Clue 1
Welcome ice and snow and temperatures low
There’s no time for cold feet!
For searchers’ pleasure we’ve parked the treasure
Where nature lovers each other greet
References to a nature path and the documentary film about the treasure hunt called No Time for Cold Feet. Coincidentally, Jake was featured in that movie.

Clue 2
Boreas' vast realm can overwhelm
Even diggers used to the long haul
So here's advice to put your hunt on ice:
Look no farther than good old St. Paul
Not much to this one, thus the shock of a find at Clue 3. The PP said this clue meant it was going to be a longer trek than usual. Yeah, right.

Clue 3
Hunters can be surly but in clue-time it’s early
Be safe, friends, and in the hunt revel
Near land that is high the treasure is nigh
Vagueness rules and that’s on the level
"Near land that is high" had some thinking of Indian Mounds, Cherokee, and Highland, but what it came to was a park near Highland, as in Hidden Falls. And the kicker for this hunt was that "level" lies within the word Cleveland, a street that runs into Hidden Falls Park. The Pioneer Press didn't make mention of that in their official explanation: Be safe and look near "land that is high"—the bluffs over the Mississippi River—but on level land. The Press says the early clues are purposely vague. Yeah, right.

Clue 4
Ye who dig and blog should bike or jog
Many an athletic performer
On a trail near the dale
Would be ever so much warmer
Pioneer Press Explanation: We encourage avid hunters to go to a popular biking and jogging spot—the path along East River Road, which is near the river valley (or "dale") where the medallion was hidden in Hidden Falls Park.

Clue 5
Come one come all, you'll have a ball
Thrills and skills abound
Bring your date but don't be late
You can't afford to run aground
Pioneer Press Explanation: The ball refers to the red visibility markers on power lines strung across the river in the area of the medallion. "Run aground'' is a reference to the nearby Mississippi. "Afford'' alludes to the nearby Ford plant.

Clue 6
The air is crisper where the pine trees whisper
The four winds blow with sheer force
A place once slated for one ill-fated
Will put you on the right course.
Pioneer Press Explanation: Several lines come out of Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha," in which "Minnehaha," the "ill-fated" bride, dies. Hidden Falls Park was once slated to be named "Hiawatha," who was Minnehaha's husband in the poem. The trees refer to where the medallion is hidden.

Clue 7
If you need a clue, what you should do
Is focus on the object of your search
As a dramatic device it could entice
You near our treasured perch
Pioneer Press Explanation: Take a deep breath, hunters and Clueless One: the "dramatic device'' is a reference to Alfred Hitchcock's term for a key plot element—the thing that everyone seeks—known as the "MacGuffin." In our case, it is, of course, the medallion. We hoped the word would lead a few film-buff hunters to the Magoffin Avenue entrance to Hidden Falls.

Clue 8
With a better idea, we hope we'll see ya
Where the clues all fit to a T
Facts are scant about the place of the plant
Wheels within wheels should help you see
Pioneer Press Explanation: This includes several references to the theme of this year's puzzle, the St. Paul Ford Plant that is near Hidden Falls and which is in the process of shutting down after about eight decades in operation.

Clue 9
Towers of power line your route to the loot
So for safety's sake, keep your distance
Oldsters and tykes, confine your hikes
To the path of least resistance
Pioneer Press Explanation: We warn hunters to keep away from the high-voltage towers and to stay on the walking path parallel to the towers. Both "route" and "hikes" note that getting to the treasure site will involve a bit of a walk.

Clue 10
He once set up camp to put his stamp
On the future of our city.
But the powers that be did not agree
So he fled his land — what a pity!
Pioneer Press Explanation: Both Pig's Eye Parrant and Joseph Renshaw Brown separately set up living quarters in the Hidden Falls area and had big plans for it but were forced off by the military leaders at Fort Snelling. The words "fled his land" is an anagram for "Hidden Falls."

Clue 11
Near the line for eight seventy-nine
A place where half is forbidden
For your hunting pleasure, both falls and treasure
Are cold, frozen and hidden
Pioneer Press Explanation: The park is near the Ford assembly line, represented by United Auto Workers Local Union 879. The park is half-closed to vehicles for the season, and the clue points to Hidden Falls park. It also refers to the UAW and Ford logos hidden with the medallion.

Clue 12
In Hidden Falls, our treasure calls
Its woods will a prize deliver
From the Magoffin gate to the boat ramp straight
Take the skiing trail down-river

One painted seat is quite a feat
To the second make your procession
From here, look to the east, through the goalpost of trees,
Eighty-odd steps, past the half-stump, to a slight depression

Angle left down the slope, to a low area, we hope
With several mounds the terrain is varied
Facing upriver now, 40 paces is how
You find fallen-down trees where it's buried

Arriving at a jog, looking under a log,
An ice shard holds the reward
And a homage to our friends around the next bend
We salute eight great decades at Ford
Pioneer Press Explanation: This clue describes the exact spot where the medallion is hidden. Entering at the Magoffin Avenue gate, hunters park at the boat-ramp lot and then head down river on a skiing and hiking path until they come to the second of two painted seats. From there, the hunters are directed through some woods into a slight depression surrounded by mounds and on to some fallen logs. The medallion is encased in ice, with the UAW Local 879 and Ford logos, under the logs.