschy16. Rip’s ripped19. Just damaged nylon, mostly20. Flip over a lot of backs22. Starting over with cellophane

wrapper’s contents24. A hole left by bringing back Roman

poet at start of tragedy26. Endlessly toil away at bathroom27. A certain type of game lifted from

huge numbers32. Piece of bread in container34. Expression of understanding is

emotive on the surface (2 wds)35. At 104, actor Tayback is making a

comeback36. Monster without feet carrying club in

mountain range39. Some calculus homework leading to

dumb questions, but no top grade42. Playwright with time and experience,

primarily43. Bloom County character of note over

there47. Small room without function...it’s

part of a court48. Hesitations in places where

hesitation can be deadly49. Promotion Nathan is growing closely

attached to50. Broke one bat at risk (3 wds)

Down1. One making hay sounds like one

providing help2. Helpers dismantled a tent stand3 . Odd notes for some Bible books

(abbr)4. A Roman emperor holding back

stricken character5. Determination of whole number

around 106. Start of war in agreement with

terrible times7. Manage Republican at United

Nations8. Quiet fink’s a stupid person9. Mostly negating toxic thing10. Italian author’s written about

ancient city and large-nosed singer11. Oklahoma has thousands in city13. A quiet gray14. Certain islander in stupid trance17. Barker’s animated after clown’s

debut18. Someone who knows a lot sat

around large vehicle21. Nothing returning rotten fruit22. Feature of glamorous Latin love23. Reason for pronounced fork25. Contests’ pictures not showing how

things are done28. Hot muscle lotion29. It doesn’t cost a thing to foretell

incorrectly30. Beginning of an Islamic holiday and

end of the name31. Make sounds like crazy cats32. Pass around skinned tiger fish36. Viticulturist’s set of characteristics

without one monster37. Woman’s misguided on envy38. Not moving with moment failing to

begin40. Covering a bowl containing mutant

DNA41. Emulating Montana’s dynasty....

carrying a ball primarily 43. Shaman trains with repeated phrase44. Put into source material for

audience45. Playwright’s small bit of laughter46. Embarrassed about nothing split47. Too bad, it’s a start for certain parts48. Debbie has to calm down


Ace of BigramsThe first letters of each card spell ARCADES. The flavortext obliquely clues Little Mac, the protagonist of the video game series Punch Out. Each of the first six cards contains the bigrams necessary to spell out one of Little Mac’s opponents in the arcade version of Punch-Out, which appear in a specific order. (The style of cuisine clues each opponent’s hometown.)• Edouarde’s: Glass Joe• Diego’s: Piston Hurricane• Ceren’s: Bald Bull• Andy’s: Kid Quick• Romeo’s: Pizza Pasta• All-American: Mr. SandmanCrossing off these bigrams leaves three unused bigrams in each column. Stack them up in order in the last card. You can then make an eight-letter word reading down.

FR EE DO MO RS OM EP UN CH ES

LA NN YP AS HO UA NH RT LI MI

AN TC SI RE AD TR CE GL OE UF

GT RH TA MT PY ST IR EY TR LY

The answer is RIGHTS.

Two of Word Searches

Each clue conceals either ONE or TWO in consecutive letters. Each answer can have two letters changed to Ts to make a word found in the grid. 1. Liberace (two); 2. hurdle (one); 3. aisle (one); 4. chicken (two); 5. garnish (one); 6. screech (two); 7. Medicare (one); 8. Cyrano (two); 9. weapon (two); 10. vocal (one); 11. easier (one); 12. money (one); 13. alcove (two); 14. professor (two); Taking the first or second letter changed spells out “Change Convenes.” The answer is CONTENTS.

n Answers: Previous IssueThree of TransformationsClue answers can be formed using the given trigrams and bigrams. In order, chimere, marshal, mousier, postage, potting, squeaks, tampans, topless.

