Comments on: Official Rules, Hints & Solution

By: vewatkin

vewatkin — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:22:02 +0000

‘the silhouette/shadow shows a house over the shoe’

Interesting observation, I don’t think this has ever been noted before.

By: cb

cb — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:27:19 +0000

1. W+hat

2. shoe+u = house, the silhouette/shadow shows a house over the shoe

3. will … woodrow ( ) sun and ( )iam shakespeare

4. awl or nun (all none)

5. unknown—> live evil veil vile, live fits

6. eye+N in

By: vewatkin

vewatkin — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:39:12 +0000

We know what they each refer to, but it’s not completely clear how exactly they’re meant to tell us that. It’s hard to imagine knowing what 4 is referring to without already knowing the answer, and it doesn’t seem to help us choose between the awl and the nun.

5 refers to LIVE, from the ELVI sign, but it’s not clear how the clue is helpful.

6 has to refer to hhe eye and the N, but isn’t very helpful in determining that, or in suggesting that we read a long Z as a sideways N.

Like the riddles in the book itself, even knowing the answer isn’t nearly enough to make sense of it.

By: Cheetah

Cheetah — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:30:06 +0000

So, has anyone deciphered what all these cryptic clues mean? Are any still unclear what they’re referring to?

By: abc

abc — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 19:54:48 +0000

It’s also possible to solve it in exactly 100 steps.