Soon after the beginning of the hunt, teams were delivered an envelope containing 26 pieces of paper. (Imagine cutting apart the following text so that two clues and two letters are on each strip.)

      Nougat, caramel, and chocolate candy bar      
E                                                  A
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                  Flipper was one                   
S                                                  O
     Played by Connery, Moore, Brosnan, et al.      


          Most populous Canadian province           
B                                                  S
              Ends antediluvian times               


       Infectious enemy from Halo and Halo 2        
E                                                  I
                Petite pink Pooh pal                


               "Serenity" psychic Tam               
B                                                  O
                Greek analogue to L                 


             Earth, fire, air, or water             
W                                                  P
             May be duplicate or rubber             


         Fast-moving thrill ride, for short         
W                                                  D
     Pachelbel's most famous piece, for example     


                     Cease life                     
G                                                  T
                Galaxy we call home                 


           Last precious year of college            
A                                                  A
     Single polyhedral random number generator      


      Whiskey, vermouth, and a dash of bitters      
R                                                  C
             Miami football team member             


              Golden Gate, for example              
N                                                  O
                 Closest Great Lake                 


                 Additive identity                  
D                                                  R
                 Apple CPU partner                  


               Covalent, for example                
T                                                  N
           Placed between glass and table           


          Beethoven's best known symphony           
E                                                  O
               Toilet renewal action                


            Pfoho or Lowell, for example            
N                                                  E
  Geographic feature dividing Cambridge and Boston  


             Fung Wah vehicle of choice             
R                                                  O
                  Stargate spinoff                  


        Hand between straight and full house        
R                                                  N
    Of a state's senators, the more experienced     


       Information about the enemy, for short       
B                                                  D
              ISA or PCI, for example               


           Harvard or Inman, for example            
R                                                  O
          Japanese fighter at Pearl Harbor          


                    DS9 barkeep                     
I                                                  E
           Borough featuring Central Park           


     Put it in your mouth or do it to the bill      
V                                                  S
                  750 mL of liquor                  


       Universal calculus of computer science       
E                                                  F
     Imperial measurement, approximately 30 cm      


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F                                                  S
                Three make a proton                 


                    Young porker                    
A                                                  T
          Cranky M.D. with bum leg on Fox           


                 Maker of the Elph                  
O                                                  W
                Rectangular rhombus                 


         First space shuttle alphabetically         
O                                                  P
                   Boxy Honda SUV