PF#2, as originally introduced.
PF#2, the follow-up.
The answer was "Mercury" (and we still relish the chance to find that middle puzzle-making ground, between Monday crossword too easy and Sunday crossword too hard).
The Queen goes to Queen the band goes to Freddy Mercury.
The instruments go to temperature go to Mercury.
The number sequence goes to the number of moons for each planet, from the farthest out, to, yep ("..."), Mercury.
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Hmmm...At the risk of immodesty, don't I get at least partial credit for originally suggesting mercury?
I think that mercury for mirrors makes just as much sense as Freddy Mercury does. Is the answer only correct if one arrives at it via your original intent?
I'm not sure I understand the moon reference. The number of moons in our Solar system is pretty variable, depending on where you draw the line. The 210 makes sense, but the preceding numbers seem arbitrary. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons
Duly noted. Things are a little hectic this week, but we will definitely work on a "special" AlanM badge as well. The moon one, we thought was kind of cool. It actually reads:
13|27|56|63|2|1|0 ... to mercury
Alan, You're right, you do deserve credit...and I bet you could confab with Dave about your badge's design. He's game with that kind of stuff.
Wow! My own merit badge.
You do not know what this means to someone who flunked out of Cub Scouts (never could get into all that saluting).
Thanks for the puzzle. Looking forward to the late spring...