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ANSWER: REPINING

Author: Ethan Ordentlich

As the flavor indicates, this puzzle involves solving minesweeper puzzles. The puzzles themselves have multiple levels, because they are in 3-D. Answers for each puzzle can be found linked to below.

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Each minesweeper puzzle has a position relative to the others in the tabular arrangement given. Using that arrangement as a guide, solvers can prepare a giant 15x15x5 array of mine and non-mine spaces. Looking at that arrangement from the left side results in the following view:

Looking at that arrangement from the bottom results in the following view:

The answer is REPINING.