Press Tour Solution

by Ata Gurpinar

This is a metametapuzzle and uses the answers to the metapuzzles.

Puzzle	Solution
Beaver - Building Good Habitats	LUMBER TOWARDS IT
Python - Indigestion	JOIN CHARM SCHOOL
Squirrel - Popsicle Break	SHARE A CORNY JOKE
Sheep - Insomnia	SING HER A WOOLABY
Horse - Garbage Day	BE A NOSY NEIGHBOR
Turkey - Strange Birdles	PARDON FOWL MOUTH

The animals clued are in a alphabetical order by answer:

• A vulture who answers questions quickly on game shows? BUZZARD
• An aquatic mammal with a Barbie-like flipper? DOLPHIN
• An egg-laying mammal that sounds like a baby goat? I don't think so. ECHIDNA
• A bright bug that will lay off the zipper on its pants? FIREFLY
• A fish that might lead you down a wrong solving path? HERRING
• A large cat that is easy to spot? LEOPARD
• A crustacean known for throwing rocks? LOBSTER
• A mongoose that is just a feline? MEERKAT
• A large bird with wealthy (or perhaps flavorful) bones? OSTRICH
• A flightless bird heading to a formal event after this? PENGUIN
• A mythical bird that can eliminate a surcharge? PHOENIX
• An arthropod taking too many vitamins? PILLBUG
• A maritime avian that lefts its flock back in the '80s? SEAGULL
• A small seed-eating bird that likes to fight and argue? SPARROW
• A tusked mammal that won't share any skin growths? WARTHOG

The schedule timetable can be filled with the six metapuzzle answers from left to right, as clued by the minutes component of each time.

Medford / Tufts

3: L

5: U

2: M

4: B

4: E

2: R

4: T

5: O

7: W

7: A

3: R

2: D

5: S

4: I

7: T

Ball Square

2: J

1: O

4: I

5: N

2: C

7: H

2: A

6: R

1: M

3: S

5: C

7: H

7: O

1: O

2: L

Magoun Square

7: S

3: H

3: A

6: R

5: E

3: A

1: C

3: O

3: R

1: N

7: Y

5: J

6: O

7: K

4: E

Prof. Doolittle's Lab

Gilman Square

6: S

6: I

6: N

3: G

1: H

5: E

6: R

7: A

5: W

2: O

1: O

3: L

3: A

3: B

5: Y

East Somerville

4: B

7: E

1: A

2: N

3: O

1: S

5: Y

4: N

2: E

6: I

6: G

6: H

4: B

6: O

3: R

Union Square

1: P

4: A

5: R

7: D

7: O

6: N

3: F

1: O

6: W

5: L

2: M

1: O

2: U

5: T

1: H

Each column has hour components 1 through 7, with one missing, represented by a question mark below and by the column for Professor Doolittle's Lab above.. When the letters from the meta puzzle answers are ordered by the hour components, each column can fit only one or two of the clued animals so that exactly two letters match.

PJLB?SS

O?HAUIE

AMAIRN?

?NGBNRD

HCOEE?O

SRA?ENH

CAFTYR?

O?ONORN

MER?WWW

NOS?LIA

OMR?CGY

ODL?JHH

?UABSOO

O?BITOK

HLREY?T

PILLBUG

PENGUIN

ECHIDNA

BUZZARD or LEOPARD

PHOENIX

SPARROW or SEAGULL

WARTHOG

LEOPARD

MEERKAT or HERRING

DOLPHIN

FIREFLY

OSTRICH

SPARROW

LOBSTER

FIREFLY or HERRING

There is only one way to assign an animal for each column with multiple possibilities so that each column has a different animal. Once assigned, the letter whose index is not present in the row (thus belonging to the row for Professor Doolittle's Lab) can be extracted for each column (cells highlighted in yellow are letters of the animal that match the corresponding metapuzzle answer for the row):

Medford / Tufts

3: L

5: U

2: M

4: B

4: E

2: R

4: T

5: O

7: W

7: A

3: R

2: D

5: S

4: I

7: T

Ball Square

2: J

1: O

4: I

5: N

2: C

7: H

2: A

6: R

1: M

3: S

5: C

7: H

7: O

1: O

2: L

Magoun Square

7: S

3: H

3: A

6: R

5: E

3: A

1: C

3: O

3: R

1: N

7: Y

5: J

6: O

7: K

4: E

Prof. Doolittle's Lab

(5:) B

(2:) E

(7:) A

(1:) B

(6:) I

(4:) G

(7:) G

(2:) E

(4:) R

(4:) P

(4:) E

(4:) R

(1:) S

(2:) O

(6:) N

Gilman Square

6: S

6: I

6: N

3: G

1: H

5: E

6: R

7: A

5: W

2: O

1: O

3: L

3: A

3: B

5: Y

East Somerville

4: B

7: E

1: A

2: N

3: O

1: S

5: Y

4: N

2: E

6: I

6: G

6: H

4: B

6: O

3: R

Union Square

1: P

4: A

5: R

7: D

7: O

6: N

3: F

1: O

6: W

5: L

2: M

1: O

2: U

5: T

1: H

The solution can be read across the row for Professor Doolittle's Lab: BE A BIGGER PERSON.