Close Encounterclockwise

by Mark Halpin

ANSWER: TURN BACK TIME

 

This puzzle functions as a normal cryptogrammatic list, with the exception that the given letters are all presented in various rotations. Also, each letterform is a rotation of another. The unrotated alphabet is shown below.


As a solving aid, each letter is shown exactly once in its correct orientation, in maroon. The list decrypts into a series of clues, each of which suggests an answer in the form of "N°". Within each clue, exactly two encrypted letters have been rotated N° counterclockwise. Clues, answers, and relevant letters are:

ASTROLOGY'S QUINCUNX ASPECT150°
MONTEREY PENINSULA MAGAZINE65°
SEPARATION
PAPER'S BURNING POINT451°
FIGHT ALTERNATIVE?54.40°
FORT MINOR OPUS100°
TIMMONS, LACHEY, ET AL98°
SCHMIDT/JONES SHADE110°
IRVINE BAKERY85°
BEARING TO LEAVE LOST ISLAND325°
SOUTH POLE "CLUB"30°
WHERE F EQUALS C-40°

The significant letters spell "AQUA SONG FROM SLIDING DOORS", which is TURN BACK TIME.

Note: letters that are rotationally symmetrical (in this case C, H, K, V, W, X and Y) cannot have their exact rotation determined; it can be determined, however, that they are not rotated the relevant amount. In no case are those letterforms used for an answer letter.