Solution: Derivatives
Answer: SECONDS IN ONE MINUTE
Each of the clues given can be associated with a word. At some point, you may have noticed that some of the clues shares the same word. In fact, the clues can be divided into six groups of three clues each based on the word they're associated with.
The six groups are: Velocity, Acceleration, Jerk, Snap, Crackle, and Pop. These are all Physics terms to do with motion. More specifically, each one is a derivative of Position with respect to time at different levels, i.e. Velocity is the derivative of Position, Acceleration is the derivative of Velocity, Jerk is the derivative of Acceleration, Snap is the derivative of Jerk, Crackle is the derivative of Snap, and Pop is the derivative of Crackle.
Ordering the group starting from Velocity, then ordering the three clues in each groups alphabetically (based on the clue itself and not the letters in the square bracket) gives an ordering to all the clues, and spells the answer with the letters in the square bracket.
| Derivatives of Position | Clues | |
|---|---|---|
| Velocity | [S] Apache | "Apache Velocity" is a Java-based template engine |
| [E] Escape | ||
| [C] WWE | "WWE Velocity" is one of the program produced by WWE that ran from 2002 to 2006 | |
| Acceleration | [O] Academic | "Academic acceleration" refers to putting students ahead of the usual curriculum |
| [N] Hardware | ||
| [D] "Peak Ground ____________" | Peak Ground Acceleration, or PGA, is the term for the highest acceleration of the ground measured during an earthquake | |
| Jerk | [S] "Clean and ____" | Clean and Jerk is a composition of weightlifting movements, most notably used in the Olympic weightlifting events |
| [I] Circle | A "Circle jerk" is a term usually used in place of an "echo chamber" | |
| [N] "Knee | ||
| Snap | [O] A card game | Snap, also known as Slapjack, is a card game involving player reacting and responding to a pair of cards of matching value being dealt |
| [N] Pokémon | "Pokemon Snap" is a Pokémon spin-off game about taking pictures of Pokémons | |
| [E] Finger | ||
| Crackle | [M] Also called "rales" | Crackles or rales are term referring to abnomal crackling or rattling sounds made by the lungs |
| [I] Glaze | A "crackle glaze" is a term for pottery glazing with cracked patterns, sometimes made intentionally | |
| [N] Streaming services owned by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment | ||
| Pop | [U] Culture | |
| [T] Filter | A pop filter is a microphone accessory that reduces the popping noises from plosives | |
| [E] "___eye" |
The answer is SECONDS IN ONE MINUTE
Author's Note
Unfortunate that I couldn't come up with a better extraction. I wrote this puzzle just so I can use the derivatives of position as the mechanic.