This metapuzzle uses the answers from the previous eight puzzles: DITTO, PANAMA, PADLOCKS, REPROGRAM, PIPE WRENCH, TURBOCHARGE, CLIMBING FRAMES, and TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. Solvers will notice that each of the answers is the same length as one of the groups of boxes in the grid. Making sure to follow the direction of the traffic arrows, the answers may be entered as so:
The puzzle states that it only takes three steps for the chicken to cross the road. This suggests placing letters into the remaining yellow cells to make three-letter words. Many of these cells have a few options, but only one set of words creates an answer:
The middle letters spell out the answer ROADS SCHOLAR, a play on Rhodes Scholar, and the answer to the riddle posed in the flavor text.