The Thomas Crown Scare (Solution)
by Kevin Chen, based on an idea by David Reiley
This puzzle takes you to various pieces of art in the Boston and MIT area. At each location, record one letter of the answer and determine the next location by following the instructions. Writing down the letters in order gives the answer MAXWELL SMART. The last three letters of the answer spell ART, making him the perfect person to help protect the art.
| Location | Art | Letter | Next location |
| Faneuil Hall, Samuel Adams Park, near intersection of Congress St. and North St. | Gödel, Escher, Bach neuron | M (Michael J. Galvin) | 6th Red Line T Stop (Boston Harbor Shore Line Circa 1630) |
| Kendall/MIT T Stop | Kendall Band | A (and lead the hammers) | Building 32 |
| Building 32 Gates Lobby | OrigaMIT Holiday Tree Display | X (χ) | Building 76 (third row of slide rule) |
| Building 76 Lobby | Mosaic Tile Map of MIT | W (prefix for west side of campus) | Building 16 |
| 16-5 to 26-5 connector | Cosmic Ray Chandeliers | E (the art detects muons, which are "heavy electron-like particles", and the symbol for electrons involving a lowercase letter is e-) | |
| 16-5 to 8-4 | The Xauxa Khipu | L (the art looks like lowercase l) | Area next to building 32 (European invasion of the Andean zone of South America in 1532) |
| North Court | Aesop's Fables, II | L (Percent-for-Art funds for the Northeast Sector Landscape) | 64 (Class of 1964) |
| Next to Building 64 | Transparent Horizon | S (the art is commonly referred to as Transparent Horizons) | Building 36 |
| Building 36 Lobby | Two-faced sculpture (name unknown) | M (Robert M. Fairchild) | Building 6 |
| Building 6 and 6C | Bars of Color within Squares | A (Building 6C) | 4-4 |
| Strobe Alley | Dancing Dots | R (rubber shaft) | Building 4 |
| Ellen Swallow Richards Lobby | Portrait of Ellen Swallow Richards, replaced by MIT Museum letter stating that the portrait has been removed | T (8) |