#56: Consequences (05/19/2022)
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 5:13 pm
Good one! Thanks, Ricky!
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#56: Consequences (05/19/2022)
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Re: #56: Consequences (05/19/2022)
Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 9:50 pm
Got it.
Re: #56: Consequences (05/19/2022)
Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 10:13 am
Re: #56: Consequences (05/19/2022)
Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 2:19 am
I am having trouble getting into this one. Anyone with a hint?
Re: #56: Consequences (05/19/2022)
Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 6:41 pm
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Congrats to winners I. K. Snamhcok and Martina!
Solution in a bit.
Solution in a bit.
Re: #56: Consequences (05/19/2022)
Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 6:54 pm
SOLUTION
The prompt said you would be looking for a suitable punishment for children who get out of line. Hidden in the three theme entries were three "children" - instances of the word KID - that were "out of line":
uniteDKIngdom
heiDIKlum
potlucKDInner
or
DKI
DIK
KDI
The letters directly _under_ each of these were as follows:
DKI
OGR
DIK
DNU
KDI
IGN
Treating the letters KID as indexes for the corresponding letters below, when you return them to the proper order you get:
KID
GRO
KID
UND
KID
ING
In order from top to bottom, the rearranged letters spell GROUNDING, our answer.
uniteDKIngdom
heiDIKlum
potlucKDInner
or
DKI
DIK
KDI
The letters directly _under_ each of these were as follows:
DKI
OGR
DIK
DNU
KDI
IGN
Treating the letters KID as indexes for the corresponding letters below, when you return them to the proper order you get:
KID
GRO
KID
UND
KID
ING
In order from top to bottom, the rearranged letters spell GROUNDING, our answer.