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'''Espresso Stand''' is a
==Puzzle Elements==
[[Flavortext]] - ''The names look right but the drink shorthand looks off. What does this barista need?''
[[One-File Wonder]] - Besides the flavortext, the only other object in this puzzle is a picture of a Starbucks order featuring seven drinks.
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[[Identification]] ([[Food & Drink]]) - Indeed, the first step is determining what drinks were ordered; these can be inferred from the labels or directly looked up on the menu.
[[Error Correction]] - In doing so, however, one should quickly realize that the labels are wrong—they each refer to a different drink in the order!
[[Reordering]] - These references form a cycle, creating an ordering.
[[Mangled Clues]] - The "drink shorthand" doesn't seem all that indicative of actual shorthand—many words drop the usually-kept first letter. Instead, they're generated in a manner reflective of mangled clues: a function is applied to every word in the name. Applying this function to the name on the correct drink yields a bigram; ordering all seven using the cycle yields the answer.
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Espresso Stand | |
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | |
Wizard's Hollow | |
Answer | Click to revealHANGOVER REMEDY |
Statistics | |
No. solves | 41 |
No. total guesses | 49 |
Espresso Stand is a wordplay puzzle from the Wizard's Hollow round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt.
Puzzle Elements
Flavortext - The names look right but the drink shorthand looks off. What does this barista need?
One-File Wonder - Besides the flavortext, the only other object in this puzzle is a picture of a Starbucks order featuring seven drinks.
Identification (Food & Drink) - Indeed, the first step is determining what drinks were ordered; these can be inferred from the labels or directly looked up on the menu.
Error Correction - In doing so, however, one should quickly realize that the labels are wrong—they each refer to a different drink in the order!
Reordering - These references form a cycle, creating an ordering.
Mangled Clues - The "drink shorthand" doesn't seem all that indicative of actual shorthand—many words drop the usually-kept first letter. Instead, they're generated in a manner reflective of mangled clues: a function is applied to every word in the name. Applying this function to the name on the correct drink yields a bigram; ordering all seven using the cycle yields the answer.