- YYW ****
- Brad Eldredge ****
- Punjit Sharma ****
- Yossi Fendel ****
- Adam Weaver ****
- Grant Fikes ****
- Eric Maddy ****
- Sam Levitin ****
- Lynn Sweeney ***
- Mom **
- Debbie Benford ***
- Cayden Curtis ****
Now just click on "Read more" below for the answers, along with some solver comments!
Notice: The location of each letter has been colored according to whether they appear in the front or back of each coin:
The FINAL ANSWER is CANDY STORE
Solver Yossi Fendel said that "This is a delightful puzzle type, and I can't recall coming across it before. I didn't know the answer to clue 1 (I need to spend more time in the candy store, I suppose) but the puzzle was solvable without it. But this has me wondering - given a "coined phrases" puzzle with N coins, what is the fewest number of clues required to identify both sides of each coin (assuming there is no meta to help with backsolving)?" [I won't publish the answer that he came up with here, since he also sent this poser to "Numberplay" by the New York Times and I don't want to spoil the answers before it gets published there]
Solver Sam Levitin said "Enjoyable puzzle, straightforward since graph theory has been on my mind recently. :) I expect other solvers' mileage may vary."
Solver Brad Eldredge said that this was a "Very clever puzzle. Loved the mixture of logic & wordplay!"
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