tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54507483458683573512024-03-05T14:37:32.908-08:00Medicine Man Of SeattleRandom postings of my life as it unfolds while living in Seattle.Dr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-89524439933235153952020-10-11T15:02:00.004-07:002020-10-11T15:47:59.424-07:00A post of solves that I've found<p>Seeing how busy I've become, I will plan on posting different solutions to several of the puzzles that I have found on the internet: </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpQmy7E5E2GUMCpCLSf4CO2BTH5JoMQPTmh27NxxHiSOC1siwGlWdPSeHl-xZLF8txUB6Kxq9V0lycOm1ERQ0M0H3pWqQv0NHfFh9EuRmkyLjwpUbhFFcBY2lwmq8p1xgNv3cZYJw7cg/s1024/15826087450803073304269253317676.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpQmy7E5E2GUMCpCLSf4CO2BTH5JoMQPTmh27NxxHiSOC1siwGlWdPSeHl-xZLF8txUB6Kxq9V0lycOm1ERQ0M0H3pWqQv0NHfFh9EuRmkyLjwpUbhFFcBY2lwmq8p1xgNv3cZYJw7cg/s16000/15826087450803073304269253317676.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9o1DT-H1a6SoqEHe-C_Donbw675PIxW-LwoH19tFnI-2RHxmjFILxk25xApReinw5DNuIeWVjpOc9zpb7hX7Jmg34BN12Kk_mFE6SUcdVf8FyI_Lw1i-MdQVS64z5ENOVfxuw94iiwG0/s16000/MOST-MURDEROUS-jigsaw-puzzle-Springbok-mystery-w-booklet-_57.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A Murder Most Murderous</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXMc9XmLi2BjAF_bjqIR2o1TQyeUEaIJhORuB-I5RpvA1AyGe5owRhR-OtVEZljhjdG5mKLkxUBmJvSo7UL7WUHYmjq26X6uqBiE7nxTThm4cAbyQNbFJY-HRO5yu6xL974Q54zCz4u4/s1226/MOST-MURDEROUS-jigsaw-puzzle-Springbok-mystery-w-booklet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXMc9XmLi2BjAF_bjqIR2o1TQyeUEaIJhORuB-I5RpvA1AyGe5owRhR-OtVEZljhjdG5mKLkxUBmJvSo7UL7WUHYmjq26X6uqBiE7nxTThm4cAbyQNbFJY-HRO5yu6xL974Q54zCz4u4/s16000/MOST-MURDEROUS-jigsaw-puzzle-Springbok-mystery-w-booklet.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A Murder Most Murderous</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Thanks for reading,<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dr. Alex</div><p></p><p><br /> </p>Dr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-16020211979580033582020-07-23T20:52:00.001-07:002020-07-23T20:52:42.928-07:00I voted! <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="I Voted! social media profile image in English" src="https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/elections/education-and-outreach/posters-and-graphics/ivoted-english-green.ashx?la=en" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here in Washington, we use voting by mail or voting my dropbox. I choose to mail my ballot because I love mail. </div>Dr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-53597403953192603002020-07-23T20:26:00.001-07:002020-07-23T20:27:04.722-07:00Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #42Warning! This post contains spoilers to a series of mystery puzzles.<br />
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This week's puzzles is Clue Mystery Puzzle - Killers in the Kitchen. The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box. It's a 500 piece puzzle based on the popular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cluedo_characters#Original_suspects">Clue characters</a> and their zany antics. <br />
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The story is interesting and each character makes a statement of their innocence at the end of the storybook. Your job is to see who is telling the truth and who is lying. The solution to the puzzle will lead you to the correct concussion. The puzzle also comes with a red magnifying glass that reveals the solution on the last page of the booklet.<br />
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Final puzzle solution. The image is taken from Reddit. </div>
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Thanks for reading,<br />
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Dr. AlexDr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-65374262022547567412020-06-13T10:20:00.002-07:002020-06-13T10:20:17.985-07:00Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #39-41<br />
Warning! This post contains spoilers to a series of mystery puzzles.<br />
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This week's puzzles are Murder, She Wrote Mystery Puzzle series. The solutions to the puzzles are NOT on the box. They are either 500-750 piece puzzles based on the publisher. The series was also adapted into a computer game that you could listen to the voice actors and then solve the puzzle on your computer.<br />
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The story is interesting as most Jessica Fletcher stories are. There are subtle clues in the story and several in each puzzle picture that lead you to the concussion.<br />
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I solved all four via the computer games and "The Art of Murder" puzzle in person.<br />
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Find a download and description of the <a href="https://www.old-games.com/download/10467/murder-she-wrote-mystery-jigsaw">"Murder, She Wrote: Mystery Jigsaw Puzzles Download (1996 Puzzle Game)"</a><br />
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To see a play through of the "The Unconventional Murders" here is video:<br />
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A different puzzle solution for the actual puzzle for "The Unconventional Murders"<br />
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The <span style="text-align: center;">"Recipe for Murder" puzzles are slightly different between the actual puzzle and the video game. Both have the same solution. </span><br />
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Solved puzzle for a "Recipe for Murder" from the puzzle: </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Solved puzzle for a "Recipe for Murder" from the video game: </span></div>
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Desktop Murder puzzle solution:</div>
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Art of murder puzzle solution:</div>
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Thanks for reading,<br />
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Dr. Alex<br />
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<br />Dr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-12513035048695402572020-03-13T21:39:00.002-07:002020-03-13T21:39:33.162-07:00Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #38Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Double Cross" The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box. It's a 1000 piece puzzle.<br />
