By Charles Steinhardt
Answer: EXAM GRADE

The five groups of clues is each missing a word in their titles. Adding the missing words gives the slightly more helpful titles:

  • (JUST)ICE LEAGUE
  • MIND(READ)ERS
  • I’VE BEEN (EVERY)WHERE
  • (FIFTH) OF NOVEMBER
  • ADD A (LETTER)

With this extra information and some help from the requirements of the acrostic, the clues can be solved (with alphabetized answers):

ICE LEAGUE
A. Member
B
72
A
20
T
43
M
33
A
36
N
163
B. Member (2 words)
G
145
R
159
E
125
E
98
N
4
L
16
A
121
N
78
T
88
E
165
R
113
N
74
C. Member
S
102
U
90
P
17
E
151
R
45
M
65
A
54
N
116
D. Member
V
142
I
24
X
130
E
112
N
42
MINDERS
E. On a spaceship (2 words)
C
166
O
2
U
101
N
46
S
30
E
118
L
96
O
89
R
138
T
80
R
156
O
68
I
19
F. On stage
D
160
U
97
N
25
N
51
I
103
N
55
G
117
E
15
R
81
G. On the phone (2 words)
M
140
I
129
S
164
S
37
C
83
L
154
E
34
O
50
H. In Pegasus
W
35
R
119
A
47
I
143
T
5
H
111
S
146
I’VE BEEN WHERE
I. MA
B
95
O
158
S
85
T
27
O
109
N
126
J. WV
C
104
H
10
A
155
R
23
L
134
E
44
S
161
T
110
O
58
N
122
K. OK
T
131
U
22
L
53
S
75
A
106
L. US
W
3
A
52
S
120
H
18
I
29
N
62
G
94
T
137
O
141
N
107
OF NOVEMBER
M. What
G
26
U
70
N
8
P
9
O
64
W
157
D
56
E
133
R
128
N. Who (2 words)
G
152
U
77
Y
87
F
67
A
135
W
7
K
84
E
66
S
99
O. Where
L
12
O
6
N
144
D
59
O
76
N
93
P. Instruction
R
61
E
149
M
100
E
40
M
148
B
86
E
139
R
91
Q. Branded as
T
169
R
69
A
73
I
92
T
38
O
147
R
150
ADD A
R. ADDHS
D
123
A
82
S
136
H
132
E
168
D
21
S. AHHHIS
H
124
A
13
S
108
H
39
I
162
S
114
H
63
T. DIIMRU
I
32
R
71
I
49
D
79
I
115
U
153
M
57
U. DHIR
T
48
H
28
I
11
R
167
D
127
V. DDEIT
T
31
I
41
D
14
I
105
E
60
D
1

The missing words form an instruction, JUST READ EVERY FIFTH LETTER, which can be applied to the completed acrostic grid. Here is the completed grid, with every fifth letter highlighted:

1
D
V
2
O
E
3
W
L
4
N
B
5
T
H
6
O
O
7
W
N
8
N
M
 
9
P
M
10
H
J
11
I
U
12
L
O
13
A
S
14
D
V
15
E
F
16
L
B
17
P
C
18
H
L
19
I
E
20
A
A
 
21
D
R
22
U
K
23
R
J
24
I
D
25
N
F
26
G
M
 
27
T
I
28
H
U
29
I
L
30
S
E
 
31
T
V
32
I
T
33
M
A
34
E
G
 
35
W
H
36
A
A
37
S
G
 
38
T
Q
39
H
S
40
E
P
 
41
I
V
42
N
D
43
T
A
44
E
J
45
R
C
46
N
E
47
A
H
48
T
U
49
I
T
50
O
G
51
N
F
52
A
L
53
L
K
 
54
A
C
55
N
F
56
D
M
 
57
M
T
58
O
J
59
D
O
60
E
V
61
R
P
62
N
L
 
63
H
S
64
O
M
65
M
C
66
E
N
 
67
F
N
68
O
E
69
R
Q
 
70
U
M
71
R
T
72
B
A
73
A
Q
74
N
B
 
75
S
K
76
O
O
77
U
N
78
N
B
79
D
T
80
T
E
81
R
F
82
A
R
83
C
G
84
K
N
85
S
I
 
86
B
P
87
Y
N
 
88
T
B
89
O
E
90
U
C
91
R
P
92
I
Q
93
N
O
94
G
L
 
95
B
I
96
L
E
97
U
F
98
E
B
99
S
N
 
100
M
P
101
U
E
102
S
C
103
I
F
104
C
J
105
I
V
106
A
K
107
N
L
108
S
S
,
 
109
O
I
110
T
J
111
H
H
112
E
D
113
R
B
 
114
S
S
115
I
T
116
N
C
117
G
F
118
E
E
119
R
H
120
S
L
,  
121
A
B
122
N
J
123
D
R
 
124
H
S
125
E
B
126
N
I
127
D
U
128
R
M
129
I
G
130
X
D
,  
131
T
K
132
H
R
133
E
M
 
134
L
J
135
A
N
136
S
R
137
T
L
 
138
R
E
139
E
P
140
M
G
141
O
L
142
V
D
143
I
H
144
N
O
145
G
B
 
146
S
H
147
O
Q
148
M
P
149
E
P
 
150
R
Q
151
E
C
152
G
N
153
U
T
154
L
G
155
A
J
156
R
E
 
157
W
M
158
O
I
159
R
B
160
D
F
161
S
J
 
162
I
S
163
N
A
 
164
S
G
165
E
B
166
C
E
167
R
U
168
E
R
169
T
Q
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Reading the highlighted letters yields THE ANSWER ONE MUST SUBMIT IS EXAM GRADE.