“What a Great Place to Start” Each Trigram Quote Is Taken from a Movie
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“What a Great Place to Start” Hall of Heroes Each trigram quote is taken from a movie where the movie’s name is part of Answers to clues are all Special Moves of DC Heroes in the videogame the quote. It has been replaced with TITLE in each quote. Injustice 2. • MYSTERY MEN: Champion City will forever owe a debt of gratitude to these TITLE. AA_: Killing Field; AA_: Good and Evil; AEG: Night Ranger; AN_: Surrender; ANS: • ARMAGEDDON: We are faced with the very gravest of challenges. The Beauty and the Beast; BOS: Hallucinations; CMS: Slaughter; COI: Blood Bath; Bible calls this day “TITLE.” ENE: Disobeying Orders; ESI: Bogged Down; EVH: Mind Tricks; FSA: Breaking • LOVE ACTUALLY: If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that Point; GWF: Double Trouble; HDL: Bad Seed; HE_: Violent Tendencies; HOA: TITLE is all around. Blowout; IEW: Natural Disaster; IMM: Comeback; ISH: Greased Lightning; ITM: • LAST OF THE MOHICANS: Tell them to be patient and ask death for Game Changer; LRG: Heartless; LRO: Queen’s Gambit; MN_: Sideline; NEY: speed; for they are all there but one - I, Chingachgook - TITLE. Punishment; ODM: Destroy; OHE: Beware; ORN: Crimson Red; PME: Death • ON THE WATERFRONT: If you don’t think Christ is down here TITLE you’ve Wish; REI: Man eater; RLM: Born to Kill; RNE: Hot Pursuit; RNE: Inner Strength; got another guess coming. ROI: Overdose; RT_: Throwing Shade; RWC: Be Afraid; SEO: Checkmate; • FULL METAL JACKET: Seven. Six. Two. Millimeter. TITLE. SNE: Anti-Life; SP_: Roller Coaster; SSE: Hybrid; TE_: Quiver; TIM: Subliminal • THE ARISTOCRATS: and that’s the act! I’m gonna call it TITLE. Messages; UHE: Family Tree; URV: Dead to Rights • MEN IN BLACK: You’re above the System. Over it. Beyond it. We’re ‘them.’ We’re ‘they.’ We are the TITLE. Group answers by character and order alphabetically. The three character • ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND.: TITLE. Each pray’r prefix will form a clue related to the character. The enumerations provided will accepted and each wish resign’d. match the characters and answers uniquely. • REAR WINDOW: I’m not much on TITLE ethics. Swamp Thing • HDL: Bad Seed He guards Plants • INDEPENDENCE DAY: We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! • ESI: Bogged Down what life? Today we celebrate our TITLE • GWF: Double Trouble • CON AIR: Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I have the • UHE: Family Tree only gun on board. Welcome to TITLE • AA_: Killing Field • ANY GIVEN SUNDAY: On TITLE you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. • RT_: Throwing Shade First letters (ignoring “The”) spell MALL OF AMERICA. Green Arrow • AEG: Night Ranger Alter Ego Oliver • LRO: Queen’s Gambit Queen Dead Man’s Hand • TE_: Quiver Each hand clues a five-letter word. In order: QUEEN, ROBOT, RABBI, COURT, Flash • ISH: Greased Lightning Iris's Wally West JOKER, BLOND, FROST, RASTA, TALLY, CADET, FUNGI • RNE: Hot Pursuit Nephew • IEW: Natural Disaster Entering the letters into the chart gives: • SP_: Roller Coaster BETEFICTAANOL Cyborg • HOA: Blowout His Moms Elinore AJUDABQURSLAN • IMM: Comeback Name GBROTUEROBYRT • SSE: Hybrid FCRDTOKTOROSL • MN_: Sideline This spells out a series of traitors, with