This puzzle is a part of the Month-to-month Subject Problem #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx.
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│ ║ ││ │ │
│ ║ ┎┬┒ ││ Half 3: │ │
│ ║ ┷ he resolution to this puzzle ││ │ │
│ ║ consists of two phrases. Every small ││ ♃ ♆ (_o____) │ │
│ ║ "half" could have a novel one- ││ │ │
│ ║ phrase resolution. These components, in ││ Half 4: │ │
│ ║ flip, will result in the ultimate ││ 2 4 │ │
│ ║ reply. Have enjoyable! ││ 1 ┏━┱─┬─┬─┐ ┏━┓ │ │
│ ║ ││ ┗━┹─┴─┼─┤ ┡━┩ │ │
│ ║ Half 1: ││ 3 ┌─┬─┼─╆━╅─┼─┐ │ │
│ ║ ││ └─┴─╆━╋━┹─┴─┘ │ │
│ ║ ↖ ↓ ← ↙ ← → ↖ ← ↙ → ↓ ↗ ││ 5 ┏━┱─╄━┩ Last phrase: │ │
│ ║ ││ ┗━┹─┴─┘ 1 5 │ │
│ ║ Half 2: ││ ┌─┬─┬─┬─┬─┐ │ │
│ ║ │♜ ♛ ♜ ♚ │ ││ └─┴─┴─┴─┴─┘ │ │
│ ║ 1 ♕xh5 gxh5 │♟ ♟ ♝ ♟ │ ││ │ │
│ ║ 2 ♗h7# │ ♞ ♟ │ ││ Throughout: Down: │ │
│ ║ │ ♝ ♘ ♟ │ ││ 1. ♦ 2. Punctuality is │ │
│ ║ │ │ ││ 3. Anagram of a benefit. │ │
│ ║ │ ♙ ♗ │ ││ urge. 4. Beer is dangerous for │ │
│ ║ │♙ ♗ ♙ ♙ ♙│ ││ 5. 🌊 Ꜽ R his well being. │ │
│ ║ │♖ ♕ ♖ ♔ │ ││ │ │
│ ║ 1 ││ 2 │ │
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│ ║ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 ││ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 │ │
│ ║ ││ │ │
│ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ ││ This phrase search makes use of the earlier │ │
│ ║ │ R E M E M B E R T H E A L A M O │ ││ components' solutions, in addition to the │ │
│ ║ │ E C H O W O R L D S Y N N U B R │ ││ phrases beneath: │ │
│ ║ │ J O V I A N E T S C A P E L O I │ ││ ┌─┐ │ │
│ ║ │ O P E R A E C S T A C Y A I N O │ ││ ├─┤ 1. 😂ss (once more) │ │
│ ║ │ I E H P O R T S A T A C L O E N │ ││ ├─┤ 2. 𝆒 │ │
│ ║ │ C N S E P A T T A C Okay I N D L E │ ││ ├─┤ 3. FɪG │ │
│ ║ │ E D W A R D E N O B L I N Okay Y S │ ││ ├─┤ 4. cute 🐇 │ │
│ ║ │ M I L L I O N W U R D S T O M P │ ││ ├─┤ 5. ☐ with out 🔑 or ⼇... │ │
│ ║ │ I N I T I A L R O T T E N E L I │ ││ ├─┤ 6. 🐈 ' - ap │ │
│ ║ │ C G L O O B N A C I R T C E L E │ ││ ├─┤ 7. 📘 🔥 │ │
│ ║ │ H R E L Z E L L A L E L D D I M │ ││ ├─┤ 8. 🔌 │ │
│ ║ │ A E A A Z G Q C R E S C E N D O │ ││ └─┘ 9. Drsc bydkdsyx. │ │
│ ║ │ E E F F I G Y A R D F A X Y O R │ ││ │ │
│ ║ │ L N C I N D E R I D I O T X E H │ ││ On the intersection of a Half │ │
│ ║ │ A A A A A R D V O R Okay T R I S C │ ││ resolution and every phrase above is a │ │
│ ║ │ V P V A P L A I N E R O A E L R │ ││ letter. Put that letter within the │ │
│ ║ │ A S S A S S I N A T I O N S Y Y │ ││ corresponding field subsequent to its phrase │ │
│ ║ └─────────────────────────────────┘ ││ above. That provides you with the │ │
│ ║ ││ ultimate resolution. │ │
│ ║ 3 ││ 4 │ │
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