GeekDad Puzzle of The Week Solution: Board to Tears?

Welcome back to the puzzle of the week solution. There was a bumpy start this week, but as usual though the puzzle geeks weathered the storm of typos and showed me how good you people really are. So without further ado, here is the puzzle and the solution.
Puzzle:

1. cddlnn
2. lnmp
3. ksr
4. chts dn ddlrs
5. lrsstt [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/08/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-solution-board-to-tears/

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