The puzzle titles and answers for this round are as follows:
| Puzzle Title | Answer |
|---|---|
| A Cardigan Jacket is Such a Turn-On | TIMEX IRONMAN |
| Bad Anargams | KODIAK ISLAND |
| Heartache on an Oxeye | KAMIL ISXAQOV |
| Hidden Verbiage | KINGS QUEST VI |
| Gerbil Maze | FREDERIC IVES |
| Lingua Franca | PROTO-IRANIAN |
| Numberlink | DISCO INFERNO |
| R.I.P. Jubal | CONSTANTINE I |
| The Hamburglar | TEMPLE OF ISIS |
| Water, Wind, or Earth? | ITALO CALVINO |
Each puzzle title contains the name of a city starting with A-J. Put these names in order to order the answers.
Note that each answer is exactly 12 letters long, disregarding spaces. In keeping with the time theme, put the answers on an analog clock face (first letter on 1, last letter on 12). Note that each answer has both an upper case I and a lowercase i.
Interpreting the uppercase I as the long (minute) hand of a clock, and the lowercase i as the short (hour) hand of a clock yields a time. Converting this time from the city's time zone to GMT then interpreting the resulting times as semaphore, yields the answer LEAP SECOND.
| Title with City | Time Zone | (Hour, Minute), in City Time | (Hour, Minute), in GMT | Semaphore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bAD ANArgams | GMT +3 | (4, 7) | (1, 7) | L |
| numBERLINk | GMT +1 | (2, 6) | (1, 6) | E |
| heartaCHE ON AN oxeye | GMT +9 | (4, 6) | (7, 6) | A |
| hidDEN VERbiage | GMT -7 | (2, 12) | (9, 12) | P |
| gERBIL maze | GMT +3 | (7, 9) | (4, 9) | S |
| lingua FRANCA | GMT -3 | (10, 6) | (1, 6) | E |
| a cardiGAN JAcket is such a turn-on | GMT +4 | (2, 6) | (10, 6) | C |
| the HAMBURGlar | GMT +1 | (11, 9) | (10, 9) | O |
| water, wIND, OR Earth | GMT + 5:30 | (10, 1) | (4, 7) | N |
| r.i.p. JUBAl | GMT +3 | (9, 12) | (6, 12) | D |