Each of the phrases below the grid has been encrypted using a Caesar shift cipher; when decrypted, each is a phrase that clues a word beginning with OVER or UNDER. (The puzzle’s title is a homophone for “O/U,” an abbreviation for an “over/under” sports bet.) For each phrase, if the shift that decrypts the phrase is also applied to the grid above the list of phrases, the part of the clued word after OVER/UNDER can be found in the transformed grid word-search style. It is then natural to extract the letters that appear immediately OVER or UNDER that word (reading in the same direction as the hidden word). In the grids below, the hidden word is highlighted in red, and the extracted letters are highlighted in blue.
The lengths of the shifts are all different, forming a complete set of numbers from one to ten. Ordering the extracted letters from each shifted grid by the length of shift gives the string DIDNO/TBRI/NGSU/FFICI/ENTL/UGGAG/ESERV/EDONT/HERO/CKS. DID NOT BRING SUFFICIENT LUGGAGE clues the word UNDERPACKED, and SERVED ON THE ROCKS clues the phrase OVER ICE. The answer to this puzzle is PACKED ICE. (Packed ice is a type of block in the game Minecraft. There was thus a reference to the word “block” in an early draft of the puzzle, but zero testers picked up on the reference.)
QVGJWZPHKTH NSCGGDBLMCA SDHNCBIWYUD EMIQNGODNMQ CVYOAVOANUY XSQELSFBROQ MCKGRERZHDK YTDWMXTJFXO SONGVBCSZCQ UMHPJAHANIC LWZNKHRJMGY XZOIYZPBBVB BGHO CTMGZL BNLHB RSQHO ZANTS OHQZSDR CHIP DUNHAM COMIC STRIP ABOUT PIRATES = OVERBOARD
RWHKXAQILUI OTDHHECMNDB TEIODCJXZVE FNJROHPEONR DWZPBWPBOVZ YTRFMTGCSPR NDLHSFSAIEL ZUEXNYUKGYP TPOHWCDTADR VNIQKBIBOJD MXAOLISKNHZ YAPJZAQCCWC NPCQGBCLR NJYWCB ZW QNYACW ML LCRDJGV PRESIDENT PLAYED BY SPACEY ON NETFLIX = UNDERWOOD
SXILYBRJMVJ PUEIIFDNOEC UFJPEDKYAWF GOKSPIQFPOS EXAQCXQCPWA ZUSGNUHDTQS OEMITGTBJFM AVFYOZVLHZQ UQPIXDEUBES WOJRLCJCPKE NYBPMJTLOIA ZBQKABRDDXD MBOFLA MIXVBA QL OBPLISB QFBP FK YXPHBQYXII PERIOD PLAYED TO RESOLVE TIES IN BASKETBALL = OVERTIME
TYJMZCSKNWK QVFJJGEOPFD VGKQFELZBXG HPLTQJRGQPT FYBRDYRDQXB AVTHOVIEURT PFNJUHUCKGN BWGZPAWMIAR VRQJYEFVCFT XPKSMDKDQLF OZCQNKUMPJB ACRLBCSEEYE SNAOPHAN SDKOA OPNAWG SWO XNKGAJ XU XNKYG HAOJWN WRESTLER WHOSE STREAK WAS BROKEN BY BROCK LESNAR = UNDERTAKER
UZKNADTLOXL RWGKKHFPQGE WHLRGFMACYH IQMURKSHRQU GZCSEZSERYC BWUIPWJFVSU QGOKVIVDLHO CXHAQBXNJBS WSRKZFGWDGU YQLTNELERMG PADROLVNQKC BDSMCDTFFZF OMVINAJMHZM VGNJ FIJRI VN BDBVOMJI TRANSFORMER ALSO KNOWN AS GIGATRON = OVERLORD
VALOBEUMPYM SXHLLIGQRHF XIMSHGNBDZI JRNVSLTISRV HADTFATFSZD CXVJQXKGWTV RHPLWJWEMIP DYIBRCYOKCT XTSLAGHXEHV ZRMUOFMFSNH QBESPMWORLD CETNDEUGGAG ZCFG MYLCYM UVION FSWUHM UHX PUGJCLYM FILM SERIES ABOUT LYCANS AND VAMPIRES = UNDERWORLD
WBMPCFVNQZN TYIMMJHRSIG YJNTIHOCEAJ KSOWTMUJTSW IBEUGBUGTAE DYWKRYLHXUW SIQMXKXFNJQ EZJCSDZPLDU YUTMBHIYFIW ASNVPGNGTOI RCFTQNXPSME DFUOEFVHHBH OBWXH ZTFX YXTMNKBGZ LHFUKT TGW CNGDKTM VIDEO GAME FEATURING SOMBRA AND JUNKRAT = OVERWATCH
XCNQDGWORAO UZJNNKISTJH ZKOUJIPDFBK LTPXUNVKUTX JCFVHCVHUBF EZXLSZMIYVX TJRNYLYGOKR FAKDTEAQMEV ZVUNCIJZGJX BTOWQHOHUPJ SDGUROYQTNF EGVPFGWIICI JWHDSUWEWFL OZWF SF SULGJ USFFGL HWJXGJE REPLACEMENT WHEN AN ACTOR CANNOT PERFORM = UNDERSTUDY
YDOREHXPSBP VAKOOLJTUKI ALPVKJQEGCL MUQYVOWLVUY KDGWIDWIVCG FAYMTANJZWY UKSOZMZHPLS GBLEUFBRNFW AWVODJKAHKY CUPXRIPIVQK TEHVSPZRUOG FHWQGHXJJDJ YFKVC NYVIV ARTB KFIIRETV NRJ TRIVKRBVI HOTEL WHERE JACK TORRANCE WAS CARETAKER = OVERLOOK
ZEPSFIYQTCQ WBLPPMKUVLJ BMQWLKRFHDM NVRZWPXMWVZ LEHXJEXJWDH GBZNUBOKAXZ VLTPANAIQMT HCMFVGCSOGX BXWPEKLBILZ DVQYSJQJWRL UFIWTQASVPH GIXRHIYKKEK DEJ OUJ HUQTO JE BUWQBBO RKO QBSEXEB NOT YET READY TO LEGALLY BUY ALCOHOL = UNDERAGE