Well this clue certainly isn't what I was expecting. We may well have a Clue 12 where hunters start out in multiple parks. I don't think I have seen that before.
Like most people I'm not sure what to make of this clue, at least not in the sense of what one would expect from a Clue 11. Generally speaking, Kaohly Her was a rep before becoming mayor. She represented district 64A which includes Linwood. I'm not sure if she has closer ties to Linwood than that though it looked like she had some campaign activities there. But that seems more like a clue 7 hint to the park than a clue 11 one.
The park has some construction going on. They had a groundbreaking on October 20th in the rec center area to do things like add a full sized basketball court, add pickleball courts, and realign some of the other fields. Hard to believe they want you to search there though when construction zones are off limits.
Be a dear? Do they maybe mean deer to suggest it is in the woods? Maybe. Though it does say turf which suggests grass.
Garbage and trash abound could be a reference to the yard waste facility on the southeast side. There are also a few trash cans around the park. Otherwise hunters are reporting it's a pretty clean park without much trash in it.
At this point I don't know. I'm starting to lean back towards the far eastern corner at St. Clair and Pleasant. The Palace Ice Arena is there as well as the yard waste. There is a limestone wall across the street. It's the part of the woods that might be the safest. And I noticed there is a small patch of grass on the very corner of Pleasant and St. Clair. If I was the cluewriter, and I hid it there, it would be extremely easy to check on it just by driving by.
David
On Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 11:26:31 PM CST, Allison Wonderland via groups.io <allisonwondrland@...> wrote:
Like Kaohly Her, St. Paul mayor,
This park breaks new ground.
So be a dear, search turf here
For garbage and trash abound.