Temperance: Solution
By James Douberley and Ryan Veeder
Answer:
BONE GRAFT
The outlines are bones, and the images clue nouns from the first half of titles of episodes of TV’s Bones, which are all of the form “The X in the Y.”
| Diagram Location |
Bone | Image Reference | Bones Episode | Shared Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | PATELLA |
Homestar Runner’s The Cheat | The CHEAT in the RETREAT |
T |
| 7 | MANDIBLE |
TV’s The Critic | The CRITIC in the CABERNET |
A |
| 3 | STERNUM |
Sandman’s Death | The DEATH in the DEFENSE |
N |
| 6 | SACRUM |
Iconic Barack Obama “HOPE” posters | The HOPE in the HORROR |
R |
| 8 | FEMUR |
TV’s LOST | The LOST in the FOUND |
F |
| 5 | ZYGOMATIC |
Nightmare, a D&D monster | The NIGHTMARE in the NIGHTMARE |
G |
| 2 | COCCYX |
Overturned salt shaker | The SALT in the WOUNDS |
O |
| 4 | HUMERUS |
Diagrams of American Sign Language | The SIGNS in the SILENCE |
E |
| 1 | RIB |
Two headless Lego minifigures | The TWO BODIES in the LAB |
B |
The length of the name of each bone is the same as the second noun from the episode title, and shares one letter in the same position. When ordered by the numbers from the diagram, these spell BONE GRAFT.