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The story is interesting and you wind up loving the ending.<br />
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I found the <a href="https://pfinc.homestead.com/Puzzles9.html">solution online</a>.<br />
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The <a href="https://pellack.public.iastate.edu/BePuzzledBooklets/DoubleCross.pdf">storybook </a>was <a href="https://pellack.public.iastate.edu/BePuzzledtitles.htm">found here</a>.<br />
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I also found a copy of the puzzle at my <a href="https://seattlegoodwill.org/">local Goodwill</a>.<br />
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Completed Puzzle.</div>
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Thanks for reading,<br />
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Dr. Alex<br />
<br />Dr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-67335704107604604672020-03-11T08:19:00.002-07:002020-03-11T08:19:37.918-07:00Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #37Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Just Desserts" The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box. It's a 500 piece puzzle.<br />
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The story is interesting and one of the new mystery puzzles that I didn't have to use a mirror to read the final solution. <br />
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I <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jigsawpuzzles/comments/b2z7on/just_desserts_springbok_500_pieces_missing_2_the/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share">found the solution online</a>.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.public.iastate.edu/~pellack/Mysteryjigslist_files/JustDesserts.pdf">storybook </a>was <a href="https://pellack.public.iastate.edu/Mysteryjigslist.htm">found here</a>.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Curse of the Feline Pharoah" The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box. It's a 1000 piece puzzle.<br />
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The story is interesting. The <a href="https://pp.userapi.com/c627127/v627127846/2d78a/aprUDadqj4w.jpg">final picture</a> has you tilt your head to find the solution.<br />
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<br />Dr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-82522399075616634622020-02-26T19:18:00.000-08:002020-02-26T19:18:08.991-08:00Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #35Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "CSI: Miami. The Crush" The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box.<br /><br /><a href="https://pellack.public.iastate.edu/BePuzzledBooklets/CSIMiami-TheCrush.pdf">The storybook </a>has several letter substitution ciphers that clued in the puzzle such as 2=A, %=Q, etc. It takes longer to go through the story and doesn't really add that much overall. The rest of the puzzle shows different areas of evidence - blood splatter, bullet, fingerprint, etc. The central picture shows the murder scene. <br /><br />The solution was clear, fun, and made (TV) sense.<br />
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Dr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-27212126737933832392020-02-12T11:30:00.004-08:002020-02-12T11:30:52.907-08:00Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #33Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Girl Talk The Mysterious Mix" It's a 200 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box.<br />
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This is NOT a murder mystery. It's great for younger kids. Lots of p<b>ink! </b><br />
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The writing was fun and clues were dropped. The solution was clear and made sense.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Death by Diet" It's a 500 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box.</div>
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This week's puzzle is "Catch as Cat Can." It's a 500 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box.<br /><br />
I found the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/leonisha/16468762653/in/photostream/lightbox/">solution to the puzzle</a> online. I had a <a href="https://pellack.public.iastate.edu/BePuzzledBooklets/CatchAsCatCan.pdf">copy of the booklet</a> and puzzle at home, which I found at a <a href="https://www.valuevillage.com/">Value Village</a>.<br />
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<br />It was interesting that this puzzle was NOT a murder! The writing was fun and believable. The solution was clear and made sense.<br /><br />
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This week's puzzle is "Murder on the Rocks." It's a 1000 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box.<br />
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I found the solution to most of the puzzle online and the <a href="https://pellack.public.iastate.edu/BePuzzledBooklets/MurderOnTheRocks.pdf">story here</a>.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "The Case of the Missing Ribbons." It's a 250 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "The Case of the Stolen Jewels" It's a 250 piece puzzle and story by Patricia Lakin. The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box. <br />
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The story contains some bonus puzzles/codes, but then the solutions are quickly spelled out for you.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Final Run" It's a 500 piece puzzle and story by <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-indent: -48px;">Alan Robbins, 1992</span>. The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box. <a href="https://pellack.public.iastate.edu/BePuzzledBooklets/FinalRun.pdf">Copy of the story here. </a><br />
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I had a new and unopened copy that I scored from Goodwill. In an attempt to clear out my house this puzzle had to go as is. <br />
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Sadly, I didn't actually do the puzzle. The number of white pieces would have driven me crazy!<br />
