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by Darren Rigby

ANSWER: POLES SHIFT

 

The answers from this round are:

PuzzleAnswer
Don't Tri This at HomeTRUE TO LIFE
CeresAXIS
Message From AboveHEARSAY EVIDENCE
String MazeFINISH LINE
It Takes TwoLEATHERETTE
The Prodigious Riddle of JunoSELF-DRIVE
Reduce, RecycleINERT
Conquering the WorldSOWETO
NanohuntsTHE GIFT OF THE MAGI
Crossed SwordsPOINTER

Each of these answers contains a spelled-out number; the odd numbers are spelled forward, and the even numbers are spelled backwards. Using this to order the answers, reversing the even-numbered answers, spells the answer POLES SHIFT as an acrostic (or as an alternative interpretation, the directions of the spelled out numbers can be used to indicate the end from which to extract letters):

  • POINTER
  • OTEWOS
  • LEATHERETTE
  • EFIL OT EURT
  • SELF-DRIVE
  • SIXA
  • HEARSAY EVIDENCE
  • IGAM EHE FO TFIG EHT
  • FINISH LINE
  • TRENI

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