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Hints
| Keywords | Hint |
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| getting started | Each child will receive one puzzle as a gift this Christmas. You’ll likely need to associate one child with each puzzle to make progress, as each puzzle has a gimmick or additional constraint, which is apt for the puzzle’s intended recipient. |
| battleship | The given ship segment is a good starting point, as it immediately gives you 9 spaces that must be blank. The matching child adds a crucial additional constraint to the puzzle, which heavily limits where the size 4 ship can be placed. |
| clues | To make progress, you’ll likely need to determine which of the boys this puzzle belongs to. The clue “Was aware of [4]” could just as easily have been “Not old [3].” The first half of the final clue phrase has 2 words, and the last half has 3 words. When you figure out the right thing to do, keep doing it until you can’t. |
| crossword | Something is wrong with every verb (and indeed, every entry) in this grid. Which child would tolerate such bad writing? |
| cryptogram | This is a standard cryptogram, but it’s probably tough to solve it without first identifying the puzzle’s intended recipient, which should help you to lock in four letter substitutions. |
| drawing | Each item shown has a special property, relating to a specific letter from each word. The special letters are not present in the letter bank below. (The French man in the front is not a waiter or a server. He’s not a plumber either, but if he were, “b” would be the special letter.) |
| jumble | There are several words you can make from these letters, but only 1 word in each set will please the child who receives this present. |
| word search | An unlisted word found in the grid (and indeed, the only common word appearing in the grid longer than four letters) will help you match this puzzle to the right child, and determine how the articles of clothing change directions in the grid. Take note of where they change. |
| final extraction | Arrange your 7 answers in the order of the children. The puzzle contains a text clue and a visual clue about where to find the final answer, which is fourteen letters long, and contains two spaces. |
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