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Puzzle 01: Chalkboard
Posted: 11/01/06 Solved: 22:21:48 EST, 01/11/07
Winner: GrannyW Prize: $69.00
Charity: Computer Literacy 4 Kids Donation Made to Charity: $69.00
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Spoilers Follow!
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Hints:
- (Posted 11/22/06 17:04 EST) The solution reads from left to right in the usual English way starting in the
upper left hand corner and continuing through the whole puzzle.
- (Posted 12/09/06 10:00 EST) I couldn't replace all the letters with numbers. I had no choice.
- (Posted 12/23/06 17:46 EST) There are 60 letters in the solution.
- (Posted 01/02/07 12:11 EST) 1 = H
- (Posted 01/08/07 21:30 EST) Sherlock Holmes would have said that solving this puzzle was “simple”.
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Solution: Fpvraprvfnjbaqreshyguvatvsbarqbrfabgunirgbrneabarfyvivatngvg
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Method: Vg’f “ryrzrag”-nel, zl Qrne Jngfba. Hfvat gur Crevbqvp Gnoyr vf gur xrl. Sbe gur onpxjneqf ahzoref,
erirefr gur yrggref va gur purzvpny flzoby fb n onpxjneqf gra orpbzrf “RA” vfgrnq bs “AR”
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Puzzle 02: Pool Table
Posted: 01/12/07 Solved: 13:41:41 EST, 03/14/07
Winner: bibelot Prize: $67.25
Charity: Project Linus Donation Made to Charity: $67.25
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Spoilers Follow!
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Hints:
- (Posted 01/24/07, 20:00 [EST]) Do 8-balls really look like that?
- (Posted 02/03/07, 19:45 [EST]) If you are lost in the woods, a compass might help. If you are lost in this
puzzle, you should have two.
- (Posted 021307 20:83 EST) Not two of the same kind of compass, of course…
- (Posted 030107 21:00 EST) Using this methodology, a 1-ball could be any letter from A to H.
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Solution: Pbatenghyngvbaf
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Method: Rnpu onyy bgure guna gur phr onyy ercerfragf n yrggre bs gur nycunorg. Gb qrpvcure gur yrggre, lbh
zhfg pbzovar gur ahzore ba gur onyy jvgu gur qverpgvba va juvpu gur ahzore vf cbvagvat. Pbafvqre gur rvtug
qverpgvbaf A, AR, R, FR, F, FJ, J, AJ. Vs na a-onyy vf cbvagvat abegu, gung vf, vs gur ahzore nccrnef evtug-fvqr hc,
gur pbeerfcbaqvat yrggre vf fvzcyl gur agu yrggre bs gur nycunorg. Vs vg vf cbvagvat gb gur abegurnfg, gura vg vf gur
arkg yrggre bs gur nycunorg; vs vg vf cbvagvat gb gur rnfg, vg vf gur bar nsgre gung, naq fb ba. Guhf, fnl, n 5-onyy
pna ercerfrag gur yrggref R, S, …, Y, qrcraqvat ba jurgure gur 5 vf cbvagrq A, AR, …, AJ, erfcrpgviryl. Abgr gung fbzr
bs gur onyyf ner haqreyvarq fb gung vg’f rnfvre gb gryy juvpu jnl gurl’er cbvagvat. Abj beqre gur onyyf ol vapernfvat
qvfgnapr sebz gur phr onyy. Gnxvat gur pbeerfcbaqvat yrggref gura fcryyf bhg gur nafjre.
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Puzzle 03: Quilt
Posted: 05/18/07 Solved: 21:59:26 EST, 03/14/07
Winner: daveh Prize: $61.00 and the quilt
Charity: Excalibur Leisure Skills Center, Inc. Donation Made to Charity: $61.00
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Spoilers Follow!
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Hints:
- (Posted 06/28/07 19:52 EST) Start with a red rook, and end with a black one.
- (Posted 07/26/07 18:19 EST) Beethoven's 5th Symphony is also called Beethoven's V'th by some. I think that's
neat.
- (Posted 08/15/07 19:00 EST) 'V' the letter... not the Roman numeral.
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Solution: Yvsr vf n xvaq bs purff
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Method: Gur beqrevat vf onfrq hcba gur svefg pyhr: vs jr ner erdhverq gb ivfvg rnpu fdhner rknpgyl bapr, naq jr
zhfg genirefr rnpu ebbx cnve va erq-gura-oynpx beqre, gura bayl n pybpxjvfr fcveny fgnegvat va gur gbc yrsg pbeare.
Gur ebbx cnvef qrsvar gur fcnprf naq gur qverpgvba lbh zhfg tb.
Gur snpg gung vf vg zbefr pbqr nyfb pbzrf sebz gur pyhrf…vg vf pnyyrq Orrgubira’f Igu orpnhfr gur ortvaavat bs gur
cvrpr qn-qn-qn-qhz vf gur yvxr gur …- bs gur yrggre I.
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