a changed letter in each column. Atrocitus • COI: Blood Bath Color Ring Red BEnEdICTArNOL • ORN: Crimson Red dJUDAsQUiSLiN • LRG: Heartless GBRuTUsROBeRT Scarecrow • RWC: Be Afraid Robert Who Englund FoRDTOKyOROSe • OHE: Beware Voices Him • BOS: Hallucinations The incorrect letters spell ACT OF BETRAYAL. • EVH: Mind Tricks • ROI: Overdose Let’s Go • TIM: Subliminal Messages Each paragraph clues a word or phrase ending GO. Black Canary • FSA: Breaking Point First Name Dinah • GINKGO • ITM: Game Changer • OSWEGO • RNE: Inner Strength • TANGO • TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Robin • RLM: Born to Kill Real Name Damian • ARCHIPELAGO • ENE: Disobeying Orders • BINGO • AA_: Good and Evil • LOGO Darkseid • SNE: Anti-Life Son And Orion • ALTEREGO • ODM: Destroy Enemy • NYONG’O • NEY: Punishment • KEY LARGO • AN_: Surrender • EMBARGO • MAR-A-LAGO Cheetah • ANS: Beauty and the Arch- Wonder • AMIGO Beast nemesis Woman • LINGO • REI: Man eater • LUMBAGO • CMS: Slaughter • HE_: Violent Tendencies First letters spell “Gotta blank ’em all,” a reference to the Pokemon slogan. Deadshot • SEO: Checkmate Super Move Never Miss The blank is replaced with CATCH. • URV: Dead to Rights • PME: Death Wish First letters of the answers spell POWERED DOWN. The Electric Can Opener The Berkeley Pit Canned Clues: Canberra, Canthus, Canoodles, In the ON TOP grid, some squares contain the letters PIT. The corresponding Candescent, Cancel, Canis, Cane, Can letters in the other grid spell LUMP. Uncanned: Cel, E, Berra, Is, Oodles, Descent, Thus Arrange the cans in a pyramid shape, such that each row is a canned clue answer (assuming the first can is CAN). Read down the left hand side to see HOLE IS IT. The answer is HOLE. The Toaster A. Mastermind, B. Deadeye Dick, C. Twisty, D. Traffic signal, E. Children of the Corn, F. Confidently, G. Youtube, H. Dangal, I. Peanuts, J. Flagellum, K. Stove, L. Indoor Tennis Court, M. Biscuit, N. Television Without Pity, O. Goofoff, P. Chestnut, Q. Laundry Room, R. Arcadia, S. Uruguay, T. Deep Trouble, U. Tweedledee, V. Rooster Cogburn, X. Stygian, Y. Song of Solomon, Z. August, AA. Whereby You can swim in the middle of a gunfight and your guns will not get I Write Off a Trip to the MIM waterlogged. For you, descriptions of driving never get old. You are at once The instruments pictured are in this order on the audiofile. The real names of amused and bewildered by your collection of matchsticks. You encounter a the instruments are given in parenthesis, but are not needed for solving. troupe of thespian funambulists. They are glib, and not to be trusted. Your • Squeeze Toy (Udakai) attic is full of secrets. • Fake Turtle (Tahitian Ukulele) • Pixie Prong (Flabiol I cobla) The text are a series of items taken from articles on the website The Toast • Big Old Bell (Trychle) about “How To Tell If You Are In…” • Sheep Stick (Zampogna a • How To Tell If You Are In A Bollywood Movie chiave) • How To Tell If You Are In A Stephen King Novel • Cork Choker (Gopuz) • How To Tell If You Are In A Logic Problem • Lemur Poker (Erhu) • How To Tell If You Are In A Tom Stoppard Play • Face Pinner (Sho) • How To Tell If You Are In Goosebumps book • Booty Juker (Ugly Stick) • Tiny Stools (Pat-Waing) Five clues explicitly correspond with these categories: clues H, E, A, R, and T. The answer is HEART. All