Solution - Cannery

by Mike Sylvia and Joanna Cheng

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Each image clues a word, name, or phrase that has concealed within it one of the classic ten three-letter body parts. Due to pesky no-good cannibals, the alphabetization of the images and the enumeration in the upper left of each image reflect those body parts having been eaten, and the number along the bottom of each image indexes into the post-cannibalization string:

Al[arm] clock

american Nin[ja w]arrior

Ar[gum]ent

are We ther[e ye]t?

attack of the kiLler toma[toe]s

baTtles[hip]

bay ar[ea r]apid traNsit

bErenstain b[ear]s

b[ar m]itzVah

bryant [gum]bEl

ca[rib]Bean sea

c[lip]boaRd

ch[arm]Ander

cH[eye]nne

c[hip]otlE

dEoxy[rib]onucleic acid

dr. hor[rib]le's siNg-along blog

[jaw]eD karim

e plu[rib]uS unum

fanniE f[arm]er

foghoRn [leg]horn

foRrest [gum]p

from here [to e]ternitY

giuseppe gA[rib]aldi

hackI[to e]rgo sum

hE[lip]ad

hon[eye]aTer

joNathan [toe]ws

lArry the cab[le g]uy

liL[lip]ut

mek[hi p]Hifer

michelson-morl[ey e]xperIment

p[ear]ls before Swine

[hip]pocampuS

[gum]pTion

quaI[l eg]g

red hot chI[li p]eppers

riC[e a r]oni

sacA[jaw]ea

solar ec[lip]Se

ten[gu m]asK

te[leg]raPh

[ear]thqUake

tic-taC-[toe]

umbEr[to e]co

Vernier ca[lip]er

word S[ear]ch

w[hip]ped crEam

Group the answers by body part, and within each group the number on the bottom edge will be in a different horizontal position. This orders the letters within each group. Then, sort the body parts from top to bottom as they appear on a human*, and read the resulting words:

eye: WITH

ear: CENSUS

gum: TAKER

lip: LIVERS

jaw: AND

arm: FAVA

rib: BEANS

hip: THESE

leg: PAIR

toe: NICELY

This clues the answer CHIANTIS.

*A few pairs of body parts aren't unambiguously higher or lower than each other, but it should be clear to solvers which order is the one that produces a sensible final message.