Solvers are presented with four James Bond-related minipuzzles. Each puzzle solves to a different word.
Solvers receive four audio clips. Each of these is a James Bond theme song that did well on the UK charts, clued by the UK programme “Top of the Pops”. Specifically, they peaked at the following places:
Song | Artist | Peak position |
---|---|---|
“Writing’s on the Wall” | Sam Smith | 1 |
“Live and Let Die” | Wings | 9 |
“For Your Eyes Only” | Sheena Easton | 8 |
“Another Way to Die” | Jack White and Alicia Keys | 9 |
Answer: 1989
Each color of lines is the route taken over the course of an EON Bond movie. The number of each movie (in the EON chronology) gives you a letter. Taking the routes in ROYGBIV order:
Color | Movie | Number | Letter |
---|---|---|---|
R | Octopussy | 13 | M |
O | The Man with the Golden Gun | 9 | I |
Y | Goldfinger | 3 | C |
G | Live and Let Die | 8 | H |
B | Dr. No | 1 | A |
I | You Only Live Twice | 5 | E |
V | For Your Eyes Only | 12 | L |
Answer: MICHAEL
Each clue is the set-up for a pun that can be constructed by adding a single letter to a James Bond movie title. In order, the answers are:
Clue | Pun | Added letter |
---|---|---|
Leave a cold enemy land; make sure to keep your hands warm! | From Russia with Glove | G |
Reminisce about my faithful pet who can never have puppies. | The Spay Who Loved Me | A |
Tell Buffy she is fired. | Never Slay Never Again | L |
Throw some metal around like you mean it! | Goldflinger | L |
The sinks are clogged. You will receive supplies to fix this. | Drano | A |
Finish these doughnuts. Start eating better tomorrow. | Diet Another Day | T |
Design a new wheel without having a buyer prearranged. | Spec Tire | I |
List your favorite celestial bodies. | Moonranker | N |
Answer: GALLATIN
Solvers are presented with a series of images. All the images are actors from Bond films who have better-known roles outside of James Bond. Take the indicated letter from their Bond role. We have:
Actor | Depicted character | Bond character | Index | Letter |
---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Walken | Nick Chevotarevich | Max Zorin | 8 | N |
Chaim Topol | Tevye | Milos Columbo | 4 | O |
Robbie Coltrane | Hagrid | Valentin Zukovsky | 1 | V |
Rowan Atkinson | Mr. Bean | Nigel Small-Fawcett | 4 | E |
Orson Welles | Charles Foster Kane | Le Chiffre | 1 | L |
Answer: NOVEL
Putting the sub-answers together, we get 1989 MICHAEL GALLATIN NOVEL, which is THE WOLF'S HOUR. Appropriately for a Halloween/James Bond puzzle, this book is about a werewolf spy.