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I found the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jigsawpuzzles/comments/9t21im/canada_games_final_run_jigsaw_puzzle_mystery_500/">solution to the puzzle on Reddit.com</a>:<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Maurice Sendak's Christmas Mystery" It's a 48 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box. The solution is actually each page of the book, where the two children start walking up a hill and then walk back down.<br />
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Once all together, the larger true form of the puzzle appears - Santa!<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Hidden Treasures - Conductor." It's a 100 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is mostly on the box - cut off because of a prior sticker.<br />
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The added challenge is finding the hidden objects listed in the enclosed booklet. <br />
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The objects are of different colors and make the hunt super hard and much less fun. <br />
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Further, one of the photos looks like a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoduck">Geoduck</a>, but it's likely a misprint of a spoon. We found the spoon - green head/leaf and blue suspender of the lower-left dog.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Pirate Treasure Hunt" by Roosevelt's Amazing Puzzles. It's a 77 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is <b>mostly </b>on the box.<br />
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The added challenge is finding the path that takes the two boys in the upper-right corner down to the treasure in the lower-left corner.<br />
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There is also a shortlist of "Pirate Facts & Fun" included with the solution. Other fun things the book encourages you to find are:<br />
3 crabs<br />
1 compass<br />
3 lanterns<br />
1 spider<br />
2 pirates<br />
1 painting of a ship<br />
3 spider webs<br />
5 wooden doors (swinging and broken)<br />
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The solution is to take the upper swinging doors and follow the rightmost edge of ladders and staircases to reach the treasure.<br />
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<b>UPDATE</b>: 12.09.2019, a letter that I sent to Moran Co. at 48th Elm St. Meriden, CT 06450 was sent back with a vacant note. I guess they are not longer in business at this addres. :-( </div>
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Dr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-17395589935740944262019-12-06T20:50:00.002-08:002020-01-12T23:26:24.719-08:00Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #23Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Princess Ballerina." It's a 250 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is not on the box.<br />
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Sadly, there was no novelet story included with the puzzle. :-( It was a shrinked wrapped puzzle and all the pieces were included. Just <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/07/jigsaw-enthusiast-completes-33600-piece-puzzle-only-to-discover/">missed out on the quality control</a>. <br />
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<b>UPDATE Dec 2019: I wrote an e-mail to the author Nancy Butcher, who sent me pictures of the booklet and included them in my edition for the next solver! </b><br />
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The back of the box reads "Samanta Spengler is starring in the ballet Cinderella. But someone is out to ruin the production ... and hurt Samanta. Wile she be able to catch the culprit in time for opening night?"<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8NniKYiy2I">The world may never know</a>. </div>
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This week's puzzle is "Sleepless Sleepover." It's a 250 piece puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is not on the box.<br />
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There is a novelet story included with the puzzle. <br />
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The clues are fairly small and can be misleading. The story overall was fun to read.<br />
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Final puzzle solution. Courtesy of my mom.<br />
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Dr. AlexDr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-47385044069481399662019-11-15T07:35:00.005-08:002019-11-15T07:35:54.097-08:00Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #21Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Five Finger Marks." It's a 200+ piece puzzle with all irregular shapes and non-interlocking pieces. The solution to the puzzle is not on the box.<br />
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There is a small story on the back of the box. Careful reading leads the solver to already knowing the clue in the image to focus in on. <br />
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The non-interlocking pieces made solving this puzzle a pain, as the pieces would wiggle around.<br />
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My puzzle was also missing 2-4 pieces of the woman's black dress. The pieces are fairly thick and should hold up well. <br />
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Box and solved puzzle.</div>
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The story on the back of the box. </div>
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The final image of the solved puzzle.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This week's puzzle is "Murder By the Stars." It's a 300 piece puzzle with all irregular shapes. The solution to the puzzle is not on the box. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is a small novelet with the story and the last two pages are the solution. For the solution to the puzzle, a heated bulb or other heat source is used to singe the final page (front and back) and reveal the answer. My copy had the back page fully readable to but only a few lines on the front page. After a bit more singeing the rest of the story came to life! </span><br />
