Elihu Leather Metapuzzle

by Jeffrey Harris

Each interview segment features a food or beverage product whose name is (sometimes obliquely) synonymous with an answer to one of the puzzles in this dossier. Furthermore, each interviewee’s dialogue contains a phrase which can be interpreted as a method to extract a letter (or letters) from the corresponding solution word.

Indicator	Food/Beverage	Answer Word
“take the third/fifth”	Nehi	raDaR love
“letters in prime position”	Grey Goose	wATeRbIrd
“middle pair”	Lays	bEDs
“right between the eyes (I’s)”	Whoppers	falsiTies
“odd characters”	Clearly Canadian	OnTaRiAn
“second half”	Royal Crown	diaDEM
“at sixes and sevens”	Cheerios	sayonARas
“silent type”	Ding-Dong	Knell

Reading the indicated letters in clip order gives the motive phrase: DR. A TRIED TO TRADE MARK.