Take each answer and pair it with one of the sets of notes. If you adjust letters corresponding with flats and sharps back one and forward one respectively, you’ll get a new set of words:

old word adjusted new letters

tampans Samoans SO

squeaks squeals L

potting pouting U

marshal martial TI

postage onstage ON

mousier mouther TH

topless toolers OR

chimere Chinese NSThe answer is THORNS.

Four of CluesLeft-hand column: banal, birth, brief, crib, demand, India, manor, pity, stabMiddle column: above, acting, alter, Andean, efts, ibises, oracle, theme, typeRight-hand column: banter, crises, stove, indicting, demean, bireme, Brits, manacle, pipeEach answer on the right can be formed by overlapping an answer from the left and the middle and dropping the overlap.• ban/AL/ter• cr/IB/ises• st/AB/ove• indi/A/cting• dem/AND/ean• bir/TH/eme• bri/EF/ts• man/OR/acle• pi/TY/peThe overlapping letters spell “ali BaBa and the Forty.” The answer is THIEVES.

Five of AcrosticsEach clue just provides the first and last letters of each word:A. American Idiot (Green Day album (their

seventh) and also the stage adaptation of their music)

B. Darth Vader (Star Wars villain and father to Luke Skywalker)

C. Elbow (Part of the arm, or shape for macaroni)D. Fear Itself (According to Franklin Delano

Roosevelt in a famous speech, it’s the only thing we have to fear)

E. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Dr. Seuss

holiday story about all the Whos in Whoville)F. Hotel California (Place where “You can check

out any time you like, but you can never leave.”)

G. In Living Color (Wayans brothers sketch comedy show that gave us Homey D. Clown and Jim Carrey as Fire Marshall Bill)

H. Iron Lung (According to “Weird Al” Yankovic, Mr. Frump is in one of these medical devices)

I. Karma Chameleon (Top 10 Culture Club song with the lyric “I’m a man without conviction.”)

J. Mood Indigo (Classic Duke Ellington jazz song)K. Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens novel involving

young pickpockets and their leader Fagin)L. Oreo cookie (Tasty black and white snack

available in regular and Double Stuff sizes)M. Origami (Japanese paper folding art)N. Robert Urich (Actor who portrayed the title

character in Spenser: For Hire)O. Summer Olympics (Quadrennial athletic event

that will take place in Brazil in 2016)P. Tabula Rasa (Latin phrase meaning “blank

slate”)Q. Tennessee Tuxedo (Cartoon penguin voiced by

Don Adams and friends with a walrus named Chumley)

R. Ultraviolet Light (Electromagnetic radiation shorter than the visible part of the spectrum, sometimes mistakenly considered black)

S. Umberto Eco (Italian author who wrote “The Name of the Rose” and “Foucault’s Pendulum”)

T. Unknown Soldier (Anonymous person whose tomb is in Arlington National Cemetery)

“First color losing agent second rule without over third character minus tho fourth state lacking ow.”• M(agent)A• G(over)N• E(tho)S• I(ow)AAnswer is MAGNESIA.

Six of Sudoku792318456

534672198

168495327

975234861

381967245

426581973

219856734

853749612

647123589

The bottom grid is not a Sudoku or Latin Square, but does contain members of sets of 9. Each set takes the same relative position within each 3x3 square.

Circle ofHell

Baseball position

ClueRoom

Hellraiser filmKeyboard

punctuationMuse

WorthySanta’s reindeer

Supreme Court justice

In addition, each set of nine can be ordered so that each 3x3 block is the Nth member of that set.

1 3 9

8 2 7

6 4 5For each asterisk, figure out what would appear in that square and index by the number from the Sudoku.• 1st Worthy (left to right in Neun Gute Helden:

Charlemagne (C)• 3rd room in Clue, original clue sheet: Dining

Room (O)• Punctuation with 9: Left Parenthesis (N)• 8th baseball position: Centerfielder (F)• 2nd Circle of Hell: Lust (U)• 7th muse alphabetically: Terpsichore (S)• 6th reindeer (per the song): Cupid (I)• 4th Supreme Court Justice: Thomas (O)• 5th Hellraiser field: Inferno (N)The answer is CONFUSION.

