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ANSWER: DEMOGORGONS

Authors: Charles Steinhardt, Jessica Li, and Paul Melamud

Each dating profile clues an animal that is also an English verb.

  • CLAM
  • HOUND
  • SQUIRREL
  • FAWN
  • FLOUNDER
  • BEAR
  • BADGER
  • LEECH
  • MONKEY
  • WOLF
  • HOG
  • COW
  • PARROT
  • SLUG
  • PEACOCK
  • CHICKEN
  • HORSE

The names of each person are days of the week in a foreign language. Taking them as an index (Sunday = 1... Saturday = 7) produces ANSWER DEMOGORGONS.