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By Trip Payne
Answer: WINTER OLYMPICS

Each of the questions in the “bull’s-eye” rings, when properly answered, will cause two unrelated items to pop up around the tree stump:

  1. “BASAL METABOLISM” is in Funny Face; that movie’s first number is “THINK PINK,” which can have its PI changed to TA to become THINK TANK. Photos: CORN and ARTICLE
  2. TALL can be placed inside MARIACHI and followed by EF to become MARIA TALLCHIEF, known for BALLET, which can have its fifth letter changed to become BALLOT. Photos: CAR and PEAR
  3. The synonym for REMOVE is ELIMINATE; eliminate its vowels to get LMNT, then insert E three times to get ELEMENT. Photos: PAN and (Burl) IVES
  4. The antonym for LOSES is WINS, which can be followed by antonyms LOW and HIGH to get WINSLOW HIGH, which was on BOSTON PUBLIC. Photos: PHO and RING
  5. ALABAMA’s third most populous city is MOBILE, whose letters appear in nonconsecutive order in SIMONE BILES, who was an athlete in GYMNASTICS. Photos: CAP and CHI
  6. The Voyager episode “INSIDE MAN” preceded BODY AND SOUL, which was the title of a song that beat “MOVES LIKE JAGGER” at the Grammys, which contains JAG, which starred CATHERINE BELL. Photos: HEELS and KING
  7. UNIONIZED, after moving the D to the seventh position and then changing the Z to an A, becomes UNIONIDAE, which is the family for a MUSSEL, whose homophone is MUSCLE. Photos: FORT and ANT
  8. TRAIN’s biggest hit was “HEY, SOUL SISTER” whose lyrics mention the band “MR. MISTER” who had the #1 hit “BROKEN WINGS” which appears in the lyrics of the 1968 Beatles song “BLACKBIRD.” Photos: CAT and BRIDE
  9. HEALDSBURG, California, has radio station KNOB, which can have the B turned into a 3 to get KNO3, which is the formula for SALTPETER, which can have its third letter changed to an IN to form SAINT PETER. Photos: ABS and BRA
  10. Hugh DOWNS hosted CONCENTRATION which contains CENTRA, an anagram of TRANCE, the British thriller, which can be replaced with Angry Bird STELLA to form CONSTELLATION. Photos: BOB and STORM
  11. RENT originally starred TAYE Diggs; TAYE + ABCDE anagrammed forms BETA DECAY. Photos: TEE and HAM
  12. PACE is a brand of SALSA which can have its middle letter changed to get SAMSA, the hero of The Metamorphosis who becomes an INSECT (according to many translations and SparkNotes). Photos: DISC and (Bill) GATES
  13. HURL is the beginning of minor planet HURLESS; ESS can be preceded by minor planet SØREN (minus the slash) to get SORENESS. Photos: PILLAR and ARM
  14. RED OAK VICTORY is a ship at the ROSIE THE RIVETER/WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK; changing two vowels in HISTORICAL creates HYSTERICAL. Photos: INK and HORUS

Those answers are each suggestive of a word or phrase that can be spelled out along the stump, using two of the images plus two letters between them:

think tank: BRA(IN)STORM
ballot: ABS(EN)TEE
element: PHO(SP)HORUS
Boston Public: CHI (MC)BRIDE
gymnastics: CAR(TW)HEELS
Catherine Bell: ARM(Y W)IVES
muscle: HAM(ST)RING
blackbird: BOB(OL)INK
Saint Peter: PEAR(LY) GATES
constellation: CAP(RI)CORN
beta decay: ANT(IP)ARTICLE
insect: CAT(ER)PILLAR
soreness: DISC(OM)FORT
hysterical: PAN(IC)KING

Using the crossings to determine the placement of the interior letters (each of which appears in exactly two entries), you get the answer WINTER OLYMPICS.