Mystery Hunt 2013 Solutions
Opening
Ocean's 11
- Casino Lobdell (event) - by Robyn Speer, organized by Bianca Homberg
- Complaint Letter - by Alan Deckelbaum
- CrossWord Complex - by Robin Baur, Eli Bogart, and Jeff Manning
- Megamix - by Robyn Speer
- Random Walk - by Jeremy Sawicki
- The Obligatory Wordsearch - by Dan Gulotta, Charles Steinhardt, Lilly Chin, Alex Mun, and Jonathan Tidor
- This Page Intentionally Left Blank - by Dan Gulotta, with some help from Robyn Speer
- Turnary Reasoning - by Timothy Chow, Alan Deckelbaum, and Tanya Khovanova
- Uncharted Territory - by Sarah and Mary Fletcher
- Vertexillonomy - by Ali Lloyd, Katie Steckles, and Paul Taylor
- You Should Be Listening - by Ben Aisen, with line art by DD Liu and coloring by Miriam Gershonson, Halimeda Glickman-Hoch, Yuri Lin, Casey McNamara, Robyn Speer, & John Wiesemann
- Stratosphere - by Reuben Aronson, Sean Lip, John Wiesemann and Halimeda Glickman-Hoch
- Caesar's Palace - Jason Alonso, with casino-formatting by Robyn Speer, clue phrase by Adam Hesterberg
- Treasure Island - by Palmer Mebane, based on an idea by Eric Wofsey
- Aria - by Charles Steinhardt, David Reiley, and Robyn Speer
- Excalibur - by Charles Steinhardt
- Luxor - by Charles Steinhardt and Robyn Speer
- Ocean's 11 (meta) - by Amos Eshel, idea by Bryce Herdt
Feynman
- A Set of Words - by David Farhi
- Call and Response - by Asheesh Laroia, Glenn Willen, and Charles Steinhardt
- Cambridge Waldo - by Tanya Khovanova starring Ben Buchwald, Adam Hesterberg, Yuri Lin, Eric Mannes and Casey McNamara
- Color Sudoku - by Byon Garrabrant and Tanya Khovanova
- Dessert Party (event) - by Asheesh Laroia, Shira Helft, and Karen Rustad
- Funny Story - by Lilly Chin, Eric Mannes, and Jenny Nitishinskaya
- Hap[p]y Days Are Here Again - by John Wiesemann
- Integers and Sequence - by Tanya Khovanova
- Jigsaw Puzzle - by Yuri Lin and Daniel Zaharopol, with ideas contributed by David Reiley and technical assistance by Ben Buchwald
- Labyrinth - by Charles Steinhardt and Robin Baur
- lol - by Rahul Sridhar
- Lost in Translation - Gaetano Schinco, Natalie Baca, and Tanya Khovanova
- Mind the Gaps - by R.M. Baur and Eli Bogart
- Missed Connections - by Josh Alman, Leon Zhou, and Katherine Chen
- Notes from the Campaign Trail - by Charles Steinhardt
- Road Trip - by Dan Zaharopol and David Farhi
- Sages Style - by Gaurav Singh, Ben Kraft, and Josh Alman
- Sam's Your Uncle - by Ali Lloyd, Katie Steckles and Paul Taylor
- Slinking Slumber - by Adam Hesterberg, Anders Kaseorg, and Dan Gulotta
- So Good They Named It Hull - by Katie Steckles and Paul Taylor with clues by John Wiesemann
- Space Monkey Mafia - by Robyn Speer
- Stakeout - by Dan Gulotta
- Terrier Parking - by John Wiesemann
- Text Adventure - by David Farhi, Casey McNamara, and Nathan Benjamin
- Tuva or Bust - by John Wiesemann with graphics by Mike Yi
- Take-Home Final (meta) - by Darby Kimball
Get Smart
- A Strange Puzzle - by Matt Granoff
- A Walk Around Town - by Sean Lip, Ludwig Schmidt and Freddie Manners, with help from Mary Fortune and Jonathan Lee
- Circuitboard - by Palmer Mebane
- Cone of Silence - by Robyn Speer and Ben Kraft
- De-coins - by Veronica Gross, Robyn Speer, and Catherine Havasi
- Ex Post Facto - by Derek Kisman; idea by Tom Yue
- Famous Last Letters - by David Farhi
- Fill in the Blanks - by Charles Steinhardt, Glenn Willen, and Dan Gulotta
- Golden Images - by Lilly Chin and Jonathan Tidor
- Halting Problem - by Dan Gulotta
- In the Details - by Derek Kisman
- Lineup - by Charles Steinhardt and Palmer Mebane
- Loss By Compression - by Charles Steinhardt and Robyn Speer
- Portals - by Palmer Mebane
- Pulse Pulse Wave Noise - by Brian Mazzaferri and Robyn Speer
- Puzzle-Regarding Vehicle - by Katie Steckles, Paul Taylor, and Ali Lloyd
- Reading Comprehension - by Jenny Nitishinskaya and Reuben Aronson
- Shoephone Construction (event) - organized by Bianca Homberg
- Sound X - by Robyn Speer
- Square Routes - by Katherine Chen
- Symphony from the Old World - by Robyn Speer; idea by Charles Steinhardt
- Time Conundrum - by David Farhi
- Travels With Charlie - by Daniel Zaharopol, based on an initial idea by Sean Lip, with additional research and bleats from Catherine Sheard and Reuben Aronson.
