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| =====Part 1: 7x7 medium-level difficulty logic-grid puzzle===== | =====Part 1: 7x7 medium-level difficulty logic-grid puzzle===== | ||
| ====Objective==== | ====Objective==== | ||
| - | To apply your skills in the solving of a logic puzzle. We're now back to 6x6 grid sizes, while also incrementing the difficulty level a notch-- " | + | To apply your skills in the solving of a logic puzzle. |
| What you'll likely encounter is that there will be more indirect clues (ie knocking something out directly from a clue in one area, which can have secondary elimination moves elsewhere on the grid). Some of the existing puzzles have aspects like this, but may not have as heavily utilized them as central means to solving the puzzle. | What you'll likely encounter is that there will be more indirect clues (ie knocking something out directly from a clue in one area, which can have secondary elimination moves elsewhere on the grid). Some of the existing puzzles have aspects like this, but may not have as heavily utilized them as central means to solving the puzzle. | ||
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| Remember, keeping track of what has been eliminated is just as important as tracking what has been identified. A lot of trouble or dead ends emerged when people were not keeping full inventory on grid box eliminations. | Remember, keeping track of what has been eliminated is just as important as tracking what has been identified. A lot of trouble or dead ends emerged when people were not keeping full inventory on grid box eliminations. | ||
| + | I found this one had a lot of opportunities for secondary and event tertiary unlocking of confirmed clues. So keep an eye out for cross-referencing possibilities. | ||
| ====Puzzle Backstory==== | ====Puzzle Backstory==== | ||
| - | This year's Oscar nominations were announced this morning! Using only the clues below, match each of these films to its director | + | The local aerophobe (one with a fear of flying) support group has several members who each need to take a flight. Match each aerophobe |
| ====Puzzle==== | ====Puzzle==== | ||
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| ====Clues==== | ====Clues==== | ||
| - | - The musical received fewer nominations than Bold Service. | + | - The flier with the shamrock is either Rudy or the aerophobe leaving in May. |
| - | - The movie that received 5 nominations wasn't the thriller. | + | - Eloise will leave sometime after Olive. |
| - | - The Illusion wasn't directed by Virgil Katz. | + | - The flier with the lucky hat will leave 1 month before the flier with the talisman. |
| - | - Thorn of Suns is either the comedy | + | - The aerophobe with the talisman |
| - | - Of the film directed by Tank Reznor and the drama, one is Silk Mist and the other got 5 nominations. | + | - Katie won't bring a rabbit' |
| - | - The movie directed by Virgil Katz received one more nomination than Maximum Risk. | + | - Velma won't bring a horseshoe. |
| - | - The comedy is either Thorn of Suns or the movie directed by Virgil Katz. | + | - Neal, the flier going to Michigan, |
| - | - The movie directed by Danny Trevor received fewer nominations than Silk Mist. | + | - Velma will leave 3 months after Olive. |
| - | - The film directed by Gabby Jones received 4 more nominations than the comedy. | + | - The aerophobe leaving in April won't bring a rabbit' |
| - | - Of the comedy | + | - The passenger going to Ohio is either the aerophobe with the lucky hat or the flier with the coin. |
| - | - The comedy received more nominations than the film directed by Adrienne Day. | + | - Of the aerophobe leaving in February |
| - | - Silk Mist didn' | + | - The flier going to Wyoming will leave 3 months before Katie. |
| - | - The movie directed by Tank Reznor received | + | - Neal won' |
| + | - Of the aerophobe going to Wyoming and the passenger going to Utah, one is Rudy and the other will leave in May. | ||
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| =====Part 2: Word Math Puzzle===== | =====Part 2: Word Math Puzzle===== | ||
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| - | NAY | + | TAG |
| - | | + | +----------- |
| - | | + | |
| - | -RAMU | + | |
| - | | + | -------- |
| - | NNIE | + | YACTTFIL |
| - | | + | -LGSTILST |
| - | ---- | + | -------- |
| - | BEID | + | |
| - | -MUNB | + | |
| - | | + | -------- |
| - | ANMU | + | CGTCFSL |
| </ | </ | ||
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