Solution: The Hunger Games
Answer: STONER
Written by Ethan
First, solve the crossword clues and fill out the tributes chart.
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fondness or endearment (9) | AFFECTION |
| Pocket pistol (9) | DERRINGER |
| The supported candidate, e.g. (8) | ENDORSEE |
| Dress fabric (7) | ETAMINE |
| Rapper Minaj (5) | NICKI |
| Silicon Graphics API vector graphics renderer (6) | OPENGL |
| Changed into bone (8) | OSSIFIED |
| Soft fruit (5) | PEACH |
| Chef's instructions (6) | RECIPE |
| US Navy Construction Battalion member (6) | SEABEE |
| Back part of an airplane (7) | TAILFIN |
| Native American tent (6) | TEEPEE |
One may notice that the letters in these answers are very close to that of the tribute names. Indeed, you can "combine" two answers into "something new:" a tribute name! Extract the outer letters to spell PRESTO NEREID, and with the enumeration at the bottom, repeating this combination step one more time gives preSTO / NEReid, thus STONER.
| P | eaCH / AFFectio | N |
| R | eciPE / ETAmin | E |
| E | ndorSEE / DERringe | R |
| S | eaBEE / TEEpe | E |
| T | ailFIN / NICK | I |
| O | penGL / OSSifie | D |