And the correct answer to the “Spotted It!” puzzle was…
SERENGETI TEAS AND SPICES! At Serengeti Teas and Spices, you’ll discover an impressive variety of unique African teas, coffees, and other tasty products. Can’t make it in person? Serengeti’s online store offers the same products as the brick-and-mortar Harlem location.
In this puzzle, the emphasized word “recap” leads you to last week’s recap post, where 11 clues about the agents are buried:
- Sally spotted an animal moving one unit east and three units north, but she never saw a monkey nor a mouse.
- Scott spotted an animal moving two units east and three units north.
- Sergei spotted an animal moving two units west and one unit north, but he never saw a spider.
- Sharon spotted an animal moving three units south.
- Sissy spotted an animal moving one unit east and two units south, and in one of those pictures she also spotted a butterfly.
- Skye spotted an animal moving four units west.
- Solomon spotted an animal moving three units west and three units north.
- Spike spotted an animal moving two units north.
- Steve spotted an animal moving three units west.
- Susan spotted an animal moving one unit west and one unit north (from the second row to the northernmost row).
- Swetha spotted an animal moving one unit west and three units south, but she never saw an ant, nor a butterfly, nor a rhino.
Based on this, you can assign two photographs per agent, where the single animal shared across the two photographs (“animal of interest”) are separated by the distance specified in the respective clue. Using the alphabet grid, you can then label each square where an animal of interest was seen. Specifically:
- Sally: Cheetah moved from S square to E square
- Scott: Crocodile moved from R square to E square
- Sergei: Wildebeest moved from N square to G square
- Sharon: Mouse moved from E square to T square
- Sissy: Beetle moved from I square to T square
- Skye: Antelope moved from E square to A square
- Solomon: Vulture moved from S square to A square
- Spike: Baboon moved from N square to D square
- Steve: Butterfly moved from S square to P square
- Susan: Tiger moved from I square to C square
- Swetha: Cheetah moved from E square to S square
Reading these 22 alphabet letters in order givens the final 22-letter answer: SERENGETI TEAS AND SPICES!
Scott spotted an animal moving two units east and three units north.
This week’s Fastest Solver was The Lyricists–congratulations!
Following closely behind were Jeff and Dana in second place, and Aviation Laws in third! Great job, alll! To see where your team stands after the first five puzzles, check out the live leaderboard.
Susan spotted an animal moving one unit west and one unit north (from the second row to the northernmost row).
And the prize for Best Photo goes to… Terrapin Iterated, who sent this fun collection of teas and spices!
And with that, the next puzzle, “Target Practice” has been posted! Good luck and happy solving!
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