Ratbert

Puzzle_Boat

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Message

W?RCALSRGORE?A?A??????IE

Clues

1. CHUBBY CHECKERS DANCE SENSATION (First and Last letter +1) = TWIST (2) = W
2. AL ORANGE COLORED CUIT F (doubles->singles)
3. MCDONALDS AND WENDYS OFFERING (LI removed) = BURGER(6) = R
4. INCREDIBLY THIRSTY ALSO DESPERATELY NEEDING WATER (YY -> Y, EE->E, RR->R, OO->O then first two letters of word get moved to the front of the previous word. Then letter added) = PARCHED(4) = C
5. Saturday Night Live Original Comedian Radner = GILDA (5) = A
6. KISMET OR FORTUNE= LUCK(1) = L
7. Movie With Charlize Theron Portraying Aileen Wuornos = MONSTER (4) = S
8. Wes Craven Flick Starring Matt Lillard = SCREAM(3) = R
9. CHANDLERS LASTS NAME ON FRIENDS (+ THEIRS HERS ITS HIS MINE) = BING(4) = G
10. DIXON SURVEYING PARTNER CHARLES (+HAKE BASS TUNA PIKE + E at the end of every word ) = MASON(4) = O
11. VISHNU INCARNATION ALSO HUMAN EMBODIMENT (extra letter at beginning/end, last two letters of word swapped) = RAMA(1) = R
12. ALEXANDER HAMILTON DIED DURING ONE (B separates words, then reverse the words) = DUEL(3) = E
13. PT WYER IT EMSOY BT SDIU AT OAEBVSNE (Substrings: TYPEWRITES BOYS AUDITS ABOVE)
14. VIETNAM CAPITAL BEFORE NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE (A at the beginning of each word, + SWAP letters 2 and 3) = SAIGON(2)=A
15. LIKE LOWLY HUMBLE LABOR POSITIONS (+double first letters, T for fourth letter, and ER between)
16. ACTOR NICOLAS OR COMPOSER JOHN (+RUTH MANTLE YOUNG WAGNER COBB) = CAGE(2) = A
17. PAYING PARTICIPANT IN A GROUP (+ FLY PIG FOX RAT EMU)
18. SESAME STREET MUPPET SMILEY (+SOSO LALA TITI DODO) = GUY?
19. ABSRUTRARETCRAHCDAFFOIPS (Backwards: SPI OFF AD CHARCTER ARTURS BA)
20. PINBALL MACHINE WARNING (+MOM POP DAUGHTER) =
21. TWO LETTER ABBREVIATION FOR ENGLISH HORN (-KJ) =
22. Concise Statement Filed By An Attorney = CLAIM(4) = I
23. ANNA PAQUIN'S SUPERHERO +(LOV[E] FIFTEE[N] THIRT[Y]) = ROGUE(5)=E