- Will Ruin Your Life [I'm Feeling Lucky] - by Karen Rustad and Asheesh Laroia
- Wordplay - by Ken Fan, Matt Jordan, Tanya Khovanova, Derek Kisman, and Ali Lloyd
- Calling Bingo (meta) - idea by Charles Steinhardt
- Following the News (meta) - idea by Charles Steinhardt
- Looking Like Bond (meta) - idea by Charles Steinhardt
- Highlight Reel (meta) - by Jason Alonso, Catherine Havasi, Freddie Manners, and Eli Bogart, with filming by Adam Hesterberg and Eli Bogart, door opening by Catherine Havasi, and walking through doors by Daniel Zaharopol.
- Get Smart (meta) - Meta concept by Charles Steinhardt, with crossword grid construction and advertisement design by Eli Bogart, invisible ink development and printing by Ben Buchwald, and interaction script by Miriam Gershenson. Ad space courtesy of Eric Mannes and mitBEEF.
Indiana Jones
- 11 Secret Herbs and Spices - by Robyn Speer
- 50/50 - by Derek Kisman; server by Ben Buchwald
- Analogy Farm - by Robyn Speer, Adam Hesterberg, and Alan Deckelbaum; additional code by Anthony Lu and John Stumpo
- Basic Alphametics - by David Farhi and Casey McNamara
- Cut by Editorial - by Veronica Gross, with help from Robyn Speer and various Cracked.com authors
- Digging Up Music - by Miriam Gershenson
- Dropped Quotes - by Robyn Speer
- Grandson of the Realm of Unspeakable Chaos - by Adam Hesterberg
- Heist Test Kitchen - by Robyn Speer and Catherine Havasi
- Houston, We Have Liftoff - by Alex Irpan
- I Left My Stomach In Salt Lake City - by Mike Greenberg
- Mashup - by DD Liu and Anders Kaseorg, with art help from Lily Chen
- Mergers - by Dan Zaharopol and David Farhi
- Numbers - by Julian Gilbey
- Phone Tag - by David Roe, Dimah Eroshkin, John Stumpo
- Plead the Fifth - Concept by Eric Wofsey, construction by Eli Bogart and R.M. Baur
- Signalling Pathways - by Adam Hesterberg, Anders Kaseorg, and Chelsea Voss
- Snow Day - by John Wiesemann, Alex Irpan, and Veronica Gross
- Split the Difference - by R.M. Baur and Eli Bogart
- Straight From The Horse's Mouth - by Robyn Speer; art by Vicky Howse, Herman Chau, Karen Rustad, and Robyn Speer
- Transit Links - by Alison Miller and Palmer Mebane
- Watch Your Back (event) - by John Wiesemann with trivia by Reuben Aronson
- World of Color - by Shira Helft with assistance from Catherine Sheard
- World Series of Mornington Crescent - by Ben Aisen and Alan Deckelbaum
- Ouroboros (meta) - by Derek Kisman
- Snake (meta) - by Palmer Mebane
- Snakes And Ladders (meta) - by Mike Yi and Darby Kimball; Idea by Amos Eshel
- Indiana Jones (meta) - by Adam Hesterberg
Sneakers
- Around the World in 1 Day - by Charles Steinhardt
- Dear Abby - by Manya Tyutyunik, with help from Mary Fortune
- Eclectic Spatial Geometry - by Bryce Herdt, with assistance from Timothy Chow
- Evolution - by Karen Rustad; idea and some screenshots by Asheesh Laroia
- Git Hub - by Robyn Speer
- I Can See For Miles - by David Roe, based on an idea by Charles Steinhardt
- Infinite Cryptogram - by Anders Kaseorg
- Linked Pairs - by Herman Chau and Rahul Sridhar, with crosswords by Adam Hesterberg (Latin), Dan Gulotta (French), and Jenny Nitishinskaya, Manya Tyutyunik, and Tanya Khovanova (Russian)
