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Solution to How To Have It All

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Answer: DIRTY MOPS
by Ben Smith and Justin Ladia

Each of the 26 cards clues the elements of a pangram that can be assembled from the word bank.

Checking the letter counts of each pangram against the letter counts of the card, there is one extra letter on each card.

Each pangram starts with a different letter of the alphabet, suggesting that these should be placed in alphabetical order once assembled. The extra letter from each card, in alphabetical order, spells out FIRST WORD DIRTY LAST WORD MOPS, giving the final answer for the puzzle, DIRTY MOPS.

ClueEnumerationPangramExtra Letter
A river using Leno's credit card,
readings needed in undergrad legal class.
6 7 3'1 4 3 8 6 9Amazon charged Jay’s VISA for required prelaw textbooks.F
A listicle site with a posed query specifically curious about the cost of a Japanese city's trench coats8 10 3 4 7 4 5 3 2 9Buzzfeed questioned why long jackets from Tokyo are so expensive.I
Armies of comfortable fans of a former Discovery Channel show,
adorations regarding detonating objects simply to learn.
4 11 5 5 2 7 6 4 3 9Cozy Mythbusters squad loves to explode things just for knowledge.R
Acne-infested male dork who opined that Square Enix franchise was plainly cinematic.6 5 3 4 1 5, 3 5, 3-5 3 9Dragon Quest was just a movie, the geeky, zit-faced boy explained.S
Getting kicked out from a chain restaurant followed by a transfer with meats, buns, and sodas that were available in another chain restaurant6 4 5 3, 2 4 5 2 7 3 4 4 5 5Exiled from Pizza Hut, we just moved to burgers and Coke from Dairy Queen.T
A cunning yet self-important singer who may say that "love don't cost a thing".
Cooking you your egg tart not included.
4 4 8 5 4'1 6 2 6Foxy diva Jennifer Lopez wasn't baking my quicheW
Auric,
enemy who destroys gold vaults,
head of research's victorious agent
10: 11 5 2. 4 3 1'1 3 5 4Goldfinger: archvillain razes Ft. Knox but Q’s spy James wins.O
Festive test,
question asking the reason for igniting Christmas bark,
expressing favor for prepared poultry
7 4: 2 4, 3 4 4 1 4 3? 1 6 6 6Holiday quiz: at Xmas, why just burn a yule log? I prefer carved turkey.R
Batman's Poison from Thailand enlivened for an encounter with the capital city's absolute dirtiest bits3 3 6 2 10 3 4 7 5 2 7Ivy was jazzed to experience the most squalid parts of BangkokD
A nonsense poem,
Lewis Carroll one part from their most famous title remarking deranged blended compositions
11: 6 2 10 8 4 5-2 6Jabberwocky: author of "Wonderland" quipping zany mixed-up versesD
Yugoslavian monarch barely somewhat defeated,
a Greek philosopher sitting inside their bath who had been interrogated by said monarch
4 9 3 4 6 8 5 8 8 2 3 4King Alexander was just partly overcome after quizzing Diogenes in his tub.I
Loafing runners,
presumption that singer Paisley will acquire a dart held by the case he owns
4 7? 1 6 4 2 4 2 5 4 3 6Lazy joggers? I expect Brad to take an arrow from his quiver.R
Fashion mogul Isaac who conceived sultry coats,
failed sparkly face concealer from said mogul
7 8 4 7, 3 3 8 4 3 1 4Mizrahi designed sexy jackets, but his sequined veil was a flop.T
Japanese spies,
death officials who would rather exhibit specific characteristics

* Specific characteristics include: courage, slyness, miraculous silence
6: 12 3 6 2 2 5, 6, 3 9 5Ninjas: executioners who prefer to be brave, sneaky, and amazingly quiet.Y
Ad agency CEO,
garbage payment agreement that has been disposed and priced at an extremely large amount (but 75% less)
6 4 6 1 7 2 1 7 5 5 2 4 5Ogilvy exec dumped a quarter of a zillion bucks worth of junk bonds.L
Sixty alcohol bottles,
a cardboard container for you to house said alcohol bottles
4 2 3 4 4 5 6 4Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugsA
Michael Wilton's posse which is identified to be one specific musical genre group,
Roger Earl's posse,
time period,
combined musical genre,
Bebop pioneer,
music genre
11 3 1 5 4. 6, 9 3/4. 3 5, 4Queensryche was a metal band. Foghat, seventies pop/rock. Max Roach, jazz.S
Two cartoon animals that brawled on account of the pie carton5 1 8 3 10 5 6 4 1 5 3Rocky J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle Moose fought over a pizza box.T
Human-lion-falcon hybrid made with dark mineral that will assess your promise6 2 5 6 5 2 3Sphinx of black quartz judge my vowW
Statement about how wonderful the questionable game show is,
elder who made that statement
"6'1 '8!' 4 2 1 2 4 4!" 9 7“Trebek’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Hell of a TV quiz show!” exclaimed grandpa.O
Thawed Neanderthal bar member (we think) who revels due to an outstanding absolution from a court figure"8 7 6" 5 2 3 5'1 11 9“Unfrozen caveman lawyer” basks in the judge’s exceptional acquittal.R
One state,
cute young dog of specific breed,
noisy plaything to get said dog simply vexed
8, 3 8 4-3 3, 2 4 9 2 1 7 4 3Virginia, the adorable Shih-Tzu pup, is just flummoxed by a squeaky chew toy.D
The most terrible background music brand,
making new recordings of songs from a male solo artist plus a band that you may mistake as also being a male solo artist,
instruments for said recording*

*Types of instruments include: percussion, wind
5 5: 8 4 3 10 2 9 3 5Worst Muzak: covering Beck and Jamiroquai on xylophone and flute.M
St. Francis,
an unrestrained casual Medieval fool who is perpetually misnaming a female monarch as actress White
6, 1 6 8 5 6, 4 7 5 9 5Xavier, a wildly informal court jester, kept calling Queen Elizabeth "Betty."O
Cartoon bear who adores strange nosh,
a bird in possession of peppers from a North American country as an example
4 5 7 4 4 5 4 7 9Yogi loves bizarre food like quail with Mexican jalapenos.P
Actor Saldana,
hasty orthographic presentation showing one New York landmark looked at by said actor
3 6 1 5 11 10 2 3 8 8Zoe viewed a quick axonometric projection of the Chrysler Building.S

Author's Notes

Justin had the idea of doing something as all-inclusive as possible with pangrams, and the thought of doing something that repeatedly used A-Z in as many elements as possible appealed to me as well. After going a little too high-concept and trying to do something riffing on SNL's Stefon (this phrase has EVERYTHING, etc.), thinking about the theme of this round made me think of the page in Ikea instruction manuals listing out every screw and fastener you should have received in your flat-pack kit, and here we are.

MASSIVE thanks to Craig Eliason's The Daily Pangram blog (which you may have discovered while solving this puzzle) for helping us figure out a clueable pangram that starts with every letter of the alphabet.