CLUE EXPLANATIONS
CLUE #1
(given to AllisonWondrland inside a "Merci" thank you note that referenced the French theme of his Mock Hunt).
"A Worthy man"/"Mappy" is Steve Worthman, who goes by MapGuy, or Mappy, and uncovered the Saint Paul Winter Carnival Medallion this year, and a cool ten grand.
"Joe" and his "daughter" were this year's finders of the Allison Wonderland Mock Hunt Medallion, and winners of a $445 "door-prize"
"another clue" is not only meant to suggest the mini-hunt's second clue, but that a whole new hunt lies in the offing—The Great Twin Cities Treasure Hunt—revealed for the first time at the end of this one.
"A dish you didn't bring today" references the pot-luck nature of the Rehash Bash, and "Home" "plate" at Newell Park's lone baseball field (the location of the second clue).
CLUE #2
(found attached to a wiffle ball at home plate of Newell Park's baseball field)
"fine-looking" is meant to suggest "Fair-view" Avenue.
"court of clay" and "Tennis, anyone" are meant to suggest the tennis courts across Fairview Ave. in Clayland Park (and on Clayland Street).
CLUE #3
(found along with a tennis ball and a tiny "Grave Digger" figurine inside a tennis ball can, near the net of one of the tennis courts in Clayland Park)
"A place to park a plane on dirt" is meant to suggest Clay land Place.
"May I play..." is meant to sugget May Park, and its playground.
"Loch net" anagrams to "Chelton," May Park's southern boundary.
"monster" is meant to suggest the next clue is attached to a toy "Grave Digger" monster truck.
"Loch net's monster's to the south, but you gotta let 'er slide" references a plot point from the Allison Wonderland hunt, and implies that the next clue is hidden in the playground area, underneath the slide.
CLUE #4
(found attached to a toy "Grave Digger" monster truck, underneath the slide in May Park)
"2Pac's hood—always up to no good" (from the song "California Love") is Englewood.
"an infamous guesthouse tenant" is meant to suggest Kato Kaelin—and Cato Park, to the South.
"that same fine-lookin' street" is Fairview Avenue again.
"the pennant" references the shape of the final clue.
CLUE #5
(found attached to a Target gift card and shaped like a triangular flag on a stick in Cato Park)
- "my name's Johannes" references a small box marked "Hello, my name is Johannes" with a final clue: an invitation to the inaugural Great Twin Cities Treasure Hunt, hidden at the pavilion building at Newell Park.
