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|title = Color-Coded |
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|hunt = Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 |
|hunt = Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 |
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|round = Round 1 |
|round = Round 1 |
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|image_width = 200px |
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|image_caption = A picture representing the puzzle in some way, like an overworld image, or a non-spoiler image from the puzzle. |
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|author = Lydian |
|author = Lydian |
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|answer = GREENWICH |
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|solves = 161 |
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|guesses = 510 |
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|link = https://silphpuzzlehunt.com/puzzle/color-coded |
|link = https://silphpuzzlehunt.com/puzzle/color-coded |
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|solution_link = https://silphpuzzlehunt.com/solution/color-coded |
|solution_link = https://silphpuzzlehunt.com/solution/color-coded |
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|checker_link = https://silphpuzzlehunt.com/post-hunt-solve/color-coded |
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|stats_link = https://silphpuzzlehunt.com/stats/color-coded |
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'''Color-Coded''' is a puzzle from Round 1 of the [[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021|2021 Silph Puzzle Hunt]], presenting as a collection of rows of black and white circles, with strips of colors appended to each side, and lines connecting some circles to one another. |
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===Description=== |
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'''Quick Fix''' is a puzzle from Round 1 of the 2021 Silph Puzzle Hunt. Solvers are presented with a set of clue fragments in two columns and a final enumeration of (8). The lefthand fragments all give a number in parenthesis and the righthand fragments all start with the word '''is'''. There are the same number of fragments on either side. |
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==Solve Path== |
==Solve Path== |
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Inspecting the lefthand clues, solvers are meant to identify them as cryptic clues. However, even after knowing this fact, a lot of the clues seem strange, and reuse phrases such as '''''complement, not, opposite, like'''''. |
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It can be reasonably assumed that letters are filled into the circles, each row spells a word, and circles connected by lines are the same letter. The colored strips on either end of the clue are the only other information the solver has to work with. As it turns out, each row consists of a single word than can be prepended to every color represented in the strips to make a phrase. |
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For example, the third line has '''black''' and '''pink''' strips with a length of '''7'''. These colors can be prepended to the word '''PANTHER''' to make the phrases, '''BLACK PANTHER''' and '''PINK PANTHER''' (fittingly both fictional characters, although this connection doesn't fit with any others). |
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Given the fact that the righthand clues all start with '''is''', it can be reasonably assumed that these are the definition half of the clue pair. Some are straightforward, and act as a means of breaking in. The left hand side clues all use prefixes and suffixes in their cryptic wordplay. One potential break-in is outlined below |
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Solvers can use the connections between boxes to aid them in filling in each row. Once every clue is filled in, reading the black circles in order spells the clue '''BLANK MEAN TIME'''. Answering this clue yields the final answer. |
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'''...is Mr. Sorkin''' clues '''AARON''' confidently, so solvers can look to the lefthand column and try to see a cryptic clue that forms it. '''Ron Howard''' directed ''The Da Vinci Code'', and '''a''' can be a prefix meaning '''not''', such as in the words '''atypical, asexual''' and '''asymmetric''', so someone who is '''''not not Ron''''' is '''AARON'''. |
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The number given in parenthesis in the lefthand fragments turn out not to be enumerations of answers. This fact can also be reasonably deduced based on the frequency of 1s that appear. Indexing these numbers into the answered cryptic clue yields the cluephrase '''MORE MORE MAGIC STICK'''. Treating this in a similar fashion as the earlier clues and answering it to an 8 letter answer as given at the bottom of the puzzle yields the final answer. |
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}}Final Answer:{{spoilers|text='''WANDERER'''}} |
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==Puzzle Elements== |
==Puzzle Elements== |
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{{To do}} |
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{{#spoiler:show=Puzzle Elements| |
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[[Clue Centric]] - Most of the meat of this puzzle is solving the cryptic clues. Once the gimmick is understood, solvers can work on the left fragments without needing to pair up the clues. |
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[[Cryptic Word Play]] - All of these clues use a similar format for their cryptic wordplay, adding prefixes and suffixes to words based on very literal readings of the clues. |
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[[Indexing]] - A final cluephrase is made by indexing given numbers into the answers for each clue. |
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Latest revision as of 02:15, 26 July 2022
| Color-Coded | |
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| Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 | |
| Round 1 | |
| Author(s) | Lydian |
| Answer | Click to revealGREENWICH |
| Statistics | |
| No. solves | 161 |
| No. total guesses | 510 |
| Links | |
| Puzzle | Link |
| Solution | Link |
| Checker | Link |
| Stats | Link |
Color-Coded is a puzzle from Round 1 of the 2021 Silph Puzzle Hunt, presenting as a collection of rows of black and white circles, with strips of colors appended to each side, and lines connecting some circles to one another.
Solve Path[edit | edit source]
It can be reasonably assumed that letters are filled into the circles, each row spells a word, and circles connected by lines are the same letter. The colored strips on either end of the clue are the only other information the solver has to work with. As it turns out, each row consists of a single word than can be prepended to every color represented in the strips to make a phrase.
For example, the third line has black and pink strips with a length of 7. These colors can be prepended to the word PANTHER to make the phrases, BLACK PANTHER and PINK PANTHER (fittingly both fictional characters, although this connection doesn't fit with any others).
Solvers can use the connections between boxes to aid them in filling in each row. Once every clue is filled in, reading the black circles in order spells the clue BLANK MEAN TIME. Answering this clue yields the final answer.
Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]
TO DO
