Three Lock Box Key 2 clues with reasons
Key 2 was found by Heather.
These are the clues and reasons behind them as thought up by Tom Kief:
95 WIILROCK THREE LOCK BOX 2025 – KEY #2 CLUES
Wednesday – 04/23/25
7:30 – USA “Where stars gather but never shine.” (Hinting at the U.S. flag – stars, but not literal constellations.)
12:30 – POCKET “Brass” “Brass in Pocket” by The Pretenders: “Got brass in pocket, got bottle, I’m gonna use it.”
5:30 – PANGAEA “Before we drifted, we were one. A single breath, held in stone.” (Before continental drift, all landmasses were united.)
Thursday – 04/24/25
7:30 – USA “Home to a bald monarch with no throne.” (The bald eagle, national symbol, but no monarchy.)
12:30 – POCKET “Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof, Because I’m happy… Got sunshine in my pocket.” (Happy” – Pharrell Williams)
5:30 – EARTH “I’m the third child, often overlooked, yet loud enough to be heard in space.” (Third planet from the Sun. Earth’s radio waves leak out into space.)
Friday – 04/25/25
7:30 – SOLAR SYSTEM “A tight-knit dysfunctional family of wanderers, all chasing the same golden tyrant.” (Planets orbiting the Sun — gravitational pull = “golden tyrant.”)
12:30 – POCKET “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” – Justin Timberlake “I got that sunshine in my pocket, got that good soul in my feet.”
5:30 – MILKY WAY “We live inside a question, not knowing the full shape of our own skin.” (We’re inside the galaxy, unable to see it clearly from within.)
BONUS – TOM “Have A Beer” When this clue came out Tom was having beers at our 5:01 Club Party
Monday – 04/28/25
7:30 – EARTH “I wear blue for calm, green for envy, and gray for what I’ve done.” (Oceans, forests, pollution. Earth’s mood ring.)
12:30 – POCKET “Though the land beneath it changes, the company it keeps does not.” (The item travels with you — it’s not left behind.)
5:30 – SOLAR SYSTEM “Each child dances to a different rhythm, yet all revolve around the same old flame.” (Each planet has its own orbital speed, but they all orbit the Sun.)
Tuesday – 04/29/25
7:30 – USA “Where you can fry anything, sue anyone, and still find a gluten-free option.” (A silly cultural combo that screams USA.)
12:30 – USA “You’ll find it between the maple leaf and the salsa bowl.” (Canada and Mexico – bordering clues without naming the U.S.)
5:30 – MILKY WAY “A river with no banks, flowing with fire and fragments of forgotten worlds.” (Ancient cultures often described the Milky Way as a river in the sky.)
Wednesday – 04/30/25
7:30 – USA “Bound by stars yet born from rebellion, I wear fifty but stand as one.” (Hinting at the flag, independence, 50 states.)
12:30 – TOM “It’s like Where’s Waldo… but without Waldo” (Tom is our version of Waldo. Find him and you find the key)
5:30 – RED HERRING “Clavis haec est inanis sed difficilis dictu.” (Latin-style phrase for “this clue is pointless but hard to say”. Here’s the breakdown: Clavis haec = “this clue” – est inanis = “is pointless/empty” – sed difficilis dictu = “but hard to say” I just wanted to give Elwood something hard to say)
Thursday – 05/01/25
7:30 – EARTH “My surface is restless, my heart is molten, and my breath feeds flame or flower.” (Tectonic activity, magma core, oxygen atmosphere.)
12:30 – TOM “Matthew Seven. Seven. Eight.” (From the bible Matthew 7 – Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Ask Tom for the key and he will give it to you.)
5:30 – TOM “It crosses borders without a passport, yet never leaves its keeper.” (Tom is the keys keeper. He travels between Wisconsin/Illinois often.)
Friday – 05/02/25
7:30 – EARTH/TOM – “Not the brightest, not the biggest, just noisy enough to be noticed.” (Tom/Earth isn’t massive or luminous/smartest, but makes a lot of noise.)
12:30 – TOM “I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner” – (“Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega)
5:30 – POCKET – “The other is NOT giving a high five” (From One Hand In My Pocket by Alanis Morissette)
BONUS – TOM “Seriously, Come have a beer” When this clue came out Tom was having beers at our 5:01 Club Party