Puzzle me this!: GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: New Year’s Insight

Here's a test: did you analyze your way to this week's solution, scrolling through possible answers in an organized way while trying to match possibilities to the three starting terms? Or did you sit tight and wait for the whallop ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/potw-answer-new-years-insight/

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