Seven of Cryptics

Across: 1. CHA(O)S, 6. PAR+MA, 11. beLIEvable, 14. HERBALT*+EA, 15. R+OAR, 16. pALMS, 17. DOH (dough hom.), 18. PROM+O, 19. PIS (ddef), 22. PERSEcutes, 23. MES+A, 24. D(AI)S, 26. SIR+E, 28. despERAtion, 30. S(TAR)T, 31. ATEON*, 32. RUM+OR, 34. I(TurtlE)M, 35. M+AGS, 38. MINT+ER, 41. DO(D)GES, 42. IN+CH, 44. YODA*, 46. MOLE (ddef), 48. TOLE+DO, 51. A+TON+A+L, 55. KEEL (rev.), 56. W(IN)NEBAGO*, 57. fINAL+fINE, 58. TRI(N)ES, 59. MO(R)ON, 60. LEI+SURE.

Down: 1. CH(APT)ER, 2. H+ELM, 3. angulARMomentum, 4. OBSESS*, 5. StAnD, 6. P(L)OP, 7. A+THE+ART, 8. R(E)CITED*, 9. MAPS

rev, 10. ARREST*, 11. LO+ON(I)E, 12. I AM B, 13. zeROPEople, 20. SEA+M, 21. MARE (d. def.), 24. D+AIRY, 25. SA+MOA, 27. ROE (last letters), 29. RU(I)N, 33. OTHELLO (d. def), 36. A+GO, 37. SSE (rev.), 38. MIT (d. def.), 39. CLEAR*, 40. CO(R)NEL*, 43. rEDWINg, 45. rabiDANTElope, 46. MO+BS, 47. LAGER (rev.), 49. O(E)NO, 50. O(IN)K, 52. oTERI, 53. NAN+U, 54. cLOSE, 55. KIMono. Seven down answers skip over the intersecting across entry. If the letter in the across entry has a U added after it, it will create a word in each direction. The letters spell INTRIGE. Add a U to get INTRIGUE.

Eight of Trivia QuestionsEach answer includes one of the five Zener cards (circle, cross, waves, square, star). Each question needs a five-letter word to complete the question. Index that word by the number associated with the Zener card (a circle is one line, cross two, wave three, square four, and star five). 1. Family Circle [CHRIS=C]2. Heat Wave [STORM=O]3. Dancing with the Stars [SHAWN=N]4. Crossword [ASKED=S]5. Red Square [BRICK=C]6. Katrina and the Waves [SHINE=I]7. The Radio Star [VIDEO=O]8. David Cross [FUNKE=U]9. Rock Star [JUDAS=S]10. Crossroads [ANSON=N]11. Circle of Life [ELTON=E]12. Square Enix [QUEST=S]13. Christopher Cross [OSCAR=S]The answer is CONSCIOUSNESS.

Nine of CrosswordsSix pairs of crossing clues must be swapped. In each case, the word clued can be paired with CROSS to form a new word or phrase. Letters at their intersection spell (roughly top to bottom) MORMON.

Ten of Phone CodesThe square phone keys are normal, where 2=ABC and 3=DEF, and so on. For the other three keypads, the keys have been moved, but the groups of letters are still the same. As an example, ABC is the circular 6, the diamond 8 & the star 7.

Category A (States): Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, Vermont, WyomingCategory B (synonyms for confuse): buffalo, flummox, confuse, mystify, perplex, nonplus, obscureCategory C (animals): buffalo, cheetah, giraffe, warthog, panther, caribou, raccoonCategory D (army terms): private, soldier, colonel, general, cavalry, brigade, platoonCategory E (desserts): cupcake, custard, pudding, spumoni, sherbet, cookies, souffleCategory F (quarterbacks): Montana, Bledsoe, Manning, Rodgers, Stabler, Griffin, ManningCategory G (bands): Genesis, Chicago, Erasure, Madness, Traffic, Blondie, NirvanaCategory H (Oscar-nominated movies): Rebecca, Amadeus, Platoon, Traffic, Titanic, Chicago, Witness

The final message gives MerCury Coins and the answer is DIMES.

