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YABA4 - clue 12- solution

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Hint

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Save time; work backwards. Dungeness Keeper = Crab House.

Solution

Whether or not James Bond in fact has a middle name, the title refers to what's missing in the middle of the odd landmark names in the directions you're given. Each one is listed below, with its missing complement:

Clue Language

What’s Missing

Actual Landmark

TinPan Laryngologist’s

Tin Pan ALLEY – OTOlaryngologist

ALIOTO’s

corner of Zachary Hackford and Thomas Airplane

Zachary TAYLOR / TAYLOR Hackford; Thomas JEFFERSON / JEFFERSON Airplane

corner of TAYLOR and JEFFERSON

Spring Gump Café

Spring RAIN – FORREST Gump

RAINFOREST Café

Ear of Modern Art

Ear WAX – MUSEUM of Modern Art

WAX MUSEUM

Big Garcia’s

Big BEN [AND] – JERRY[‘s] Garcia

BEN AND JERRY’s

Red, White & Finger terminal

Red, White, & BLUE [AND] – GOLD Finger

BLUE and GOLD [ferry] terminal

Generation Toothed

Generation GAP / GAP Toothed

GAP

Killer Street Journal

Killer WHALE – WALL Street Journal

WHALE [on the side of a] WALL

Fishing Steps

Fishing PIER – THIRTY-NINE Steps

PIER 39

Swiss Cabilly Café

Swiss cHARD – ROCKabilly Café

HARD ROCK Café (not Chard Rock, mind you)

Bald Scout Café

Bald EAGLE / EAGLE Scout

EAGLE Café

Vida Off the Old Block cookie store

Vida BLUE – CHIP off the old block

BLUE CHIP cookie store

Solid Limbaugh Grill

Solid GOLD – RUSH Limbaugh

GOLD RUSH Grill

Dungeness Keeper

Dungeness CRAB – HOUSE Keeper

CRAB HOUSE

Godiva Can Wait

Godiva CHOCOLATE – HEAVEN can wait

CHOCOLATE HEAVEN

Hell for Brothers

Hell for LEATHER – BLUES Brothers

LEATHER BLUES

Wild & Western

Wild ANIMAL – COUNTRY Western

ANIMAL COUNTRY

Side ‘n Pie

Side WALK – AMERICAn Pie

WALKAMERICA

Clear as Crackers

Clear as MUD [WIND AND] FIREcrackers

MUD, WIND AND FIRE

Coman’s Inferno

ComanDANTE / DANTE’s Inferno

DANTE’s Seafood Grill

Dirty Dixon Design

Dirty HARRY – MASON Dixon [line] Design

HARRY MASON Design Studio

Charlotte’s Bolt

Charlotte’s WEB – LIGHTNING Bolt

WEB LIGHTNING Café

Baja Wagon Center

Baja CALIFORNIA – WELCOME Wagon

CALIFORNIA WELCOME Center

At the California Welcome Center on Pier 39 (also called the Web Lightning Café), teams found Dr. Zeus, the villain of the piece, with a license plate that said "C DRFTER". Observant teams realized that the previous plate had alerted them to the presence of the evil Dr. Zeus at this clue location.