- My Cup Runneth Over - by Charles Steinhardt
- My Socrates Note - by Jana Mooster and Shira Helft
- Permuted - by Victoria de Quehen, David Roe, and Andrew Fiori, with illustrations by Kiersten Brown, Turing machine by Adam Hesterberg, and ideas from Daphna Harel and David Farhi
- Security Theater - by Sean Lip
- The Alphabet Book - by Halimeda Glickman-Hoch and Robyn Speer, based on an idea by Bryce Herdt
- Till You Make It - by Robyn Speer
- Too Many Seacrest - by Robyn Speer
- Trochees, Etc. - by Robyn Speer; items by Shari Kuroyama and Sarah Fletcher
- Federal Reserve (meta) - by Robyn Speer, David Farhi, and David Roe
- Air Traffic Control (meta) - by Robyn Speer and Charles Steinhardt
- National Power Grid (meta) - by Robyn Speer
- Password Update (meta) - by Robyn Speer
Erno Rubik
- ...fixes the wavy zigzag jumble - by Paul Taylor, Ali Lloyd and Katie Steckles
- A Regular Crossword - by Dan Gulotta, based on an idea by Palmer Mebane
- A Streetcar Named... - by Mike Greenberg, based on ideas by Charles Steinhardt and Sean Lip
- Agricultural Operations - by Palmer Mebane, based on an idea by Dan Zaharopol
- Battleship - by Davids Farhi and Benjamin
- Bottom of the Top - written and performed by David Reiley, with assistance from Jill Sazama
- Change Is In the Air - by Bryce Herdt, with assistance from Amos Eshel
- Czar Cycle - by Yasha Berchenko-Kogan
- Diagramless Crossmusic - by Mike Yi, Jill Sazama, and David Reiley
- I CAN'T SPELL YOU - by Robyn Speer
- Lojicomix - by Robyn Speer and Alex Rozenshteyn; art by DD Liu
- Magic: The Tappening - by John Wiesemann, with help from Dan Gulotta and Tanya Khovanova
- Our Fates Are Interlocked - by John Stumpo, interface by Gary Wang
- Paint-by-Symbols - by R.M. Baur, based on an idea by Eric Wofsey
- Season Changes; No One Ages - by Mike Greenberg
- Sinners - by Aaron Sofaer
- Something in Common - by Dan Gulotta and Tanya Khovanova
- Substance Abuse - by David Reiley and Timothy Chow, with assistance from Jill Sazama, Shrenik Shah, and Glenn Willen
- The Maze - by Glenn Willen, based on an idea by Amos Eshel; code by Nikolaus Wittenstein
- Underbrush - by Lilly Chin and Brooks Withrow, based on an idea by Matt Granoff
- Cardinal Red (meta) - by Derek Kisman, based on an idea by Amos Eshel
- Clockwork Orange (meta) - by Derek Kisman, based on an idea by Dan Gulotta
- Yellow Flag (meta) - by Derek Kisman, based on an idea by Amos Eshel
- Green Tea (meta) - by Derek Kisman, based on an idea by Dan Gulotta
- Blue Ox (meta) - by Eli Bogart and David Farhi
- White Magic (meta) - by Derek Kisman, based on an idea by David Roe
- Cryptocube (meta) - by Amos Eshel and Eric Wofsey
Endgame
- Some Puzzling Activity On Your Account (meta) - by Robyn Speer
- Guards home team puzzle (coming soon)
- Safe home team puzzle (coming soon)
- Lasers home team puzzle (coming soon)
- Lockbox home team puzzle (coming soon)
- Impenetrable door home team puzzle (coming soon)
- Keypad home team puzzle (coming soon)
- Balance puzzle (coming soon)
Last updated March 10, 2013.