Where Do Birds Go

Question

_{This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx}

Where do birds go?! A famous ship? A Channel Island? A river in Greece? A Caribbean island? A conifer leaf? A circle of light? A California stadium? A New York borough? An Egyptian city? Cyberspace? A moon of Saturn?

ANACTHEBPIEDLEALDYAINETBLYNROSEBGLIQUE

^{NB This is not a cipher puzzle.}

hexomino · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-14T09:04:33.747

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First step

Split up the string of letters as follows
AN
AC
THEB
PIEDLE
ALDY
A
INET
BLYN
ROSEB
GL
IQUE

Next step

Notice that in each string we can insert the name of a bird to give an answer to one of the questions in the main body.
TITAN
ACHERON
THE BEAGLE
PINE NEEDLE
ALDERNEY
ASWAN
INTERNET
BROOKLYN
ROSE BOWL
GLORIOLE
MARTINIQUE

Finally

Reading down the first letter in each bird's name, we obtain the answer to the question "Where do birds go?!" which is THE NEST ROOM

Ordering of the questions (as explained by Stiv)

The questions are ordered alphabetically by the name of the bird inserted to get the answer.

edited Jul 14 '22 at 09:04

answered Jul 13 '22 at 10:13

hexomino

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You got it, well done :) (And yes, it's toilet humour - or perhaps tOWLET humour? ... Er, maybe not...) – Stiv Jul 13 '22 at 11:17
@Stiv Maybe a tOWLETte? Those might be found in the same location... – Darrel Hoffman Jul 13 '22 at 18:58
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HERON these jokes makes me SWANt to ORIOLE my eyes ;-). – Sylvester Kruin - try Codidact Jul 13 '22 at 23:44
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I don't understand the ordering of the question-mark-marked noun phrases. cc @Stiv – msh210 Jul 14 '22 at 06:52
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@msh210 Alphabetical by what's inserted – Stiv Jul 14 '22 at 07:10
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Ah, I hadn't notice the ordering actually, will add in a comment. – hexomino Jul 14 '22 at 09:02
Was just an extra way of assisting the solver in knowing they were on the right track :) – Stiv Jul 14 '22 at 09:34
The puzzle must have a mistake then, because the ship should be 'titanic' not 'titan' – paddotk Jul 14 '22 at 10:42
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@paddotk No, the ship is the beagle, titan is the moon. – hexomino Jul 14 '22 at 12:20
@hexomino Ah that explains it XD, thanks – paddotk Jul 14 '22 at 14:11

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