Answering Eighteen

Hello hello,
Welcome back from the weekend. We've got a bit of news on this Monday for ya. For those of you who don't know, Ransom of the Seven Ships is officially releasing tomorrow! So if you've been holding out on heading to the stores, tomorrow's the day! Summer sleuth'll be back tomorrow to give you the skinny on what's happening in the office (busy busy.) But for now, let's kick back, relax, and solve a riddle...

From Friday, we had a fairly odd sort of puzzle. Mari may have stumped a few of you, but I did notice that someone had worked the whole concoction out. So, without further ado, here's how it's done:

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So there isn't a whole to this puzzle, it mostly relies on a trick. To solve it, you'll need to follow these steps.
1. [ print out the image ]
2. [ cut out the image ]
3. [ wrap the image tightly around a pencil ]

That's all there is to it. If done correctly, you'll be able to read the message as such:
[ Keep your eye on Mr. Mingles ]

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Hmmm... another warning? I wonder what Mari is up to... maybe we'll get a direct quote from her sometime this week on her cryptic clues. Till then, I'll see ya later on!

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