After Haley stuffed the 'Bandit' clue inside her sneaker, what did she figure out that the picture of the baby plus the letters ED mean?

After Haley stuffed the 'Bandit' clue inside her sneaker, what did she figure out that the picture of the baby plus the letters ED mean?

• A. climbed in
• B. slept in
• C. crawled in
• D. crawled out

Answer: (C)

This uses a picture-and-letters clue method: the image of a baby hints at the action babies do, which is crawl. Adding the letters ED signals turning that verb into its past tense, giving crawled. In many puzzle contexts, the clue then points to a way someone moved into a space, which is described by the phrase crawled in. So the baby’s cue plus ED points to the phrase crawled in.

This uses a picture-and-letters clue method: the image of a baby hints at the action babies do, which is crawl. Adding the letters ED signals turning that verb into its past tense, giving crawled. In many puzzle contexts, the clue then points to a way someone moved into a space, which is described by the phrase crawled in. So the baby’s cue plus ED points to the phrase crawled in.