Welcome back, everyone! I hope you all had a great summer. This year's BrainFood puzzles are going to be a mixed bag...there will be several "Word Associations," like last year's puzzles, but there will be a variety of other puzzles interspersed throughout.

Your first puzzle for this year is a coded message. The question is: What number is represented by the following coded message?

Marcus Can't Make Lucetius Violate Impressive Instructions.