What's in a name?
Solution
We begin by solving all of the clues. The clues on the right side yield names of places. The left side has a set of text clues and a set of images. We can match each clue on the left to one of the places on the right.
The answer to each text clue on the left is a word whose etymology derives from one of the places clued on the right.
The images on the left represent verbs, each of which can be paired with a name from the class roster to give a homophone of one of the right-side location names.
For both types of clues, when we connect the matching points on the left and right, each line passes through a number. Indexing that number into the place name, and using the given ordering of the clues on the left, gives us the two answers AMBIENT and EXPANSIVE.
| Left Clue | Left Answer (Named after Place) | Location Clue | Location | Index | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Write on a type of paper seen in old manuscripts (9) | PARCHMENT | First capital of the province of Asia (8) | PERGAMON | 5 | A |
| Read a genre involving characters finding love (7) | ROMANCE | City that contains a country (4) | ROME | 3 | M |
| Meet a woman who is attracted to other women (7) | LESBIAN | Third largest Greek island (6) | LESBOS | 4 | B |
| Wear the forerunner to the modern necktie and bowtie (6) | CRAVAT | Newest Eurozone member (7) | CROATIA | 6 | I |
| Buy a type of casual pants (5) | JEANS | Venice's rival in medieval times (5) | GENOA | 2 | E |
| Feel the material making up the pants mentioned above (5) | DENIM | French city which the Pont du Gard aqueduct carried water to (5) | NIMES | 1 | N |
| Polish a December birthstone (9) | TURQUOISE | Easternmost country in NATO (7) | TURKIYE | 1 | T |
| Image | Name | Location Clue | Location | Index | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SING | APOOR | City-state which has banned chewing gum (9) | SINGAPORE | 9 | E |
| BORE | DOE | Home of the Place de la Bourse (8) | BORDEAUX | 8 | X |
| PASS | ADENA | City which hosts the Rose Bowl (8) | PASADENA | 1 | P |
| BAR | SELONA | Capital of Catalonia (9) | BARCELONA | 2 | A |
| WASH | INGTON | The only US state named after a President (10) | WASHINGTON | 6 | N |
| KISS | IMI | Tupperware Brands is headquartered in this Florida city (9) | KISSIMMEE | 3 | S |
| FILL | ADELE FIA | Home of the oldest zoo in America (12) | PHILADELPHIA | 3 | I |
| CLEAVE | LIND | Home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (9) | CLEVELAND | 4 | V |
| KILL | KENNY | Irish municipality known for its marble (8) | KILKENNY | 5 | E |