May 2009 Puzzle Solution
Look at where each pair of symbols is on a QWERTY keyboard, and draw lines downward from each of those keys, along the natural left-slanted and right-slanted columns of the keyboard, such that the lines meet at a key. For example, # and ^ can only meet at C. Each pair specifies a letter in this way, and these spell out phrases:
  • COMMERCIAL
  • MEDICAL DRAMA
  • MR COBB
  • JUPITER MOON
  • YOU AND I
  • REAL TIME
These are clues to two-letter answers: AD, ER, TY, IO, WE, RT. Take these pairs of keys and move upward from them to intersection points: # $ ^ ( # %. Finally, the set #$ ^( #% gives the solution word, END.

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