1752 Meta
by Darren Rigby
ANSWER: POLES SHIFT
The answers from this round are:
| Puzzle | Answer |
|---|---|
| Don't Tri This at Home | TRUE TO LIFE |
| Ceres | AXIS |
| Message From Above | HEARSAY EVIDENCE |
| String Maze | FINISH LINE |
| It Takes Two | LEATHERETTE |
| The Prodigious Riddle of Juno | SELF-DRIVE |
| Reduce, Recycle | INERT |
| Conquering the World | SOWETO |
| Nanohunts | THE GIFT OF THE MAGI |
| Crossed Swords | POINTER |
Each of these answers contains a spelled-out number; the odd numbers are spelled forward, and the even numbers are spelled backwards. Using this to order the answers, reversing the even-numbered answers, spells the answer POLES SHIFT as an acrostic (or as an alternative interpretation, the directions of the spelled out numbers can be used to indicate the end from which to extract letters):
- POINTER
- OTEWOS
- LEATHERETTE
- EFIL OT EURT
- SELF-DRIVE
- SIXA
- HEARSAY EVIDENCE
- IGAM EHE FO TFIG EHT
- FINISH LINE
- TRENI
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