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Solution to The Messy Room

The Investigation

Answer: UNKEMPT
by Eric Berlin

Each grid is a dropquote where the letters are either in the letter list above or below the grid. When solved, each produces a famous quote where the words are out of order, and each is missing a word.

The seven quotes (with missing words in brackets) are:

After alphabetizing the missing words by the last names of the speakers and taking the first letters, you get the answer to this puzzle: UNKEMPT.

H I S T H A T W O R L D O F H E F E E L
S W A S A N Y T H A N C U L T I V A T I O
N I S T H E A G A I N S T I A C O N S
P I R A C Y B O R N L E S S W R I T E R T
H E S U P P O S E T A L E N T I N T O W H
I C H
HANBAICAC
IEEPAICAADLAKBHLCEH
IIHAATONLEAHLNEMAIRNIFOEO
NOICLWSTOWNSLNIOFNRNTITSS
OTWSTYSTSYTTOVSTUNTSVNUWT
T H A T W I T H A N D A F U R N I T U R E
T O A S U C H S T O C K B R A I N C H
O O S E Y O U Y O U I M A N S I T L
I K E L I T T L E H A V E A T T I C A S
I S C O N S I D E R O R I G I N A L L Y
EABEDEAA
IHEAHEAECEACCGEAAEAC
LIOIEIIEDHLNELEGIIAIHAREC
NKSNOSOUHPOTLOELITRJITSME
TSTTUTTUSTRUTRFMOUTNLYTRL
I N N O O F P R O B L E M S A N D S M A
L L B E T W E E N T H E F O R T H E R E
S A M E A N D T H E O F I S J U S T I C
E T R U T H A L L L A R G E T R E A T M E
N T I S S U E S C O N C E R N I N G A R E
D I F F E R E N C E P E O P L E
AECABR
DBFEIENFEDCBEEEEAARE
ILMFLENNHDHOHEIFEMGAASHA
SNORORUVNLRONOPMNRERDETIA
WTSTSTWWRNYPOORRSSNTUSTME
P E O P L E W I D E L Y I N M O V E T H E
A T H E V E R Y O F M A D E A N D A
B E G I N N I N G C R E A T E D A N G R Y
W A S L O T H A S B A D B E E N A S T
H I S R E G A R D E D
E
AEHEAEEEBOIAE
HDEGLNGAIGEDRANADONEEABD
PESIMOGINRSFSFATBDTSNGDTE
RIUPRPTITYTLYSDWLLUVYNTYT
O F I M A G I N A T I O N C A S T D E A T H
D R E A M S T O F E D W E U P O N B O
R N I N A W A Y B Y R E A L I T Y A N D
P U T P R I C E L E S S I L L U S I O N
DF
EHIFAEBAADA
IMIAAMHAAFEDCELIEHNAA
ONETNMRICEIIENPCEMLPIONNH
TPRTTOSWEOLPYWRWOSUTOSSRO
T H E I R T H E M P E O P L E R E A S O N
E V E N O F L E F T W H E N A S A F R A
I D T H E M A I F B E C O M E H A S M
O M E N T S F E W F O R W E L E F T H A
D
EHE
CDAFHEIGFCLEE
IHENOSEALMFOFOEFHEEDAABHA
OIENOTFNNMNTHRHLIREEFAFNM
OVHORTTWOWSTOTTSNTRSTTOSW
W I S D O M W I T H O U T S P E E C H B E
O F N O A N D N O L I B E R T Y A S W
I T H O U T A S S U C H F R E E D O M S U
C H F R E E D O M O F T H I N G T H E R E
C A N T H I N G T H O U G H T
CACADHBEC
HCDREAEOGFEGEAEEE
PFRNSHHIDEGOADIHPLIIHHEIH
SISNUMHOSRHRIESNRNTIOMRNL
WTSSUYPTYTOUUOUSTWTYTOSRU