Day 8: Rock

The Solution

Solve the Towers puzzle to get these numbers:

2 2 2 1 4
2 4 2 3 5 1 2
2 2 1 5 4 3 3
2 1 5 4 3 2 4
1 5 3 1 2 4 2
3 3 4 2 1 5 1
2 2 3 5 1

The clues inside the grid have all had the string "ROCK" removed. Insert "ROCK" in the right places and get the answers:
Saint associated with shamrocks: PATRICK In "Rock Lobster" they wear surfboards: GIRLS 30 Rock producer Tracey: WIGFIELD #EnigMarch prompt before Rock: WATCH Rocketeer costar Dalton: TIMOTHY
Rock pile to mark a grave: CAIRN 30 Rock network: NBC 30 Rock nemesis Devon: BANKS 1973 Rock Hudson film: SHOWDOWN Host of "Sprockets": DIETER
Type favored by gym leader Brock: ROCK State where Nelsonite is the state rock: VIRGINIA The Rocker star Rainn: WILSON House on the Rock state: WISCONSIN King who wrote about Castle Rock: STEPHEN
City of first Hard Rock Cafe: LONDON Home state of woodsman Crockett: TENNESSEE SNES RPG with "rock candy glitch": EARTHBOUND Wife of Fred who lives in Bedrock: WILMA Free jazz guitarist Sharrock: SONNY
30 Rock episode introducing Jon Hamm: GENERALISSIMO Rockford Files star Garner: JAMES Rocko's animated dog: SPUNKY Brock Samson's Charger: ADRIENNE Played Spurlock on 30 Rock: POWELL

Use the heights from the Towers puzzle as indices into the answers and get the phrase RIGHT ANSWER IS STONE IN NEPAL.

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