Each of the ten clues refers to a person who has been on the cover of The Improper Bostonian; the logo at the top of the image is a parody of the logo The Improper Bostonian used for years and then naturally revamped shortly before this year’s Hunt. The magazine is biweekly, and the two-week period for each referenced issue begins in one of the months listed on the yellow spine.
For each clue, the rectangle with a letter matching the clue corresponds to a single letter on the cover featuring that person. The covers can be found in the following galleries:
When the marked letters are placed in the order of months indicated on the spine, they spell out the answer to this puzzle, CENTENNIAL.
H | Esperanza Spalding | Aug 10 2011 | STRIKE A (C)HORD | C |
F | Pablo Sandoval | Apr 8 2015 | PANDA POW(E)R | E |
G | Jenny Slate | Feb 15 2012 | FUN(N)Y BUSINESS | N |
J | Wendy Williams | May 8 2013 | STRAIGHT (T)ALK | T |
E | Aly Raisman | Jul 25 2012 | LET THE GAM(E)S BEGIN | E |
C | Eliza Dushku | Jun 25 2014 | BRING IT O(N) | N |
I | Jonathan Tucker | Sep 16 2015 | FIGHTI(N)G WORDS | N |
B | Nate Corddry | Feb 16 2011 | (I)N FOCUS | I |
D | Jermaine Jones | Dec 24 2014 | G(A)ME CHANGER | A |
A | Clay Buchholz | Mar 27 2013 | PLAY BAL(L) | L |