VFYW: A Yellow Red Herring

#272 is much more difficult than meets the eye.

Our winner from last week is still hooked:

As long as my family continues to indulge my Friday evening pastime, I’ll probably keep submitting to the contest every so often, just for fun. I’ve tried to communicate to them the satisfaction of solving one of these puzzles, but to little avail. 

The other week, caught up in a moment of triumph, I showed my sp…