merge solution

Answer: sentence

In this puzzle we are given 2 sets of clues. While clue set 2 is too ambiguous to start solving, all of the clues in clue set 1 can be solved. To help with solving, the answer to the clues are in alphabetical order. The following are the answers to the clues.

Clue Answer
Before and __ (5) After
Non-digital as technology (6) Analog
Surface for chess or checkers (5) Board
In accordance with (2) By
It has hands and numbers (5) Clock
Knitting or crochet, e.g. (5) Craft
Item to open a lock (3) Key⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Belong to me (4) Mine
Friend, buddy (3) Pal
"I'll forfeit my turn" (4) Pass
Writing device (3) Pen
Group of one or more words (6) Phrase
Origin or source (4) Root
In __; stunned (5) Shock
Regular 4-gon (6) Square
Hot dog vendor (5) Stand

There are 16 clue set 1 clues and 8 clue set 2 clues, and combined with the title of this puzzle, they might suggest combining the answer to the clues where two clue set 1 answers combines to one clue set 2 answer. Specifically, we are concatenating the clues together; for example, stand+by=standby, which is the answer to readiness. The following is the list of answers to the clues.

Clue Answer combined words indexed letter
readiness (1) standby stand+by S
popular game (4) minecraft mine+craft E
type of time telling device (2) analog clock analog+clock N
mathematical operation (10) square root square+root T
object that's needed to use a PC (2) keyboard key+board E
type of relationship (3) penpal pen+pal N
thing that follows a larger thing (9) aftershock after+shock C
type of thing to be kept a secret (10) passphrase pass+phrase E

Indexing the numbers into the answers gives us the final answer sentence

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Pub: 03 Nov 2025 12:36 UTC

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