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By Brian Tivol
Answer: CROC

Pairs of words are clued, and you need to pair them and order them.

The top halves appear in alphabetical order: ATARI, BRIBE, EATON, FLUNG, FOOT, GIBBER, HERO, KIER, LEON, THE MAYO, MOJO, MR. MIME, OURO, TRACE.

The Most Interesting Man in the World doesn’t always spell those words and phrases, but when he does, he prefers to spell them con dos equis. The bottom halves appear in this order: THE MAXX, OXXO, MOXX, GIXXER, ATAXX, FLUXX, MR. MIXX, HEXX, FOXX, BRIXX, KIXX, EXXON, LEXX, TRAXX.

In the bottom half order, read out the top half letters that were replaced with two X’s, and you get “YO UR JO BB RI NG ME RO OT BE ER AT ON CE.” Once you bring us root beer, you get the answer, which is CROC.