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"Completed" puzzle and box. The fun pieces were removed and placed to the side. </div>
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1st page that needed a bit of extra burning to be able to read. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THE SOLUTION</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Detective Barry noted that although a book lay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">open on the blood-spattered desk in the Pro-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fessor's study, it's </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">covers were soiled by blood.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The blood could not possibly have run beneath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the covers had the book been open on the desk </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at the time of the supposed suicide. Obviously </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">it had been "planted" after commission of the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">crime.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The second, inaccuracy in the story told by </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mrs. Montrose, who, police learned had fired </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the shot into her husband's head and then forced</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the revolver into his nerveless finger, was her</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">statement that the letter received by the Professor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">that morning was from the Chicago astrologer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He had not shown it to her. According to her</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">own words, he had glanced at the envelope, put</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">it into his pocket and left the table. How could </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">she</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> have known the letter was from the astrologer?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Bary's finding of the key on the rug outside the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">study convinced him to come had locked the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Professor in after the killing so that the police would</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">break down the door. And the bottle of ink</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">eradicator was used to eliminate the writing on a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">previous letter from the astrologer, which Mrs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Montrose had found in her husband's desk, leaving</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a clean sheet of paper, with the astrologer's letter-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">head, and an envelope with a Chicago postmark.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mrs. Montrose herself subsequently had typed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the supposed prediction of suicide, had sealed it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">into the envelope, and had planted the letter on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the mail salver in the downstairs foyer. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> This Barry proved by comparison of the report</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he had typed on her machine and the supposed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">astrologer's letter. The top half of the letter "s"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was missing from words in both documents. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Mrs. Montrose, police grilling revealed, had </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">conceived an infatuation for a younger man named</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Howard Hamilton who, believing her wealthy,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">had urged her to elope with him. To clear the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">way</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> for marriage to Hamilton, she murdered</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">her husband for his estate. Her testimony thor-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">oughly exonerated Thomas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thanks for reading,</span><br />
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This week's puzzle is "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." It's a 250 piece puzzle that hides a glow in the dark area. The solution to the puzzle part of the box. <br />
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Completed puzzle and box.</div>
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ed.Dr. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283561181611946514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450748345868357351.post-48670494170387345932019-09-24T13:59:00.002-07:002019-09-24T13:59:47.027-07:00Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #18Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.<br />
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This week's puzzle is "Countdown on the Metro" 1988 edition. It's a 125 piece puzzle that is actually a two-part puzzle. First, you solve the unknown puzzle and then you figure out the correct route for the two kids to reach The Louvre (star in the crossword.) The puzzle is made by bePuzzled.<br />
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The solution to the bonus puzzle: 10 stops, 3 different colored train lines. </div>
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Yellow for 7 stops, Blue for 1 stop, and Magenta for 2 stops. </div>
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I would have thought that taking a shorter route and then walking would have brought back the kids to The Louve much sooner.</div>
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Thanks for reading,</div>
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Dr. Alex</div>
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