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winterer

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Hi,

got stuck on that one:

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Sources = words? 'twenty-six characters' = alphabet? Or letters {einstwxy}? Or something completely different? And is there a clue in 'held in custody'?

doublecross

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Re: No progress

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the first one, and sort of

winterer

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Thanks, cracked it.

Rolytic

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Sorry still stuck here.

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so I'm looking for words for alphabet?

winterer

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Sorry still stuck here.

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so I'm looking for words for alphabet?

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No, you are looking for something more specific.

Rolytic

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Still super stumped here

winterer

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You are looking for all occurrences of one specific element.

Becky_P

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how many letters?

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do i need to look for this "-" character?

Rolytic

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If I'm looking for 5 puzzles, each describing one of the bullet points, then I'm at a loss for #2-5.

If I'm looking for something else, then I have no idea what I need

winterer

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If I'm looking for 5 puzzles, each describing one of the bullet points, then I'm at a loss for #2-5.

If I'm looking for something else, then I have no idea what I need

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You are looking for one specific character, which one is hinted at in the scrap (this is the part that initially stumped me). Write down all its 'sources'. The rest should be easier.

Becky_P

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ok.  I have looked for 2 specific characters and i still can't make any word that is correct....

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i've written down the word with "-" and the words in square brackets. argh

Stavr0s

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Also at a loss here. Two possible directions I'm thinking of:

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- are the sentences between [ ] 'held in custody'? If so, what character to look for?

-There are a lot of words in there hinting at looking (watching, visualize, gaze, ...

But no idea what to look for and what sources that might have.

Wabanaba nubnub

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Agree with Stavr0s, no clue here

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I was thinking something like eyes, drones, lenses...

Hints?

Becky_P

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Agree with Stavr0s, no clue here

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I was thinking something like eyes, drones, lenses...

Hints?

I have figured this part out

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26 character... The 2 words withing [ ] that contain that character

After that... I am still figuring it out

winterer

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You simply need all sources of that character. Custody is not restricted to the bracketed part.

Becky_P

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You simply need all sources of that character. Custody is not restricted to the bracketed part.

AH.. got it.  thank you

Stavr0s

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I'm being really thick, I still don't know what character to look for. Is it possible this is an issue to me because I'm not a native speaker? Any further nudges, also more explicit ones are greatly appreciated.

winterer

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I'm being really thick, I still don't know what character to look for. Is it possible this is an issue to me because I'm not a native speaker? Any further nudges, also more explicit ones are greatly appreciated.

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Alex55

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Stavr0s are you from Greece?

Stavr0s

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Hehe,

I am not. Running through Google translate gives me a hint but I still don't know what to do with it.

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How do i know what letter is 'vital', I don't get any clue from what's written in the scrap

winterer

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Hehe,

I am not. Running through Google translate gives me a hint but I still don't know what to do with it.

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How do i know what letter is 'vital', I don't get any clue from what's written in the scrap

Ha, sorry, was fooled by your username.

Major hint:

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The bolded letter is a zeta.

Alex55

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ok, I find it. I am from Greece!!!

Stavr0s

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Congrats alex!
I'm still drawing a blank, no idea at all at how to interpret 'held in custody'.

I've also tried

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listing all words from the progress report with the letter z (as hinted to by winterer (though I don't understand where the 'z' comes from), but that also doesn't give me anything.

This is driving me nuts :-)

Alex55

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first letter of these words

Last edited by Alex55 (2019-11-29 20:44:40)

Stavr0s

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Ha, finally, thanks!
Can someone explain

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why we had to look for words with the letter z? My copy of the book says 'all twenty-six characters', not 'all twenty-sixth characters'.