PUZZLES

A LOT TO
DIGEST

SOLUTION


"Bitten off more than you can chew?"

Holmes grinned at his silent friend, who nodded emphatically.

"I told you not to go sampling the brews in Dr. Jekyll's laboratory, but your eyes were bigger than your belly, eh? Now my gut tells me you're ruminating, trying to cook up a solution."

Holmes' friend winced, and nodded, sadly.

"Truly, it's alimentary, my dear Watson. Three square square meals a day."
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SAXNIMDMH IUMNULUUT JSGTYNESU
TECAERTUO NEJDHOACM ROOUMPEHA
SULANCONP DCCOUUUSR EHAMCSMME

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Watson cocked his head to the side, quizzically, and scrawled a note on a scrap of paper.

Holmes picked it up, read it, and, chuckling, said, "Let's go see Dr. Ellis, son. I'm sure he'll have you fixed up in no time. You're certainly entitled."

What four word phrase did Watson jot on his scrap of paper?


Man, Holmes has a penchant for bad puns.

In any case, take those strings of random-seeming letterns and rearrange them into a three square square. 

S A X N I M D M H

I U M N U L U U T

J S G T Y N E S U

T E C A E R T U O

N E J D H O A C M

R O O U M P E H A

S U L A N C O N P

D C C O U U U S R

E H A M C S M M E
Now look for words in it -- preferably words relating to the alimentary canal... 
S A X N I M D M H
 \   \   X   /  |
I U M N U L U U T
   \   X   X    |
J S G T Y N E S U
 \   X   X   X  |
T E C A E R T U O
   X   X   X   \|
N E J D H O A C M
 X   X   X   X   
R O O U M P E H A
   X   X   X   X 
S U L A N C O N P
 /   X   X   X   
D C C O U U U S R
   /   X   X   \ 
E H A M C S M M E
The letters in black spell out AND I MUST SCREAM which is the end of the title of Harlan Ellison's story I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. The four other words are what Watson jotted down, and they pretty accurately describe his condition. Man, Holmes is a mean bugger rubbing it in like that, eh?

I HAVE NO MOUTH