Jack of JigsawsWhen arranged properly, one will have an ancient proverb reading in one direction and Jack Handy quote reading in the other.Proverb: “He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man - follow him; he who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool - shun him.”Jack Handy: When I think back on all the blessings I have been given in my life, I can’t think of a single one, unless you count that rattlesnake that granted me all those wishes.

Now connect the dots with the letter number pairs. You will get THOUGHT.

Queen of BogglesWithin each boggle grid, find two separate words. They can be combined with the nonsensical title below the grid to get two mystery novels by the same author. Boggle grids are in author order. In each case, one letter is unused.• The Cat Who Came to BREAKFAST&The Cat

Who Ate Danish MODERN [Lilian Jackson Braun]

• Murder on the Orient EXPRESS&The Murder at the VICARAGE [Agatha Christie]

• A SCANDAL in Bohemia&The Adventure of the Noble BACHELOR [Sherlock Holmes]

• Three To Get DEADLY&EXPLOSIVE Eighteen [Janet Evanovich]

• The Case of the Drowsy MOSQUITO&The Case

of the PERJURED Parrot [Erle Stanley Gardner]• SYCAMORE Row&The PELICAN Brief [John

Grisham]• ARSENIC & Old Puzzles&STALKING the Puzzle

Lady [Parnell Hall]• The Maltese FALCON&Zigzags of TREACHERY

[Dashiell Hammett]• The Mysterious MANNEQUIN&The CROOKED

Banister [Carolyn Keene]• MYSTIC River&MOONLIGHT Mile [Dennis

Lehane]• White BUTTERFLY&Bad Boy BRAWLY Brown

[Walter Mosley]• The Godwulf MANUSCRIPT&A Catskill EAGLE

[Robert B. Parker]• The Murders in the Rue MORGUE&The

PURLOINED Letter [Edgar Allan Poe]• The Chinese ORANGE Mystery&The FINISHING

Stroke [Ellery Queen]• The GOLIATH Bone&SURVIVAL….Zero! [Mickey

Spillane]• CHAMPAGNE for One&Some Buried CAESAR

[Rex Stout]

The unused letters form a final Boggle grid.The answer is QUESTIONING.

King of Pop Culture QuizzesThe flavortext clues a Buzzfeed article, specifically 55 Pop Culture Last Suppers. Each “review” references one of these paintings, with the first person clued representing the Jesus Christ figure, and the other two people are one of the 12 other characters in the figure.• LS#2. Scientists: Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan

[S], Marie Curie [O] (clued by lifespan)• LS#4. Clowns: Pennywise, Krusty [L], Michael

Myers [U] (clued by makeup pattern)• LS#7. Classic Video Games: Mario, Sonic [T],

Link [I] (clued by goal in videogame)• LS#10. Breakfast Mascots: Cap’n Crunch,

Cookie Thief [O], Tony the Tiger [N] (clued by cereal image)

• LS#21. Simpsons: Homer Simpson, Principal Skinner [C], Lisa Simpson [E] (clued by character used in episode title)

• LS#29. Sopranos: James Gandolfini, Jerry Adler [R], Edie Falco [E] (clued by anagram of actor’s name)

• LS#49. Fast Food Mascots: Colonel Sanders,

Long John Silver [M], Dave Thomas [O] (clued by other person with similar name)

• LS#50. Disney: Mickey Mouse, Foghorn Leghorn [N], Sylvester [I] (clued by debut appearance)

• LS#54. Big Lebowski: Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore [E], Steve Buscemi [S] (clued by other movies)

The answer is CEREMONIES.

