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By Connor Stokes and Dan Katz
Answer: POSITIVE SPIN

Each answer consists of an O with a chemical symbol on each side. For each answer, the two symbols on either side of the O reference elements with atomic numbers of the same parity (i.e., are both even or both odd), which suggests that you can take the “average” of the two elements, or the element midway between them. Take those symbols and they spell the answer, POSITIVE SPIN.

Answer Average Element Abbreviation
CROC (24+6)/2 = 15 Phosphorus P
CONE (6+10)/2 = 8 Oxygen O
NIOBE (28+4)/2 = 16 Sulfur S
NOES (7+99)/2 = 53 Iodine I
BOY (5+39)/2 = 22 Titanium Ti
COOK (27+19)/2 = 23 Vanadium V
BHOPA (107+91)/2 = 99 Einsteinium Es
KONA (19+11)/2 = 15 Phosphorus P
CROW (24+74)/2 = 49 In