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Euro Puzzle Championships

ANSWER: BOSS HOGG

Authors: Charles Steinhardt and Craig Kasper

The 12 puzzles can each be solved according to standard rules, with the following solutions:

Cave

Nonogram

Tairupeinto

Masyu

Hashi

Number Cross

Slitherlink

Spiral Galaxies

Minesweeper

Kin Kon Kan

Tapa

Thermometers

These are each images from the national side of Euro coins (or, in the case of Sweden, from their own non-Euro currency). The same countries are also each assigned national identification codes for Euro banknotes:

Estonia   D
France    U
Sweden    K
Slovakia  E
Italy     S
Ireland   T
Spain     V
Slovakia  E
Austria   N
Slovakia  E
Portugal  M
Greece    Y

These letters spell DUKES TV ENEMY, cluing the answer, BOSS HOGG.