The pictures in the first column give cryptic-style wordplay clues for the pictures in the second column. The images on the left are alphabetical by first letter of the answer; the images on the right are alphabetical by last letter of the answer. The answers and their clues are:
AEROSOL (EROS in AOL)
AGATE (A + GATE)
ANTONY (ANT + headless pONY)
APOSTLE (POST in ALE)
ARMLET (upside-down ELM in ART)
AVENUE (headless rAVEN + reflected EU)
CARTILAGE (headless bART + IL in CAGE)
CASTRO (CAST + upside-down footless ORc)
CHIPOTLE (POT in CHILE)
CLAMBAKE (LAMB in CAKE)
EWOK (headless yEW + OK)
ESPRESSO (PRESS in headless pESO)
FLAB (upside-down headless eLF + AB)
FLASHLIGHT (LASH in FLIGHT)
FLOOD (headless aL in FOOD)
FORMOSA [Taiwan] (FORM + OSA)
GATOR (GATO [CAT in Spain] + R)
HARMONICA (endless HARe + MONICA)
KEYSTONE (KEYS + upside-down ENOT [RACCOON in Russia])
LAWYER (W [Bush] in topless pLAYER)
LIGAMENT (GAME in LINT)
LUNETTE (NET in LUTE)
MOAT (M + OAT)
NOMAD (upside-down DAMON)
OKRA (O [Oprah] + upside-down ARK)
RIVET (headless TRIVET)
STROBE (ST + ROBE)
TABASCO (BAS [STOCKINGS in France] in TACO)
TARMAC (TAR + MAC)
These answers fit into the grid as follows:
Take the letters on the intersections and they spell PLAYERSONFOOTBALLTEAMFROMATLANTA. So the answer is FALCONS.
2006 MIT Mystery Hunt