Answer to Puzzle Contest (from the winner):

"find

If you take the 3rd and 4th letters of the first word, the 4th and 3rd letters of the second word, the 3rd and 4th letters of the third word, and so on, it spells out 'answer is find.' The first word of the problem is also 'find'!"

Only Shirley Wolf got this one, and she submitted this after the end of the 10/2-10/3 contest, but before the 10/6-10/7 contest had started, in which I provided the hint. The hint evidently was not useful to anyone.

Winner: Shirley Wolf, Rockville, MD

Contest Statistics: Newsletter sent to 309433 subscribers, 4 answers submitted, 1 answer correct, 25.00% accuracy. Chance of a correct answer winning: 100.00%.