JokerThe comedians are Aziz Ansari, Dave Chapelle, Margaret Cho, Louis C.K., Ellen Degeneres, Jim Gaffigan, Marc Maron, Patton Oswalt, John Pinette.

Each text pattern is a regular expression that matches one of the comedians.• Start• Patton Oswalt• Margaret Cho• Dave Chappelle• John Pinette• Aziz Ansari• Marc Maron• Ellen Degeneres• Louis CK• Jim Gaffigan• The EndIndexing into the comedian’s names by number gives the J in doJ followed by an unused 7. The answer is JUSTICE.

It’s in the CardsEach correct answer leads to an image that consists of 14 cards, two white “numbers” and two red “numbers.” All 196 cards come from different games, including 14 standard playing cards. The fourteen playing cards are in their expected spots as shown below.

A 2 3 4 5

6 7 (codes) 8 9

10 J Q K JokerFirst identify the games involved. Each code is in the format of <Card.X>. Take the Xth digit of game in the <Card> position. For example, in the image for Ace, the first code is 6.2. Take the 2nd letter of Lost Cities, the game whose card corresponds with a 6.• Doing this for the white codes gives us “One

card pairs with puzzle answer.”• Doing this for the red codes gives us “One card

is on its own, but doubly so.”

For the white message: Each puzzle answer can be part of a phrase <Blank> of <Puzzle Answer>, and each <Blank> is found amongst the cards in the relevant image. The length of each <Blank> is shorter than the <Puzzle Answer>. Take the Nth

letter of Puzzle Answer where N is the length of <Blank>:

Card Answer <Blank> PosThree THORNS CROWN Ace NKing CEREMONIES MASTER 2 OJoker JUSTICE HALL 3 TAce RIGHTS BILL 4 HFour THIEVES DEN 5 IFive MAGNESIA MILK 6 NJack THOUGHT TRAIN 7 GQueen QUESTIONING LINE 8 SSix CONFUSION STATE 9 UEight CONSCIOUSNESS STREAM 10 ISeven INTRIGUE WEB Jack TTen DIMES MARCH Queen SNine MORMON BOOK King MTwo CONTENTS TABLE Joker E

The white answer is NOTHING SUITS ME.

For the red message: In each card position, Ace through Joker, there are four cards of three different games, one playing card, and one card from a fourth game. So far, the first three games have been used for the coded messages and for the white meta. The red message refers to the singletons.

Ace Illuminati Office Temps

2 Fightball Norman

3 Elixir Enchanted shield

4 We Didn’t Playtest This Either

Rubber Diving Suit

5 U.S. Patent No. 1 Attack Monkey Wrench

6 Girl Genius Noopta

7 Apples vs. Apples

Killer Whales

8 Escape from Zyzzlvaria

Alien Encounter!

9 Mr. Card Game Mad Looting Skillz

10 Zombies! Adrenaline Rush

Jack Chrononauts Titanic Explodes

Queen Falling Extra

King Unexploded Cow Uriah

Joker Mystery Rummy Robert Louis Stevenson

First letters of the titles of each singleton spell out ONE RANK AMATEUR.

A N S W

O N I E

I G N R

T S E Qu

Ace• Aquarius.©1998, Looney Laboratories. • The Great Dalmuti. ©1994 Wizards of the Coast• Illuminati. ©1982-1999 Steve Jackson Games Incorporated• Mausoleum. ©2000 R. Hunter Gough and Savant Garde

Two• Fightball: Texas Wildcast vs. The Cruisers. ©2002 Cheapass

Games and James Ernest Games• Kill Dr. Lucky @1996 Cheapass Games• Logomachy ©1889 McLoughlin Bros• Ryder-White Tarot Cards @1971 U. S Games

Three• Clue @2013 Hasbro• Deadwood @1999 Cheapass Games• Elixir @2000 Mayfair Games• Shoot the Moon. ©2007 Fundex Games, Ltd.