of the fake names are 10 letters long. Reading the Address Check diagonal gives SAXOPHONES Each answer is one of the sets of letters at the top plus a state abbreviation. • ADJECTIVE (CT) • INJUSTICE (NJ) Knight Rider 3-D • ARMADILLO (AR) • INSOMNIAC (MN) The knight travels along the • AUTOPILOT (UT) • ISOSCELES (SC) surface of the clue, making • BANDWIDTH (WI) • JUNKYARDS (KY) traditional knight moves (2 • BREAKFAST (AK) • LAWNMOWER (NM) squares in one direction, 1 • CAFETERIA (CA) • LOCKSMITH (MI) in another). This can have a • CATERWAUL (WA) • MAGAZINES (AZ) significant effect as it crosses • CHEST X-RAY (TX) • MAKESHIFT (MA) edges. • CHIHUAHUA (HI) • MILKSHAKE (IL) • CLAIM TO BE (MT) • PINEAPPLE (IN) The given destinations • CRITIQUES (RI) • PROHIBITS (OH) are shown. The unused • DIAPHRAGM (IA) • PROJECTOR (OR) squares spell out ANSWER • EAVESDROP (SD) • PURGATORY (GA) IS TOUR OF DUTY. • ENVELOPES (NV) • QUICKSAND (KS) • EPONYMOUS (NY) • STORM DOOR (MD) Cross Your Heart • EQUIPMENT (ME) • STRAW VOTE (WV) The completed grid is • EXEMPLARY (LA) • SUPERNOVA (VA) to the right. Down the • EXPANSIVE (PA) • TAXIDERMY (ID) center can be read DEEP • FLASHBULB (FL) • TOM SAWYER (WY) PURPLE. • FLUMMOXED (MO) • VIDEOTAPE (DE) • FREQUENCY (NC) • WHIMSICAL (MS) Hope to Die • HANDIWORK (ND) • WITNESSES (TN) Solve the Sudoku and • HDTV TUNER (VT) • XYLOPHONE (NE) add up the colored dice. • HEXAGONAL (AL) • ZIRCONIUM (CO) You’ll get 10-5-23-5-12 or • INHIBITED (NH) JEWEL. One state abbreviation is missing, and that’s OK. (Submitting OKLAHOMA will instruct the solver to use the state abbreviation.) Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em The images all clue cigarette brands: Maverick, Fortuna, Basic, Kent, Newport, Chesterfield, Camel, Pyramid, Embassy, Parliament The cigarette brands fit into the blanks alphabetically. Take the letter matching the ! in original clue order to get EAST OF EDEN. Diamond Mine Lover’s Lane The unclued second row spells out CENTRAL ARKANSAS. For each set, each underscore can be replaced with one of two letters (e.g., PAJAMAS or PANAMAS). If grouped correctly, they spell famous lovers with one missing a letter. • NAPOLEON and JOSE(P)HINE • ORPHEUS and EU(R)YDICE • GUIN(E)VERE and LANCELOT • (T)RISTAN and ISOLDE • BONNI(E) and CLYDE RATAZ • ROMEO and JULI(E)T RATAZ is VEXED Caesar shifted. Whitney Smith is the coiner of the word • CLEOPATRA and MARC A(N)TONY vexillology. The items given are things found on country flags shifted a certain • PYRAMU(S) and THISBE number of letters. • Nguni Shield (Swaziland/15) Dominoes in Action • Golden Lion (Sri Lanka/23) The completed grid is shown. Shaded • Mokorotlo (Lesotho/18) areas spell DOES. • Boar’s Horn (Vanuatu/4) • Bird Of Paradise (Papua New Guinea/5) Rosalila, Stab A Little Harder • Orange Eagle (Zambia/19) Different types of knives can be found • Ashoka Chakra (India/9) in the grid in 4x4 squares reading • Eagle Of Saladin (Egypt/5) clockwise or counterclockwise. As • Angkor Wat (Cambodia/9) shown by the graphic, circle the letters • Star Of David (Israel/18) that the handle would point to if it covered the first letter. • Thunder Dragon (Bhutan/18) • Sisserou Parrot (Dominica/20) Extra letters spell: “Read the letters covered by the handles and complete the • Green Cedar (Lebanon/8) lyric with a related eleven-letter word.