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Solvers are presented with a grid of letters with some letters omitted, and a list of pairs of crossword clues beneath. As it turns out, this is a word search, with the word list given by the clues beneath the puzzle. |
Solvers are presented with a grid of letters with some letters omitted, and a list of pairs of crossword clues beneath. As it turns out, this is a word search, with the word list given by the clues beneath the puzzle. |
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|title = Opening Ceremony |
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|hunt = Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 |
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|round = Round 1 |
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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 = Level 51 |
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|link = https://silphpuzzlehunt.com/puzzle/opening-ceremony |
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|solution_link = https://silphpuzzlehunt.com/solution/opening-ceremony |
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'''Opening Ceremony''' is the, aptly named, first puzzles of Round 1 of the 2021 Silph Puzzle Hunt. Solvers are presented with a grid of letters with some squares blank, and a list of pairs of crossword-like clues. |
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| ⚫ | As it turns out, every pair of clues cross the same blank square. In the example above, '''GOLD*TE''' goes diagonally up left through a blank square, and the paired clue, '''Souvenirs (9)''' clues the word '''MEMENTOES''', which goes horizontally right through the same blank square as '''M*OES''', missing the letters '''EMENT'''. |
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| ⚫ | {{#spoiler:show=Solve Path|After filling out answers for the crossword clues and searching for those answers in the grid, solvers may see that ''most'' of a word is present, but some letters seem to be missing. A potential break-in is solving the clue '''Bridge in San Francisco (6 4)''' to '''GOLDEN GATE''', and seeing the letters '''GOLD*TE''' in the grid, where '''*''' is a blank square. |
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| ⚫ | As it turns out, every pair of clues cross the same blank square. In the example above, '''GOLD*TE''' goes diagonally up left through a blank square, and the paired clue, '''Souvenirs (9)''' clues the word '''MEMENTOES''', which goes horizontally right through the same blank square as '''M*OES''', missing the letters '''EMENT'''. This fact is meant to be found out naturally, through solving both clues in a row and placing them in the grid. Once this fact is known, it can help solve the remaining clues - if one clue in a pair is solved, the blank square the other travels through is now know, greatly reducing the possible words that could fit. |
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Concatenating the missing letters from the clues, in order of clue phrase, comes close to spelling a word. |
Concatenating the missing letters from the clues, in order of clue phrase, comes close to spelling a word. |
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Specifically, a ceremonial word. The previous example omits the letters '''ENGA''' and '''EMENT''', which is one letter off the word '''ENGAGEMENT'''. |
Specifically, a ceremonial word. The previous example omits the letters '''ENGA''' and '''EMENT''', which is one letter off the word '''ENGAGEMENT'''. |
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The additional letter is the needed piece of information from each clue pair. Filling in each missing letter into the blank squares in the puzzle, and reading top-to-bottom, left-to-right, spells the final answer. |
The additional letter is the needed piece of information from each clue pair. Filling in each missing letter into the blank squares in the puzzle, and reading top-to-bottom, left-to-right, spells the final answer.}} |
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Final Answer: {{spoilers|text='''BEGINNING'''.}} |
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==Puzzle Elements== |
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[[Word Search]] - The first step of this puzzle uses the word search to clue the solver to a set of missing letters. |
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[[Word Play]] - The solver is tasked with realizing that the letters they get from each pair of clues is ''close'' to a word that is a synonym of Ceremony, and finding the letter to add to make it one. |
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[[Clue Centric]] - The first part of this puzzle is to answer the clues presented below the grid. Some of them are unambiguous because of the given enumeration, such as ''Bridge in San Francisco (6 4)'', but others are more ambiguous and the solver is meant to use the grid as aid. If one of the clues in a pair is solved, it is known which blank square the other will go through, limiting the possible words. |
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Revision as of 07:46, 7 March 2022
Description
Solvers are presented with a grid of letters with some letters omitted, and a list of pairs of crossword clues beneath. As it turns out, this is a word search, with the word list given by the clues beneath the puzzle.
| Opening Ceremony | |
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| Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 | |
| Round 1 | |
| Author(s) | Level 51 |
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| Puzzle | Link |
| Solution | Link |
Opening Ceremony is the, aptly named, first puzzles of Round 1 of the 2021 Silph Puzzle Hunt. Solvers are presented with a grid of letters with some squares blank, and a list of pairs of crossword-like clues.
Solve Path
Final Answer: Click to revealBEGINNING.
