Sanford Herald Ad Answer (9/26/09 & 9/30/09): 1.) Hard, using the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, etc. 2.) Split second timing. 3.) 7:45 P.M., since the clock is losing 8 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the clock will only show 52 minutes. Since the clock shows 4:15 P.M., we know that 975 clock minutes have passed. This therefore equals 1,125 real minutes and hence 18 hrs 45 minutes.  The clock stopped 60 mintues ago, therefore the time must now be 19:45 P.M.

Sanford Herald Ad Answer (9/19/09 & 9/23/09): The letter 'e', which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the paragraph.