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by Andrew Lin and Emily Morgan
Answers, in specified order:
- CARPAL
- THE SOUTH
- STERNO
- BYLINE
- SO CLOSE
- BUFFOON
- VESTIGE
Each answer can be parsed uniquely into symbols from the periodic table. Furthermore, each set of symbols comes exclusively from one row (period) or column (group), with one exception:
- CARPAL (C Ar P Al, row 3 + C)
- THE SOUTH (Th Es O U Th, actinides + O)
- STERNO (S Te Rn O, group VIA + Rn)
- BYLINE (B Y Li Ne, row 2 + Y)
- SO CLOSE (S O Cl O Se, group VIA + Cl)
- BUFFOON (B U F F O O N, row 2 + U)
- VESTIGE (V Es Ti Ge, row 4 + Es)
Read the exceptions to find an answer befitting a mash-up of Oklaholma and Sherlock Holmes: C O Rn Y Cl U Es = CORNY CLUES.