Cryptos

[fred]

"a"

I have the letter "A" under consideration because

Douglas (Xmas tree) A. Smith (economics) was an actor in the X-Files.

I like your angle, though. At least it has content. Let's see.............. What would a string of "A102" be worth?

[Jase]

These are my thoughts ...

I really think that Edgar Allan Poe's Cask of Amontillado has very much got something to do with our situation except that the buried party never makes it out as the book finished 50 years later and the guy was still hanging from the walls in chains???

[kuang]

It may well just be that the story is known and liked by the author and fits (or inspired) the scenario. They're not really alike in any respect other than the cellar, so it may be a blind alley.

[fred]

What about the general idea of a letter and some numbers? Anything there that would kill a magnetic field (if our job is to open the door) or cause our hero to enter a new room?

[kuang]

That's the thing about this that leads me to believe we're looking at a more down to earth answer. If you had a code you'd have to enter it into a keypad or similar to get the door open, and one of those isn't present. The lock might not be network controlled and even if it was, the chances of being told how to hack it in such a simple clue (and from a mobile phone) are minimal. What would you do with a short and equally cyptic answer? I can't see anything other than an instruction that will open the door in a sneaky way (or get you out by other means) that might be feasible. I'm thinking along the lines of:

- Set the fire alarm off, this opening all doors
- Wait until the timer on the door (presumption) opens it anyway.
- Force the magnets apart
- Locate the top secret door release button!

You get the idea - something functional and crunchy rather than abstract.

[fred]

OK. The lights are on. If we could turn them off could that cause a power outage and kill the magnetic field? Then the door might "swing slowly open." This assumes that we do something that solves our problem, but all we get for our trouble is an empty antechamber and hall -- and a "potent sense of impending peril." Not too happy a resolution. We're still in Singapore, right?

[Jase]

I am pretty sure that we are still in singapore ... and am dumbfounded as to what the puzzle means ... i have gone over and over to no avail.

[Jase]

I thought that I had it ...

I had it down to 1 word after anagramming, (CALMEST) by taking capital letters them minus the i,n,g letters to have MCEALTS (not using the small letters of tree or hormone) and taking S for smear ... but no

[fred]

Nice try, Jase. I got down to

A102 using the content of the clues. There's actually a model of some electronic gadget, but no dice.

We're really dancing around the right answer to this one. Wish we knew which song Cryptos was playing.

[kuang]

Funnily enough, that code is a model number of a particular company's emergency door locking bar that's tough when you're outside but can be released by hitting it from the inside.

[kuang]

I definitely agree with that 'stepping stone' kind of thinking.

[Jase]

Welcome to the club Gents

[domino]

Lvl 34

Hi. First time poster.

Please, someone take pity. I've shifted, reversed, I've read all the hints here and at the Cryptos forum. I've been at this for days and am going quite mad. Help..

riniiauc eiaohags cuaiinir sgahoaie

Only just recently found this game, so I have taken advantage of the clues you guys have left. So I owe you all many, many thanks!

But I just can't get the solution for this wine level!!!!!

[kuang]

Ello Domino, good to have you here - we could do with some fresh thinking, as we appear to have run aground

There are three stages to solving the level you're on

Work out how to lay the clues out

Arrive at an answer by playing spot the odd one out

Process the answer by thinking about how an important item in the level description works

[domino]

Ello Domino, good to have you here - we could do with some fresh thinking, as we appear to have run aground

There are three stages to solving the level you're on

Work out how to lay the clues out

Arrive at an answer by playing spot the odd one out

Process the answer by thinking about how an important item in the level description works

Thanks I appreciate you not giving me the answer, I really do like figuring things out myself.

Laid out the wines one under each other, then move them right by the indicated number of spaces. I looked down the *th column and reversed so far = gibberish

Maybe I am being really dense here!

the odd one out?

painting hint?