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How do I use the wordplay clue?
1 of 10: Start by treating this riddle as containing a clue to the answer itself.
2 of 10: Of what significance are cedar, laurel, ulmus (Chinese elm), and beech?
3 of 10: Absolutely none! So there must be some other clue hidden here.
4 of 10: Look at the next phrase: "take these trees, and but the root..."
5 of 10: What is the "root" of each of the trees?
6 of 10: Not in the botanical sense...
7 of 10: ... but in their spelling?
8 of 10: The "root" might be considered to be their initial letter.
9 of 10: What do you get when you take the initial letters of "cedar, laurel, ulmus, beech"?
10 of 10: The answer is CLUB -- the club on display on the right-hand wall, among the other weapons.
