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Touchdown!

My friend Helen and I were planning to meet up to watch the big game today, but I can’t get in touch with her! In fact, I don’t even know the names of the teams that will be playing. Maybe I can ask some of the other teams, which are busy practicing right now. They all seem to have silly names like the “Stricken Chickens,” which won last year’s championship with their signature play, the Crescent Shin Kick.

Hint: One word per row.

I was hoping that I could read up on some of the most common plays beforehand. I asked the teams’ mascots what plays I can expect this weekend, but instead of answering, they just lined up in different orders. Can you help me crack the code?

Based on everything I’ve learned so far, I think I’ll be able to follow the game! What are the names of the plays that I’ll be watching? If I watch closely enough, I should be able to find Helen…

Think you’ve figured out where Helen is? Let us know by submitting the location as your final answer!

 

Frequently Asked Questions:

“How do I submit answers?” Submit final puzzle answers to answers@missionstreetpuzzles.com with your team name!

“What if I’m stuck?” Email help@missionstreetpuzzles.com, or check out our Beginner’s Guide.

“How do I get T-shirts?” We offer T-shirts for the winning teams (Fastest Solver, First Photo, Best Photo) and a randomly chosen team! If you’ve already won a T-shirt, you’ll receive another color after five wins.

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Too Many Cooks

After a long day of cooking, Chef Mitchell Lynn Starr plopped down on the couch to watch some TV. Thank goodness he no longer needed to care about the sweetness of his cocoa powder or the purposefulness of his flour! But as he continued to watch this bizarre feature on channel 10549, he began to suspect that cooks all around the world were in grave danger… Where in San Francisco might Mitchell find some important clues?

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions:

“How do I submit answers?” Submit final puzzle answers to answers@missionstreetpuzzles.com with your team name!

“What if I’m stuck?” Email help@missionstreetpuzzles.com, or check out our Beginner’s Guide.

“How do I get T-shirts?” We offer T-shirts for the winning teams (Fastest Solver, First Photo, Best Photo) and a randomly chosen team! If you’ve already won a T-shirt, you’ll receive another color after five wins.

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Stark Raven Mad

Dark wings, dark words… With all of these ravens circling about, something ominous is surely about to happen. As the Head of House, it’s your responsibility to keep your House safe. Choose your ravens for your house, consult with the prescient three-eyed raven Bran, and decide where in San Francisco we should convene.

 


Frequently Asked Questions:

“Do I need to be a Game of Thrones fan to solve this puzzle?” No–in fact, the puzzle author does not watch Game of Thrones at all! However, keep in mind that, as always, online research is fair game and even encouraged.

“How do I submit answers?” Submit final puzzle answers to answers@missionstreetpuzzles.com with your team name!

“What if I’m stuck?” Email help@missionstreetpuzzles.com, or check out our Beginner’s Guide.

“How do I get T-shirts?” We offer T-shirts for the winning teams (Fastest Solver, First Photo, Best Photo) and a randomly chosen team! If you’ve already won a T-shirt, you’ll receive another color after five wins.

Note: As of Aug. 24th 11:30 a.m., corrections have been made to the 24th clue and to one of the sub-puzzles. Thanks to the teams that contacted us!

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Woodland Wordplay

Oh no, our summer camping trip has taken a turn for the worse–the forest is up in flames and we don’t know which way to go! This isn’t your typical crossword puzzle… From left to right, top to bottom, can you figure out what these critters are saying?


Once you’ve filled out the crossword, please use (only) the words in the grid to answer the following questions:

What is the longest word that contains both a fire and an F (not necessarily in the same square)?
What is the longest word that both contains a flower and starts with a vowel (not necessarily in the same square)?
What is the shortest word whose last letter is in the same square as a fox?
What is the shortest word that contains a K in the same square as a rabbit?
What is the longest word that contains both a tree and an N (not necessarily in the same square)?
What is the longest word whose first letter is a vowel in the same square as a bear?
What is the shortest word that contains exactly three vowels, one of which is in the same square as a robin?

Finally, where in San Francisco can we be found cooling down after our forest fire adventure?

Submit final puzzle answers to answers@missionstreetpuzzles.com with your team name!

Stuck? Email help@missionstreetpuzzles.com, or check out our Beginner’s Guide.

Once again, we’re offering T-shirts for the winning teams (Fastest Solver, First Photo, Best Photo) and a randomly chosen team! If you’ve already won a T-shirt, you’ll receive another color after five wins.

Note: A correction was made to the ordering of clues on Friday, Aug. 18th. The clue “Common shade of blue paint” was previously in the incorrect place on the list.

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Fowl Play

Angela and Betty were visiting a poultry farm, which had one quail, one chicken, one goose, one emu, and one ostrich. They learned that every month, the birds lay a total of 26 eggs, arranged in this funny pattern:

Click on the eggs to hear what they have to say. Assume that all eggs laid by the same bird are the same size.

Angela and Betty excitedly bought the second-to-last emu egg, first ostrich egg, fourth emu egg, fourth quail egg, last goose egg, and second ostrich egg. What’s next for the two egg aficionados?


Submit final puzzle answers to answers@missionstreetpuzzles.com with your team name!

Stuck? Email help@missionstreetpuzzles.com, or check out our Beginner’s Guide.

Once again, we’re offering T-shirts for the winning teams (Fastest Solver, First Photo, Best Photo) and a randomly chosen team! If you’ve already won a T-shirt, you’ll receive another color after five wins.