Phoenix (Firebird)
by Ian Tullis, Yar Woo
Answers: AIMLESS, LADY
The dots on these circles can be interpreted as throws on a dartboard or as shots on a standard archery target. For each target, add up the total number of points scored with these dot patterns on a (darts/archery) target and convert from 1-26 to get an alphabetic letter in the puzzle's (first/second) 23-letter message.
Here are all of the dots overlaid onto a standard dartboard. The message here spells "REORDER MELISSA FITTINGLY", which solves to the word AIMLESS.
Here are all of the dots overlaid onto a standard archery target. The message here spells "TITLE FOR ROBIN HOODS KLUCK", which solves to the word LADY.