Solution to The Misspelled Insects

Each clue is a rough paraphrase of the lyrics to a Beatles song, with the clues given in alphabetical order of song.

Clue Letter	Lyric Letter	Index Number	Clues	Song Lyric	Title of song
s	l	10	Syllables spray like springtime showers into a disposable chalice	Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup	Across the Universe
B	o	2	I beseech you to return your finger ornament in exchange for your liberty to leave with another man	You give back your ring to me, and I will set you free. Go with him	Anna*
o	o	2	You stash your cash in a bag in a location with stags and crustaceans	You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo	Baby You’re a Rich Man
w	k	9	I pass out when seeing the women in a country of recent political turmoil	Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out	Back in the USSR
l	a	2	Flutter with your damaged limbs	Take these broken wings and learn to fly	Blackbird
t	t	6	He went out hunting Shere Khan with Dumbo and a firearm	He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun	Continuing story of Bungalow Bill, (The)
L	t	16	Will you join in a pleasurable activity my darling common sense	Dear Prudence, won’t you come out to play?	Dear Prudence*
U	s	17	You make me very befuddled McGuire with all that stones and whirling	You make me dizzy miss Lizzy, the way you rock and roll	Dizzy Miss Lizzy*
h	h	23	But it begins when I have a chauffeur	But I’ve found a driver and that’s a start	Drive My Car
E	i	5	She fetched a countenance from the container at the entrance	Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door	Eleanor Rigby*
e	r	4	Other than Curious George and myself, the rest of the world doesn’t always share	Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my monkey	Everyone’s Got Something to Hide Excpet Me and My Monkey
y	t	19	To keep myself from daydreaming, I’m patching a leak	I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in, and stops my mind from wandering	Fixing a Hole
d	s	9	The tusked marine mammal was an apostle	The walrus was Paul	Glass Onion
o	i	5	Lack of grief is a not cool 9 millimeter	Happiness is a warm gun	Happiness is a Warm Gun
s	n		Sodium x11	na na na na na na naaaaa! na na na naaaa!	Hey Jude
F	c	12	Singer known for “Music”, but with little kids	Lady Madonna, children at your feet	Lady Madonna*
e	e	6	And when the downtrodden citizens of our planet come to terms	And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree	Let it Be
I	n	4	Available to grab some English breakfast with me?	When are you free to take some tea with me?	Lovely Rita*
N	e	8	With greens that are citrusy and air that is jelly-like	With tangerine trees and marmalade skies	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds*
e	x	3	The Scottish mathematical physicist and American inventor is in the department to prevent illness	Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine	Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
i	t	10	Cruel condiment-colored Col. character from Clue is caught catnapping in the Commons	Mean Mr. Mustard sleeps in the park	Mean Mr. Mustard
C	s	6	The vocabulary that I use you can comprehend	I will say the only words I know that you’ll understand	Michelle*
n	t	4	Aren’t Scandinavian energy sources great?	Isn’t it good? Norwegian wood	Norwegian Wood
t	a	4	West Siberian River Los Angeles Two, West Siberian River Los Angeles something Vinci	Obla di Obla da	Obla di Obla da
H	g	7	She’s so hot even though she kind of looks like a dude	She’s so good looking but she looks like a man	Polythene Pam*
p	e	16	You say you want a spin around the sun	You say you want a revolution	Revolution 1
y	i	21	You better escape while you can, my little pretty, and mimic an ostrich too	You better run for your life if you can, little girl, hide your head in the sand little girl	Run For Your Life
e	s	8	Will you require and accommodate me when I’m an old Nintendo console?	Will you still need me? Will you still feed me, when I’m 64?	When I’m 64
e	o	2	Method of uncreasing your affections	How to unfold your love	While My Guitar Gently Weeps
y	n	6	Would you like to hide the salami on the pavement?	Why don’t we do it in the road?	Why Don’t We Do It in the Road
i	i	1	I become euphoric with a hand from my buddies	I get high with a little help from my friends	With a Litte Help From My Friends
r	t	22	Romance was a simple diversion	Love was such an easy game to play?	Yesterday

Identify the songs and index into the original song lyrics using the position of the underlined letter. This gives the clue phrase LOOK AT TSHIRT SINCE NEXT STAGE IS ON IT.

The Kickoff t-shirt looks like this:

Using the Kickoff t-shirt, arrange the puzzle pieces into a 12-piece jigsaw puzzle. The phrase SORT BUBBLES W/ LEAGUES is written out.

Identify the 9 letters on the shirt that are touching bubbles, virtually substituting LEAGUES for PUZZLES (letter by letter). Then sort by bubble size to get LADYSONGS (There is also a bubble which can represent the space between LADY SONGS, but it is not necessary to get this).

Return to the puzzle, and identify the 9 songs with female names in the title. Take the underlined letters from the clues in order to get the final answer: BLUEFINCH.

by Jennifer Tang; clue writing help by Alan Tang; T-shirt logistics and distribution by Molly Kosiarek