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Last week's question: California nuts have become so lucrative that an organized band of crooks has stolen 31 shipments of almonds and pistachios worth $9 million. If a Hollywood studio were to make a crime movie about the police officers trying to crack this nut theft ring, what title would it have?

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THE WINNER: "The Taking of Pecan One Two Three"

Diane Kramek, Little Falls, N.J.

SECOND PLACE: "Catch Me If You Pecan"

Alan R. Watson, San Jose, Calif.

THIRD PLACE: "Almonds Are Forever"

Jeff Fuller, Boulder, Colo.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

"Tango & Cashews"

Peter Smith, Los Angeles

"The Nutcrackers Sweep"

Chris Foley, Exeter, Calif.

"Cashew If You Can"

James Smith, New York City

"Drag-nut"

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

"The Taking of Pistachios One Two Three"

Bill O'Meara, Bedford, N.H.

"The Nutty Protector"

Robert Burnett-Kurie, Wolfeboro, N.H.

"Shell Games"

Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.

"The Uncrackables"

Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vt.

"In-kernel Affairs"

Pamela Traylor, Bloomington, Minn.

"The Raw and the Roasted"

Brett Thomson, Seattle

"Magnum P. Nut"

Kristen Clark, Prospect, Conn.