#56: Consequences (05/19/2022)

[ChrisKochmanski]

Good one! Thanks, Ricky!

[boharr]

Got it.

[ricky]

Link:

http://www.lexicondevil.live/2022/05/pu ... ences.html

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[benchen71]

I am having trouble getting into this one. Anyone with a hint?

[ricky]

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Congrats to winners I. K. Snamhcok and Martina!

Solution in a bit.

[ricky]

SOLUTION

The prompt said you would be looking for a suitable punishment for children who get out of line. Hidden in the three theme entries were three "children" - instances of the word KID - that were "out of line":

uniteDKIngdom
heiDIKlum
potlucKDInner

or

DKI
DIK
KDI

The letters directly _under_ each of these were as follows:

DKI
OGR

DIK
DNU

KDI
IGN

Treating the letters KID as indexes for the corresponding letters below, when you return them to the proper order you get:

KID
GRO

KID
UND

KID
ING

In order from top to bottom, the rearranged letters spell GROUNDING, our answer.