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Jalathas · Decorated Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 170

CISRA Puzzle Competition

**Posted:** Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:12 pm

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catherwood

i'm bumping an age-old topic, because the annual event has come around again.

http://puzzle.cisra.com.au/rules.php

Warm-up puzzles are available for the next month, with the competition beginning on Mon 27 April.

**Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:42 pm

natas

I don't even get what we're supposed to be looking for on the first puzzle.? Am I missing something. Is there more than just the toothandclaw pdf?

**Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:07 pm

sixsidedsquare · Unfettered Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 409 Location: 60E

These sort of puzzle hunt style puzzles take a bit of getting used to. Often there is very little to go on and you just need to look at what you have and hope something pops out. Tooth and claw for example, there are a bunch of animals which you could name. Some are biting others, which would give you some sort of ordering or connections between the names. Once you'd ordered them you'd then see if something like taking the first letters of the animal names gives anything comprehensible.

Basically, be prepared to follow lots of incorrect leads only to kick yourself when you find out what the answer is.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:42 am

Rogi Ocnorb

And here I was trying to find the number of teeth and claws for various species. Wink

**Posted:** Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:09 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:26 pm

SqOcelot · Guest

I'm still stuck on that tooth and claw one

**Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:29 am

natas

Don't feel alone.

**Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:47 am

SqOcelot · Guest

Hey! I solved A.1!

I feel like I'm really close to C.1, and I've made some progress in D.1.

**Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:50 pm

SqOcelot · Guest

Anyone here have any ideas for D.1?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:23 pm