Hang Ten (solution)

by Patrick Blindauer

First, fill in the rest of the letters to make odd phrases:

• ALWAYS SAY LIVE
• BIG GIRL BLUE
• EGGS UNDER DIFFICULT
• FALSE TO DEATH
• GIVE THE SIT
• HOT SOFT CASH
• OLD CHILD LITERATURE
• OUT THE PRIVATE EYE
• WARM FOOT LUKE
• WHITE AND PALE

The answers can all be made into familiar phrases by replacing two of their parts with their opposites. The reassembled phrases are:

• NEVER SAY DIE
• LITTLE BOY BLUE
• EGGS OVER EASY
• TRUE TO LIFE
• TAKE THE STAND
• COLD HARD CASH
• YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
• IN THE PUBLIC EYE
• COOL HAND LUKE
• BLACK AND TAN

Sort by the given suffixes (which can be added to the second opposite words; STAND/ARD, PUBLIC/ATION, DIE/SIS, ADULT/ERY, HAND/SOME, HARD/WARE, BOY/ISH, TAN/DEM, LIFE/BOAT, EASY/GOING) to get:

• TAKE THE STAND
• IN THE PUBLIC EYE
• NEVER SAY DIE
• YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
• COOL-HAND LUKE
• COLD HARD CASH
• LITTLE BOY BLUE
• BLACK AND TAN
• TRUE TO LIFE
• EGGS OVER EASY

and take the first letters to fill in the link, http://tiny.cc/lbte, which leads to a game on drawastickman.com. Playing the game to the end reveals the answer: CHRIST CHURCH REGATTA.