Four• Five Crowns ©1996, 1997 Set Enterprises, Inc.• Payday @1975 Parker Brothers• Trivial Pursuit: Genus IV Edition @1996 Horn Abbott Ltd.• We Didn’t Playtest This Either. ©2009 Asmadi Games

Five• Canasta Caliente! ©2001 Hasbro• Freeloader @2002 James Ernest and Cheapass Games• Pictionary @1985 Pictionary Incorporated• U.S. Parent No. 1 @2001 James Ernest and Cheapass

Games

Six• Fluxx @Looney Laboratories• Girl Genius @2001 James Ernest Games• Lost Cities @1999 KOSMOS Verlag• Nanofictionary ©2002 Looney Laboratories

Seven• Apples vs. Apples ©2000 Out of the Box Publishing, llc• Cold War: CIA vs. KGB ©2011 Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc.• Monopoly @2004 Hasbro• Phase 10 @2003 Fundex Games

Eight• Escape from Zyzzlvaria. Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb

At Midnight• Kahuna @1998 KOSMOS Verlag• Munchkin Zombies ©2011, 2012 Steve Jackson Games.

Characters ©John Kovalic• Set @1988, 1991 Marsha J. Falco

Nine• Mhing ©1983 Suntex International• Mr. Card Game @2012 Asymmetric Publications Inc• Risk @1959, 1963 Parker Brothers• Too Many Cooks. ©2002 R&R Games Incorporated

Ten• Katzenjammer Blues. ©1998 Simba Toys• Shipwrecked @2000 Out of the Box Publishing Inc• Timeline: Science and Discoveries. Asmodee Games• Zombies! @2001 Journeyman Press

Jack• Chrononauts. ©2000 Looney Laboratories, Inc.• Dominion @Rio Grande Games• Gother Than Thou ©2000 R. Hunter Gough and Savant

Garde• Pathfinder Adventure Card Game @2013 Paizo Publishing,

LLC

Queen• Falling @1999 James Ernest Cheapass Games• Guillotine @1998 Wizards of the Coast• Landlord @1998 Abacusspiele• Mamma Mia! Designed by Uwe Rosenberg ©1998

Abacusspiele

King• Chez Geek 3: Block Party @2000 Steve Jackson Games• Cranium Zigity. ©2004 Cranium Inc.• Love Letters Kanai Factory Edition @2013 Alderac

Entertainment Group• Unexploded Cow. @2000 James Ernest and Cheapass

Games

Joker• Battleline @2000 GMT Games• Dixit Asmodee Games• Frank’s Zoo. ©1999 Doris Matthäus & Frank Nestel• Mystery Rummy ©2000 U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

List of games used and copyright informationP&A Puzzle Magazine acknowledges that cards used for the metapuzzle in issue 52 are the intellectual property of all the fine folks list below. Cards and artwork were used without permission. Years are taken from the physical game, and may have been renewed at a later date.

A 2 3 4 5

6 7 (codes) 8 9

10 J Q K Joker

Cover PuzzleA. Breaking Bad, B. Mad Men, C. Jeopardy!, D. American Horror Story, E. That 70s Show

This or That2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 13, and 15 are Longfellow’s poems. The rest are rap songs.

Quote SquareJezebel [Row 3], Lincoln [Row 4], Chaplin [Column 7], Iron Man [Column 3], Roxanne [Row 2], Tootsie [Row 5], Rain Man [Column 2], Amadeus [Row 1], The Jerk [Column 4], Dracula [Row 7], Serpico [Row 6], Mr.Deeds [Column 6], Hancock [Column 5], Aladdin [Column 1]“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”-Albert Schweitzer

Sixty-Second Test1. top priority2. Peter Piper3. Twitter4. quieter5. pirouette6. rupture7. repertoire8. potpourri9. puppeteer10. etiquette

Word Gardensatirist, prop comic, stand-up comedian, improv artist, impressionist, clown, ventriloquist, pantomime. Extra letters spell “No laughing matter,”

Jawdroppin’It’s no longer a question of staying healthy. It’s a question of finding a sickness you like.

