Solve the multiplication problems to decode the hidden message and cross off a suspect from the list.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We have a grid of letters (A to Z), each with a multiplication problem. We need to solve each multiplication, then match the answer to the numbers in the message below to decode the hidden message.

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Step 1: Solve all the math problems in the grid

We’ll go row by row:

Row 1:
- A: 8 × 5 = 40
- B: 3 × 7 = 21
- C: 2 × 7 = 14
- D: 7 × 7 = 49
- E: 6 × 10 = 60
- F: 6 × 8 = 48
- G: 8 × 3 = 24

Row 2:
- H: 4 × 7 = 28
- I: 2 × 3 = 6
- J: 9 × 6 = 54
- K: 6 × 5 = 30
- L: 2 × 4 = 8
- M: 9 × 9 = 81
- N: 4 × 5 = 20

Row 3:
- O: 4 × 8 = 32
- P: 9 × 4 = 36
- Q: 8 × 9 = 72
- R: 7 × 8 = 56
- S: 3 × 3 = 9
- T: 6 × 3 = 18
- U: 5 × 3 = 15

Row 4:
- V: 4 × 3 = 12
- W: 6 × 7 = 42
- X: 9 × 3 = 27
- Y: 5 × 7 = 35
- Z: 8 × 2 = 16

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Step 2: Create a key — letter to number

Now we make a list so we can look up which letter matches each number:

- 6 → I
- 8 → L
- 9 → S
- 12 → V
- 14 → C
- 15 → U
- 16 → Z
- 18 → T
- 20 → N
- 21 → B
- 24 → G
- 27 → X
- 28 → H
- 30 → K
- 32 → O
- 35 → Y
- 36 → P
- 40 → A
- 42 → W
- 48 → F
- 49 → D
- 54 → J
- 56 → R
- 60 → E
- 72 → Q
- 81 → M

(Note: Some numbers like 5, 10, 11, etc., don’t appear in the message, so we ignore them.)

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Step 3: Decode the message

The message is written as groups of numbers. Let’s break it down line by line.

First line:
> 6 8 32 12 60 14 28 32 14 32 8 40 18 60

Convert each number to its letter:

- 6 → I
- 8 → L
- 32 → O
- 12 → V
- 60 → E
→ “ILOVE”

Next part:
- 14 → C
- 28 → H
- 32 → O
- 14 → C
- 32 → O
- 8 → L
- 40 → A
- 18 → T
- 60 → E
→ “CHOCOLATE”

So first full line: “I LOVE CHOCOLATE”

Second line:
> 9 32 6 18 32 32 30 18 28 60 60 24 24 9

Decode:

- 9 → S
- 32 → O
→ “SO”

- 6 → I
→ “I”

- 18 → T
- 32 → O
- 32 → O
- 30 → K
→ “TOOK”

- 18 → T
- 28 → H
- 60 → E
→ “THE”

- 60 → E
- 24 → G
- 24 → G
- 9 → S
→ “EGGS”

So second line: “SO I TOOK THE EGGS”

Third line:
> 9 32 56 56 35 35 32 15 56 42 6 48 60

Decode:

- 9 → S
- 32 → O
- 56 → R
- 56 → R
- 35 → Y
→ “SORRY”

- 35 → Y
- 32 → O
- 15 → U
- 56 → R
→ “YOUR”

- 42 → W
- 6 → I
- 48 → F
- 60 → E
→ “WIFE”

Wait — that doesn’t make sense. Let’s check again.

Actually, looking at the spacing:

It’s:
“9 32 56 56 35” → S O R R Y → “SORRY”
Then space
“35 32 15 56” → Y O U R → “YOUR”
Then space
“42 6 48 60” → W I F E → “WIFE”

But “Sorry your wife”? That seems odd. Maybe it’s “Sorry, your wife...” but let’s keep going.

Fourth line:
> 28 40 49 20 32 18 28 6 20 24

Decode:

- 28 → H
- 40 → A
- 49 → D
→ “HAD”

- 20 → N
- 32 → O
- 18 → T
- 28 → H
- 6 → I
- 20 → N
- 24 → G
→ “NOTHING”

So: “HAD NOTHING”

Fifth line:
> 18 32 49 32 42 6 18 28 6 18

Decode:

- 18 → T
- 32 → O
→ “TO”

- 49 → D
- 32 → O
→ “DO”

- 42 → W
- 6 → I
- 18 → T
- 28 → H
→ “WITH”

- 6 → I
- 18 → T
→ “IT”

So: “TO DO WITH IT”

Putting it all together:

> I LOVE CHOCOLATE
> SO I TOOK THE EGGS
> SORRY YOUR WIFE
> HAD NOTHING
> TO DO WITH IT

Wait — “Sorry your wife had nothing to do with it” — that makes sense! It’s saying the thief is apologizing and clearing the wife’s name.

But the instruction says: “This will let you cross off one person from the suspect list.”

So the hidden message is accusing someone else — probably the speaker themselves? Or maybe the wife is innocent.

But the final line says: “CROSS THIS PERSON OFF YOUR SUSPECT LIST.”

So who is being cleared? The wife.

Therefore, the person to cross off is the wife.

But wait — the message says “Sorry your wife had nothing to do with it” — meaning the wife is NOT the thief.

So we cross off the wife.

But the question doesn’t give us a suspect list — it just says “cross this person off your suspect list.” So the answer is the person mentioned as innocent: the wife.

However, looking back — perhaps the message is signed or implies the speaker is the thief? But the task is to find who to cross off — i.e., who is innocent.

In context, the Easter Bunny is trying to find the thief. The note says the wife had nothing to do with it — so she should be crossed off the suspect list.

Thus, the final answer is:

The wife

But let’s double-check the decoding — especially the third line.

Original third line:
“9 32 56 56 35 35 32 15 56 42 6 48 60”

We decoded as:
S O R R Y Y O U R W I F E → “SORRY YOUR WIFE”

But maybe it’s “SORRY, YOUR WIFE” — yes.

And then “HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT” — so the wife is innocent.

Therefore, the person to cross off is the wife.

But the problem might expect a name — but no names are given. The only person mentioned is “your wife”.

Perhaps the answer is simply “wife”.

Alternatively, maybe the thief is the one writing the note, and they’re framing someone else — but the instruction is clear: use the message to cross off one person from the suspect list. Since the message says the wife had nothing to do with it, she is the one to cross off.

Final Answer:

wife