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One good place to start is to note that many of the left-hand side clues seem strange, indicating that they are not meant to be read as straight clues. They also reuse phrases such as '''''complement, not, opposite,''''' and '''''like'''''. On the other hand, the right-hand halves all start with '''is''', and generally read more straightforwardly; some are even directly solvable on their own, and act as a means of breaking in. |
One good place to start is to note that many of the left-hand side clues seem strange, indicating that they are not meant to be read as straight clues. They also reuse phrases such as '''''complement, not, opposite,''''' and '''''like'''''. On the other hand, the right-hand halves all start with '''is''', and generally read more straightforwardly; some are even directly solvable on their own, and act as a means of breaking in. |
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As it turns out, the left hand side clues all use prefixes and suffixes in a wordplay-like manner. One notable potential break-in is that '''...is Mr. Sorkin''' clues '''AARON''' quite unambiguously, so solvers can look to the left-hand halves and try to find a clue that could match this. '''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 |
As it turns out, the left hand side clues all use prefixes and suffixes in a wordplay-like manner. One notable potential break-in is that '''...is Mr. Sorkin''' clues '''AARON''' quite unambiguously, so solvers can look to the left-hand halves and try to find a clue that could match this. '''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 the director of The Da Vinci Code''''' is '''AARON'''. |
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The number given in parenthesis in the left-hand halves turn out not to be enumerations of answers. (This fact could also be reasonably deduced based on the frequency of 1s that appear.) Since the halves on the right are ordered alphabetically by answer, we can deduce that it is the ordering of the clues on the left that matters. Using this ordering and indexing these numbers into the clue answers 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. |
The number given in parenthesis in the left-hand halves turn out not to be enumerations of answers. (This fact could also be reasonably deduced based on the frequency of 1s that appear.) Since the halves on the right are ordered alphabetically by answer, we can deduce that it is the ordering of the clues on the left that matters. Using this ordering and indexing these numbers into the clue answers 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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Revision as of 01:59, 12 March 2022
| Quick Fix | |
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| Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 | |
| Round 1 | |
| Author(s) | Level 51 |
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| Solution | Link |
Description
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.
Solve Path
Final Answer: Click to revealWANDERER
