by @gardencitypuzzleclub
Puzzles and Art
Eunice WongTestsolvers
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Hong Jhun
Limjz
Zach
Puzzles and Solutions
Puzzle 1
SolutionThe clues are definitions of MRT station names in Singapore, most of them translated from another language. They are given in the colour of the MRT line they belong to, which serves as confirmation.
Take the station numbers and convert them to letters using A=1, Z=26 to get TRANSIT. (Paya Lebar is an interchange, but is coloured only in orange, indicating that you should use the station number on the Circle Line.)Author’s Notes: Fun fact – “Punggol” means "hurling sticks at the branches of fruit trees to bring them down to the ground" in Malay.
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Puzzle 2
SolutionThe images depict the first part of an “X and Y” phrase (clued by “rag and bone” in the flavour text). The question marks represent the missing half of the phrase.SWEET and SOUR
ROCK and ROLL
HEAD and SHOULDERSTOOTH and NAIL
BRIDE and GROOM
LOCK and KEY
CARROT and STICK
COFFEE and TEASALT and PEPPER
FISH and CHIPS
SMOKE and MIRRORS
GIN and TONIC
BREAD and BUTTER
The highlighted letters give the answer OLD NOKIA PHONE.
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Puzzle 3
SolutionThere are 9 bones hidden in the grid:CLAVICLE
COCCYX
FEMUR
MANDIBLE
PELVIS
SCAPULA
STERNUM
TIBIA
ULNA
After finding them, read the remaining letters vertically, from left to right, to get the punny answer: I WANT NO BODY, NO BODY BUT YOU.
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Puzzle 4
SolutionSolve the clues and fill them into the grid. The unnumbered clues create the path through the maze, and the numbered clues go horizontally across.Glass flask - CARAFE
Flower supporter - STEM
Jupiter's innermost moon - IO
Either half in a football match - SIDE
Face covering - MASK1 Some superhero garments - CAPES
2 Certain brown paper - KRAFT
3 Goop - SLIME
4 Got up - AROSE
5 Newspapers or TV, for example - MEDIA
Take the letters that Boo passed on the way through the maze to get PEARL.
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Puzzle 5
SolutionThis is a Gen Z slang puzzle (sorry, boomers) as clued by the dialogue in the flavour text.Solving the clues gives a list of Gen Z slang words/phrases in alphabetical order, which suggests reordering.Consumed - ATE
Scrap - CANCEL
Trickle - DRIP
Additional - EXTRA
Strikes alternatively - HITS DIFFERENT
Without a head covering - NO CAP
Spanks - SLAPS
Breakfast beverage - TEAReplace the clown emojis with the slang words/phrases so that they make sense contextually. A Gen Z slang list may help here (or… just be born in the correct generation 💀).
Take the first letters to get SNATCHED.Author’s Notes: Please don’t come for me I just thought this would be funny 💀It was not easy to find young people to test this puzzle because I am old.
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Puzzle 6
SolutionSolve the nonogram.
“Bats”, “blindly” and “in the dark” in the flavour text point to braille.Translate the completed nonogram to braille to get NINJAS.
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Puzzle 7
SolutionThe images in the signs are anagrams of the prohibited things in the text, plus one letter.
| Title | Image | Extra Letter |
|---|---|---|
| SCOOTERS | TOP SCORES | P |
| DRUGS | GUARDS | A |
| ALCOHOL | HOLY COLA | Y |
| URINATING | RUMINATING | M |
| DURIANS | DINOSAUR | O |
| CROSSING | CORN SIGNS | N |
| PARKING | PEAR KING | E |
| PHOTOS | TOY SHOP | Y |
Taking the extra letters in order gives the answer PAY MONEY.
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Meta Puzzle
SolutionAfter submitting each correct answer for the feeder puzzles, you are presented with an image. These images reappear in the meta puzzle with 2 numbers added to each one. Index the numbers into the corresponding puzzle answers to get 2 letters from each answer.
Trace the path starting from Boo and ending at the heart to get the correct image order, for the answer PONTIANAK PARTY.
| Puzzle Answer | Numbers in image | Extracted Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PAY MONEY | 1, 5 | P O |
| TRANSIT | 4, 7 | N T |
| NINJAS | 2, 5 | I A |
| SNATCHED | 2, 3 | N A |
| OLD NOKIA PHONE | 6, 9 | K P |
| PEARL | 3, 4 | A R |
| I WANT NO BODY, NO BODY BUT YOU | 5, 11 | T Y |
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