Case Your State by Don Vance - Instructions
PART 1
STEP I: Each of the clues will lead you to two-letter state postal code abbreviations (the number of states in each clue is in parentheses).
STEP II: You now have a string of 35 abbreviations. Separate them, in order, into two strings; western states and eastern states (Mississippi River).
STEP III: Make 2 grids of equally spaced intersecting lines, labeling the lines on the x-axis (across) with eastern state abbreviations and the lines on the y-axis (down) with western state abbreviations.
PART 2
STEP I: Each clue will lead you to two state abbreviations, one western and one eastern. Place a dot at that coordinate and connect it with a straight line to the coordinate from the next clue. Continue until all clues are finished.
STEP II: Repeat STEP I for the second grid. You may need to rotate the second grid (after completion) 90 degrees to the right.
STEP III: The completed grids share a common theme that will lead you to two additional state abbreviations. These abbreviations can be combined to reveal the love interest of a famous artist. Oddly enough, the artist’s name is an anagram of yet more state abbreviations. Who is the artist?
Case Your State - Part 1
TRON (2)
BLUE VIDEO GHOST
TRAVELLIN’ MAN (2)
SCOUR
SNOUT
SCOOT
PRIES
CIVIL
ESCAPADE
IMPALE
ZOOLOGY (2)
PLEASANT VALLEY DENIZENS
CITY FOLK (4)
BASSERMAN23
CUSTER37
MCKEE42
ADAMS59
FOUR STARS (4)
HALF INDIAN SAND
CHUMLEY PAL
LARGEST VOCAL RANGE
STAR OF “THE CATCH’
JUMP THE SHARK (4)
SAY IT SOFT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRAYER
BASICS (2)
20.1797
95.94
TUNEUP (2)
WELD690
KIND1010
WHERE’D YOU COME FROM? (2)
RED PEOPLE
MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS…
WHO?
ALEXANDRA Z.
ALLEN K.
MIXED BAG (3)
CATALYST-LIKE
HAIR GEL
TRIPLE OMEN
QUITTIN’ TIME (5)
39-75, 33-87, 30-91, 45-120, 37-77
BAMBI? (2)
FAWN’S MOM
Case Your State - Part 2
GRID 1
NAPOLITANO DANIELS
PINON TULIP POPLAR
RFROST MFREEMAN
BROWN COAKLEY
CRACKERJACK PUZZLES THE PLAYS THE THING PUZZLE BUZZ GATOR AID
FRIENDSHIP LIBERTY AND PROSPERITY
AREA 16 AREA 47
ROSS BERRY FRANK LYNCH
IZMARQUE BAY AUSTIN BAY
L’AMOUR PEARL
KNIEVEL SEQUOIA
RAISING JONES
GRID 2
QUAKER OATS STUDEBAKER
GOLD AND SILVER MANLY DEEDS WOMANLY WORDS
LINCOLN COLEMAN
SPAM PEANUTS PECANS PEACHES
BAUCUS ALEXANDER
QUAIL CHICKADEE
SCHWEITZER MANCHIN
UNICAMERAL NO COUNTY GOVERNMENT
CAMPBELL BRINKLEY
406 201
NESSUS SCANS
MISTLETOE PURPLE VIOLET
TREASURE GARDEN
BERRA MONK
BELLE FOURCHE WHITE HORSE TAVERN
POSTAL ULTIMATE AND PENULTIMATE
DISENCUMBERS ANAGRAM
EVERGREEN MOUNTAIN
MINNEHAHA TRANSYLVANIA
WE LOVE THEE THESE GREEN MOUNTAINS
HALF.COM ODD
UNION JUSTICE CONFIDENCE HOPE
NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE
1699 1733
CRATER LAKE FIDDLE TRUMPET GUITAR
SUMMIT COUNTY
46000 26000
DESIRE ANAGRAM
PHEASANT THRASHER
1834 1769
#1 PARKING METER JULIETTE GORDON LOW
CALAMITY GILDA
CRINOID ECPHORA GARDNERAE GARDNERAE
SYLVAN GOLDMAN EDWARD WARREN
DONNABELLE MULLENGER “HARD RAIN”