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I don’t think that will be a problem.

Point of clarification, please?

Have assumed that no letters in the grid are to be reused, as per standard word search rules. Can you confirm that there is no reuse of characters in this puzzle grid, please?

Step 2 does not use any of the characters checked off against the list in Step 1?

southwest, that sounds as though it is *exactly* the same as our position. I’ll warrant that it is.

Let us know if you wish to brainstorm it and cooperate on a solve. Though I have no idea what we can offer at this stage. Totally at a loss now.

Ooooh nooo…. that throws a spanner in the works, doesn’t it?

Um. Right. Back (much) later

’s Ok, we got it. Onward!

hmm, the one place I’m led isn’t giving me any ideas…maybe I haven’t found what I should be looking for yet.

Hoping the rest of the bunch will show up soon to help collaborate on where to go.

In the meantime, I’ll search out other options…

Im here to.
have finished the list.
Can see the suggestion of the date.
And the suggestion there is a site to go to. But cannot find what that site may be.

cowpatty can we assume all the ‘words’ we need are in a straight line or can they bend?

Directions I’m heading (in case they help) based on posts.

I took a sharpie marker to cross out the words initially. This may have been a mistake, maybe not, but I’m going over a clean copy for possible leads.

Also will be looking in the open spaces for word in diagonals/other.

How significant do we think the nature of the names listed is?

Two more, one probably a coincidence and the other is curious.

Firstly, I took it literally for a moment the clues were within “Beloch” and looked it up. Turns out there was a Karl Julius Beloch (January 21, 1854 - February 1, 1929) but I think this was just a coincidence.

Secondly, I found a phrase “its a” or “it’s a” followed by a string of letters which when taken apart and rearranged spell some interesting things.

But hey, in a large group of anything you can find patterns if you look hard enough. (Yes, I know, that’s exactly what we’re trying to do…)

Oh and beloch.com is for sale but has a lot of indiana jones stuff on it.. nothing there.

Of the two DOT’s in the puzzle.
The other is centered over the beloch word. coincidence?

Also near and linked to this is diva and dime.

well mrsmathteacher should be with us soon.
maybe she can shed some light.

At the moment I have a lot of disparate info that doesn’t seem to link.
And I’m to scared to even move into looking for words that are not straight.

Uhhh, I mis-spoke. The solution will take you somewhere. There you will be able to determine the answer.

Cowpatty, there are also two “Sam”’s in the puzzle. I assume the first one is the valid one?

Gah, I have a date (I hope is the right one). Just can’t get what to do with it.

As an aside, I see a reference from a previous puzzle has visited the reference from the current puzzle. (Maybe this is not a coincidence though?)

In regards to the date. See posts # 5 & 6

Finally caught up t you guys!

I’ve got to take the kids to the dentist, but I’ll be back this afternoon.

BTW - Jack and I don’t get along at all…praying there is not a fourth piece…

UncleBen, it seems you may have come to a cross-roads, perhaps you are not looking hard enough at them.

Yes, email me. I’m curious. One neat thing about creating puzzles is that coincidences and unintentional red herrings appear on their own. It’s quite fun to see someone find a red herring that is really just an amazing coincidence.

There was a really good one in puzzle 2 of Game 1 (the puzzle is now gone and is not part of Puzzle Master series). I don’t recall the exact details but it had something to do with applying the cypher grid from puzzle 1 to the letters on the cardboard box in puzzle 2 and it spelled rebus, or something like that. Complete coincidence. But very cool.

So I like to know about them.

I am curious as to how others arrived at a date. The date I have involved a little digging and some minor math, but I have no idea yet if it is the correct one…

I think we likely have different dates then, perhaps it is the who they of “their” is.

I assumed it to be in reference to creator of the place I was directed to. To answer that involved following a couple more links, looking up a photo and backtracking the date from that.

Perhaps I’ve gone too deep again because either I don’t know what to do with the date, or I don’t have the right date.

There seems to be another clue that I don’t know if it is a red herring or not. I’m told to go to the source, and looking at the source of where I’m directed does give a date, but I don’t think it is the date I want.

Now if we can only put these ‘halves’ together!

I have yet to get myself directed anywhere (aside from several failed attempts), and as far as the date - I found my couple straight from the puzzle.

OK, I got it! Not exactly how I had imagined, but the pieces suddenly fit together.

Aloe, there are 2 helpful sets of directions in the puzzle. One is fairly easy to see.
For the other, you seem to be ignoring information at the same crossroads as UncleBen.

You should already be at the crossroads, just don’t be blocking the intersection.

Polite haircutter, did #35 work out?

Ok. After struggling with Jack, I forget t look at the obvious sometimes.

I know who, I’m just not sure where to look yet.

Hmm, the six degrees of cluechasery.

Crossroads indeed. sigh!!

The additional site was a red herring on my part.
All info you need is in the puzzle and the first site you go to.

Marriage date from the creator was a red herring on my part. You are looking for someone else’s date. Who ‘they’ are relate to the puzzle.

There are 3 keys to the puzzle:
1. Words/phrases giving hints in the puzzle
2. Additional phrase that can only be revealed by solving the puzzle.
3. Think about comment #24, perhaps one of UncleBen’s comments is worth checking out.

Source code hint is very useful, if you look in the proper place, and have the complete solution to the puzzle.

So, following my own thoughts, I found the date of their marriage.

I’m a wee bit curious now. Two sites are mentioned on this message board but I tried to apply it and not much luck. I went all the way back to the beginning and found a picture of a significant city in ruins.

Wondering if I’m off track. I’m thinking I need to get to where Southwest was at #11. Time to re-examine the word find.

Are any of the names on the list supposed to be significant to me?
about the only one i recognise is Lois lane : )

Maybe that is where I should be looking for a connection.

and everything comes together……………eventually

If you’re working on the crossword right now, I uploaded a corrected copy. The end result is still the same. I just fixed the problem with Linda Powell.

Didn’t know there was a double SAM. I’ll look into it. Can you give me an idea of whereabouts they’re located?