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Safari Adventure

Wolf

by Yar Woo, Ian Tullis
Answers: ANGST, LOESSES, TRACK UNIT

This puzzle has three answers. All three answers are found in the same manner:

  • Find a topic relating to the crossed out lyrics that can be represented in a pyramid-style chart.
  • Using the crossed out lyrics as a guide, find appropriate words or phrases that belong in that chart, Boggle-style, in the letter pyramid.
  • The words, alphabetically ordered, fit in the blanks in the three boxes at the bottom of the page.
  • Each of the words or phrases you find should overlap with that item's correct position in its pyramid chart by one letter and one letter only.
  • Using the lyrics as an ordering, extract the letter to get your final answer.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

The five lyrics represented here refer to the item on Maslow's hierarchy that is not being addressed in the lyric. In order:
"fearful": SAFETY
"lonely": BELONGINGNESS
"hungry": PHYSIOLOGICAL
"disrespected": ESTEEM
"unfulfilled": SELF-ACTUALIZATION

The completed pyramid is:
pyramid with letters highlighted

Taking the letters in order spells ANGST.

Food Pyramid

The nine lyrics represented here refer to items that are represented in the old, original USDA Food Pyramid. In order:
"broccoli": VEGETABLE
"risotto": RICE
"macaroni": PASTA
"cheddar": CHEESE
"skim": MILK
"chobani": YOGURT
"almonds": NUTS
"trout": FISH
"juices": FRUIT

The completed pyramid is here:

Taking the letters in order spells TRACK UNIT.

Soil Pyramid

The five sizes of the O refer to different sizes of soil particle. In order:
Small O: CLAY
Medium-Large O: SANDY LOAM
Medium O: MEDIUM LOAM
Large O: SAND
Small-Medium O: SILTY CLAY
Medium O: MEDIUM LOAM
Small-Medium O: SILTY CLAY

The completed pyramid is here:

Notice that this is a less common version of the soil texture triangle, which can be distinguished from the more common one by the shape of the loamy sand region. (We needed that E!)

Taking the letters in order spells LOESSES (a type of soil!).