Puzzle 57
This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.
In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E.
Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.
Can you determine which square you must start with?
| 6R |
4R |
3D |
2D |
2L |
2L |
2D |
| 2D |
1U |
4R |
4D |
3L |
2L |
2L |
| 1U |
1R |
3R |
3L |
2U |
E |
2D |
| 1R |
1U |
3R |
1D |
2D |
1L |
3L |
| 4U |
1L |
3U |
2D |
2U |
3U |
2D |
| 1D |
1U |
1D |
3L |
2R |
3L |
2U |
| 1R |
1U |
2U |
2R |
2U |
1U |
2L |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the safe buttons cannot be clicked.
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Hint
Start on any square, and see how far you can get.
Answer
Start from the 3U on the 5th row down and the 6th column across.
Puzzle 58
Below you will find 15 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
--pay
--lad
--ior
--eue
--rva
--day
--voc
--yss
--gun
--pty
--til
--cay
--uke
--uze
--noe
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Hints
Five of the missing first letters are: F, P, T, C, B.
Answers
--pay = repay
--lad = salad
--ior = prior
--eue = queue
--rva = larva
--day = today
--voc = havoc
--yss = abyss
--gun = begun
--pty = empty
--til = until
--cay = decay
--uke = fluke
--uze = gauze
--noe = canoe
Puzzle 59
I recently gave a new carriage clock to my friend for a very special birthday.
However, as usual with my presents, it was quite useless as it loses 6 minutes every hour.
I set it using my own accurate clock at midnight, and the clock now shows 10:12am.
I know that it stopped 2 hours ago, so what is the correct time now?
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Hint
How many clock minutes pass in a real hour?
Answer
1:20pm.
Reasoning
The clock now shows 10:12am, so we know that 10 x 60 + 12 = 612 clock minutes have passed.
Since the clock is losing 6 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the clock will show 54 minutes.
So, 612 ÷ 54 ≈ 11.33 real hours have passed.
This equals 680 minutes, which is 11 hours and 20 minutes = 11:20am.
The clock stopped 2 hours ago, therefore the time must now be 1:20pm.
Puzzle 60
Tha Brainaasaera elactaonac ward aroaesaor aas aeea playiag ua.
It as raplaciag eaera thard aetaer aita an a. What saouad tais aaragraph aeaa?
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Hint
Look at every third letter.
Answer
The BrainBashers electronic word processor has been playing up.
It is replacing every third letter with an a. What should this paragraph read?