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[RebekahJP]

So I'm beginning to realize there is a lot of stuff on these pages that you don't use, stuff that is just there to confuse you, like ...

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The three symbols at the top of the page that represent 245 and the down arrow. They have no bearing on the answer, correct? Even though they are also in the same order beside the QR code?!

And then there are so many steps to this solution.

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1. Solve Suduko
2. Figure out how the letters and numbers in the suduko can interact with the key words at the bottom.
3. and then unscramble the letters you find that way!

[DarkHorse]

This was an intresting puzzle though the internal logic to find the soloution seems to be off, why was switching letters neccesery for one of the key words but not the other two?

Theres nothing other than a basic comprehension of English/spelling to lead you towards the intented soloution.

Here’s my solve process, perhaps i did something incorrectly though i noticed quite a few others also needed to switch letters around.

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On the Sudoko we have x2 a, b and c on the grid, the numbers in these grid locations represent the letter of a word. The number tells you how far into the word the letter is.

For each key word, i would take the highest number on the grid relating to it, for example C has a 2 on the top portion of the grid so i placed that first then the lower C second. I followed this system for each key word.

This gave me:
A. 1 - 2
B. 3 - 2
C. 2 - 4

Which becomes:
A. W - E
B. V - A
C. E - R

Clearly this is intended to spell out Weaver but instead i got “wevaer”.

Again my own logic was able to sort this, though the logic of the riddle is inconsistent. It informs through the solve process that each number becomes a letter in an exact sequence, nothing within the riddle tells us to rearrange any letters.

My only conclusion is one of two possibilities.
1. The developers messed this particular part up
2. There’s more than one method of solving the grid

I would be interested in reading what others make of this.

[wthit56]

Agreed! I've been staring at that same answer for ages, while looking at all the hints. It was so close to a real word I thought I must have missed something. But I now agree, it's most likely a bug in the puzzle. Thankfully it's close enough that some here have figured out what it's *meant* to be so we can even progress...

[Rbaylis]

I F'in hate soduko. Can someone please post under a spoiler tag the numbers I need in the boxes containing letters from left to right, top to bottom. Then those who enjoy the mind numbing tedium of pencelling in guesses at numbers, only to have to erase them and start again when it doesn't work out can carry on doing that. I can get on with enjoying the puzzles in the rest of the book that involve actual intellectual challenge instead of dumb guess work. Thanks.

[Meagie]

I got "WEAVER" by solving the sudoku grid, which gave me....
C2
A1
B3
C4
A2
B2
I then did them in order...
A1 A2 B2 B3 C2 C4
Which gave the correct answer.

This was an intresting puzzle though the internal logic to find the soloution seems to be off, why was switching letters neccesery for one of the key words but not the other two?

Theres nothing other than a basic comprehension of English/spelling to lead you towards the intented soloution.

Here’s my solve process, perhaps i did something incorrectly though i noticed quite a few others also needed to switch letters around.

Spoiler!

On the Sudoko we have x2 a, b and c on the grid, the numbers in these grid locations represent the letter of a word. The number tells you how far into the word the letter is.

For each key word, i would take the highest number on the grid relating to it, for example C has a 2 on the top portion of the grid so i placed that first then the lower C second. I followed this system for each key word.

This gave me:
A. 1 - 2
B. 3 - 2
C. 2 - 4

Which becomes:
A. W - E
B. V - A
C. E - R

Clearly this is intended to spell out Weaver but instead i got “wevaer”.

Again my own logic was able to sort this, though the logic of the riddle is inconsistent. It informs through the solve process that each number becomes a letter in an exact sequence, nothing within the riddle tells us to rearrange any letters.

My only conclusion is one of two possibilities.
1. The developers messed this particular part up
2. There’s more than one method of solving the grid

I would be interested in reading what others make of this.

[AJester11]

Solve the matrix by sudoku rules = not more than one symbol in each row/column. The spoiler is the answer and how to work it out.

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(Second row 5th column is hexagon=#1, the first letter in a.{key 4} is W.
(Sixth row 2nd column is square=#, the second letter in a.{key 4} is E.
(Fifth row 5th column is square=#2, the second letter in b.{key 7} is A.
(Fourth row 3rd column is tree=#3, the third letter in b.{key 7} is V.
(Third row 4th column is diamond=#4, the fourth letter in c.{key 10} is E.
(First row 3rd column) is square = #2, the second letter in c.{key 10} is R.
WEAVER

[ccat]

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My sodoku goes like this, so I got 3,6 for b which is impossible because b. Raven only has 5 characters!! HELP PLEASE!!
1,6,2,3,4,5
4,3,5,2,1,6
5,1,6,4,3,2
6,4,3,5,2,1
2,5,4,1,6,3
3,2,1,6,5,4

[Axis]

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My sodoku goes like this, so I got 3,6 for b which is impossible because b. Raven only has 5 characters!! HELP PLEASE!!
1,6,2,3,4,5
4,3,5,2,1,6
5,1,6,4,3,2
6,4,3,5,2,1
2,5,4,1,6,3
3,2,1,6,5,4

The thing is... there are two solutions to the sudoku, which makes it confusing()