This is the meta-puzzle of the hunt. Its solution is derived from the answers to all the other puzzles in the hunt. The flavor text (“faulty” and “flashed”) hints at the Faulty Colour Flash module.
Each puzzle solution contains a word within it that appears in the tables of the Faulty Colour Flash manual. The letter corresponding to that row in the manual is the extracted letter for that puzzle.
| Puzzle | Answer | Word in answer | Letter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Way With Words | solution | ELDER | Elder | Y |
| Clicked | solution | BARB WIRE | Wire | U |
| Extraction Mania | solution | BLOWHOLE | Who | L |
| Heroes & Clipart | solution | STAPLE | Tap | E |
| Horoscopes | solution | WHO’S THAT MONSPLODE | Who | L |
| Phantasm Delivery | solution | BRAVEHEART | Art | O |
| Price Matching | solution | DEMANDING | And | G |
| Quirks of Pixels | solution | NEWSLETTER | Letter | F |
| Reversed Pairings | solution | HEALED | LED | I |
| Sudooku | solution | WHATEVER | What | L |
| Trade Album | solution | PRESSURE | Press | E |
Concatenating the letters in alphabetical order of the puzzle titles yields the final answer to the question: What should you give to your defuser this holiday season?
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