W♄ite Magic (Solution)
by Derek Kisman, based on an idea by David Roe
Here is an unordered list of answers to the twenty round puzzles, for reference.
The colors identify which puzzle answer this is (e.g. DAMP
is the answer to the red/green edge cubelet).
RYB SHLEP RY EXTANT RYG DEDITION RG DAMP RWG BOIL RW UNARY RWB CONTIGUOUS RB BASSIST YB SLAUGHTER YG BEER CHUGGING WG EDITH PIAF WB CREAM OF TARTAR OYB ARMORED RECON OY HYPAPANTE OYG COMMEMORATIVE BATS OG DERRICK TRUCK OWG BROWN ROT OW ATTORNEYS GENERAL OWB SACROSANCT OB IMPROMPTU
Using the ‘Magic Square of Saturn’, clued by the title’s use of the word magic and the symbol for Saturn instead of the h in white, we can assign a number to each cubelet which has a white face. Use this number as an index into the answer and read in a circle (ignoring the center face’s 5) for the answer ALFRESCO.
A- 3 UNARY L- 4 BOIL F- 9 EDITH PIAF R- 2 BROWN ROT E- 7 ATTORNEYS GENERAL S- 6 SACROSANCT C- 1 CREAM OF TARTAR O- 8 CONTIGUOUS