The wordsearch consists of words/phrases containing the name of a bird, but with the bird names replaced with the letter X. Enumerations are given in alphabetical order by bird name.
| O | E | F | N | E | R | G | N | O | S | X | X | F | E |
| X | C | L | O | C | K | O | U | A | N | W | S | X | T |
| A | X | I | T | F | F | X | R | M | E | O | A | R | W |
| T | D | V | O | X | O | E | F | E | E | T | M | O | X |
| T | O | E | K | H | U | S | O | R | H | H | N | L | B |
| I | B | F | I | O | R | E | N | I | S | R | E | Y | U |
| C | A | I | L | O | T | T | E | C | X | E | F | A | M |
| U | H | V | L | D | W | L | L | A | U | R | I | T | P |
| S | C | E | A | O | O | A | X | N | R | E | A | I | S |
| X | I | O | X | U | F | M | O | X | T | O | V | B | O |
| N | F | R | E | E | R | A | N | G | E | X | E | V | X |
| Enum | Answer |
|---|---|
| (4 5 7) | FREE RANGE CHICKEN |
| (7 5) | ICHABOD CRANE |
| (7) | CROWBAR |
| (6 5) | CUCKOO CLOCK |
| (8 5) | AMERICAN EAGLE |
| (7 6) | MALTESE FALCON |
| (7 5) | ATTICUS FINCH |
| (10) | GOOSEBUMPS |
| (3 4) | JAY LENO |
| (6 5) | MARTIN SHEEN |
| (2 4 1 11) | TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD |
| (5 4) | ROBIN HOOD |
| (4 4) | SWAN SONG |
| (6 5) | TAYLOR SWIFT |
| (6 3) | TOUCAN SAM |
When read column-wise from left to right (clued by "downhill" in the flavortext), the unused letters form indices ONE FIVE FIVE ONE FOUR FOUR TWO FOUR FOUR TWO THREE ONE FIVE FIVE TWO. These indices are assigned to the birds / X's in the same column-wise order:
| Entry | Bird name | Index | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUCKOO CLOCK | CUCKOO | 1 | C |
| ATTICUS FINCH | FINCH | 5 | H |
| ICHABOD CRANE | CRANE | 5 | E |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | MOCKINGBIRD | 1 | M |
| ROBIN HOOD | ROBIN | 4 | I |
| MALTESE FALCON | FALCON | 4 | C |
| JAY LENO | JAY | 2 | A |
| AMERICAN EAGLE | EAGLE | 4 | L |
| MARTIN SHEEN | MARTIN | 4 | T |
| SWAN SONG | SWAN | 2 | W |
| FREE RANGE CHICKEN | CHICKEN | 3 | I |
| TOUCAN SAM | TOUCAN | 1 | T |
| TAYLOR SWIFT | SWIFT | 5 | T |
| GOOSEBUMPS | GOOSE | 5 | E |
| CROWBAR | CROW | 2 | R |
The extracted letters form CHEMICAL TWITTER, which needs one more corporate change: Twitter had its name changed to X, with its iconic bird logo also changing to an X. Once the change is made, the extract becomes the final answer CHEMICAL X.