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ANSWER: DISCO INFERNO

Author: Charles Steinhardt

The 72 clues can be solved with objects that belong to a known group of N objects (e.g., the SEVEN DWARVES). 60 of these match the corresponding number:

3:  CURLY, EXECUTIVE, SANTA MARIA, BAKER, FATHER, ROMANS, CAPE TOWN, ARAMIS
4:  SPRING, FAMINE, SLYTHERIN, DIVISION, LUKE, WEST, THYMINE, ARIZONA,
    SWORDS, INKY, STRINGS, CLARITY, SANGUINE, GRAVITY
5:  MANHATTAN, SCARY, TITO, SALAH, THUMB, SIGHT, SOUR, NUMBERS, ARMY, WHAT,
    MOHAWK, GAMBINO, DODECAHEDRON
6:  BISHOP, STRANGE, REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, MRS. WHITE, SCREW, MAPLE LEAFS
7:  PALATINE, ASIA, LA, HAPPY, SLOTH, FRIDAY, COLOSSUS, RED SEA,
    PHILOSOPHERS STONE
8:  DANCER, PREPOSITION, PENN
9:  CALLIOPE, LIMBO
10: FROGS, COVET
11: CELERY SALT
12: JUNE, CANCER, OX

The hexagons match with each other along edges, but cannot make a complete figure. However, if one sixth of each hexagon is cut out and the remainder folded into a cone/frustum, with a pentagonal footprint, then they can be assembled into two dodecahedra [insert image here]

Looking at slices cut out of each hexagon, each dodecahedgon has 6 numbers, 3 through 8, and six words in corresponding patterns. Indexing into the removed word from the corresponding dodecahedron yields:

3  D  INDIGO
4  I  JUPITER
5  S  CLUBS
6  C  RHINOCEROS
7  O  SUPERIOR
8  I  BARGAINING

and

3  N  ANNE BOLEYN
4  F  CONFIRMATION
5  E  TEMPERANCE
6  R  LEONARDO
7  N  SEDIMENTARY
8  O  WIMBLEDON

for the answer, DISCO INFERNO.