CryptolistomaniaLosing My Religion: Buddhist, Lutheran, Protestant, Presbyterian, Sunni, Jainist,

Zoroastrian, Taoist, Calvinist, Agnostic (religions)

Stand: Carrie, ‘Salem’s Lot, Doctor Sleep, Bag of Bones, Misery, Needful Things, Under the Dome, Hearts in Atlantis, Desperation, Mr. Mercedes (Stephen King novels)

It’s the End of the World As We Know It: Extinction, Apocalypse, Armageddon, Ragnarok, End of Days, Rapture, Mutual assured destruction, Pandemic, Nuclear holocaust, Doomsday (end of the world scenarios)

Orange Crush: Schweppes, Sierra Mist, Squirt, Mr. Pibb, Barq’s, Mountain Dew, Canada Dry, Tab, Moxie, Surge (non-cola sodas)

Shiny Happy People: Aquafresh, Crest, Aim, Tom’s of Maine, Pepsodent, Colgate, Rembrandt, Ultra Brite, Arm & Hammer, Ipana (brands of toothpaste)

Superman: Lex Luthor, Silver Banshee, Toyman, Bizarro, Brainiac, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Doomsday, General Zod, Parasite, Metallo (Superman villains)

n Answers: Pieces of BambooCard QuoteA. W(AX)IER*2. DAWNED*3. WAL(NU)T4. S(HAKE)N5. A+THEN+A6. VI-X-hENS7. HEL(I+U)M8. yAWNING9. S+LEDGE10. TI(T)TLEJ. banANALOGanberryQ. WHI(RR)S*K. STATIC*“I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.”

Logic PuzzleNeither woman earned just 1 badge (clue 7), but together earned 5 or fewer (clue 4), so they earned 2 and 3 badges respectively. Hannah is not Montana (clue 8), has a giraffe avatar (clue 4), or got 1 question right (clue 7), so she is titanicladle. The player with the rhino avatar earned 5 badges, and must be Montana (clue 7), and the person with the giraffe avatar earned 4. Of the two people in clue 6, Shasta earned 4 and the person with the tapir avatar earned 2. Desmond does not have 1 badge (clue 5), so he is Montana and Doogie earned 1 badge. Mr. Howser therefore is Shasta. Howser did not earn the Nobody's Home badge, so he earned the other four. For each badge to have been earned by exactly 3 players, Doogie earned the Nobody's Home badge. Brewster is hugefork, and can only be Doogie. He does not have the tapir avatar (above) or the hippo avatar (clue 13), so he has the wildebeest avatar. immensespatula does not have the Spaghetti Singer badge, so she must be Punky. Hannah must have this badge. Pfeiffer is not Punky, she is Hannah and Punky is McNasty. McNasty earned 2 badges (clue 11) and had the tapir avatar, which leaves Hannah to have the hippo avatar. grandknife is either Desmond or Shasta. Either way, he earned the Superstition badge, so Hannah didn't. Punky must have earned the Superstition badge, which accounts for both her badges. Hannah earned Citrus and Underappreciated. bigspoon is not Desmond, he's Shasta, and grandknife is Desmond. In summary:• Doogie Brewster, hugefork has a wildebeest avatar. Badges: Nobody's

Home • Punky McNasty, immensespatula has a tapir avatar. Badges: Nobody's

Home, Superstition My Way• Hannah Pfeiffer, titanicladle has a hippo avatar. Badges: Citrus Crazy,

Spaghetti Singer, Underappreciated• Shasta Howser, bigspoon has a giraffe avatar. Badges: Citrus Crazy,

Spaghetti Singer, Superstition My Way, Underappreciated• Desmond Montana, grandknife has a rhino avatar. Badges: Citrus Crazy,

Nobody's Home, Spaghetti Singer, Superstition My Way, Underappreciated

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