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  • $\begingroup$ Hmmm... That doesn't seem right... $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 11:51
  • $\begingroup$ then there are way too many red herrings since even if you dont have the square you could still get "red herrings" as an answer just from the poem. $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 11:55
  • $\begingroup$ @Alconja edited my answer. Is this better? $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 12:05
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    $\begingroup$ And for completeness, in case people stumble across this later, there's three lots of red herrings: indexing into the rows of the grid, indexing into the columns, and indexing into the phrases (I.e. First take the first of "Roman numeral V") $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 13:12
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    $\begingroup$ Great puzzle @Alconja, but I think this answer could do with some more explanation. You've explained the real solution, but it might also be nice to explain how you found what you first thought was the solution. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 9, 2017 at 16:49