On May 31, 2025 at 2:34AM EST apeirophobia responded to Jk123456:
Indeed, I thought M was banking on that double-cross as a devious twist, not an antithesis.
On May 24, 2025 at 4:37PM EST Jk123456 wrote:
Blatant mistake - and it’s funny that it's always logic games that trip these puzzle books up.
Being hired to recover a stolen painting does not at all require that you can’t have stolen it.
On May 24, 2025 at 4:38PM EST Jk123456 responded to Just-A:
It was easy if you play loose with assumptions (which it does). The painting thing is an obvious mistake.
On January 12, 2023 at 3:59PM EST Just-A wrote:
This one was incredibly quick. I would suggest it is “green” rather than “yellow”, as it requires simple deduction rather than specific or specialized knowledge. And in a book like this, bold letters are a dead giveaway as to how the response should be formed.
On May 24, 2025 at 4:37PM EST Jk123456 wrote:
Blatant mistake - and it’s funny that it's always logic games that trip these puzzle books up.
Being hired to recover a stolen painting does not at all require that you can’t have stolen it.
On July 31, 2024 at 3:39PM EST Constantlyconfused wrote:
Hint: start with group two, go from there. Good luck!
On February 3, 2024 at 10:28PM EST DFS wrote:
It seems quite likely that if M helped recover The Scream in 1994, then he would have an inside track to steal it in 2004. (If, indeed, he didn't steal in in 1994 as well.)
There are 8 consistent answers to this puzzle.
On January 12, 2023 at 3:59PM EST Just-A wrote:
This one was incredibly quick. I would suggest it is “green” rather than “yellow”, as it requires simple deduction rather than specific or specialized knowledge. And in a book like this, bold letters are a dead giveaway as to how the response should be formed.
On December 30, 2022 at 5:29PM EST Cass responded to omerta:
I agree! I was able to get the answer
by working backward from the last set, but I think there is a wonderful book plot in what you've suggested.
On July 4, 2022 at 2:10PM EST omerta wrote:
Not sure I agree with some of the logical inferences in the "proper" solution: who's to say M could not have both stolen and also helped to recover _The Scream_? He is an enigmatic figure. But this one was both flexible and short enough to muddle through to an answer regardless.
On December 27, 2022 at 10:36PM EST Shrankai wrote:
I guessed the answer by going through words that could have made sense, and got lucky on my first try. I’ll try to solve it for real now
On July 4, 2022 at 2:10PM EST omerta wrote:
Not sure I agree with some of the logical inferences in the "proper" solution: who's to say M could not have both stolen and also helped to recover _The Scream_? He is an enigmatic figure. But this one was both flexible and short enough to muddle through to an answer regardless.
On April 24, 2022 at 7:58PM EST contig wrote:
I think you can do it with logic. I was initially trying to find some inconsistency with all of them (or incorrect history) , rather than just starting with one
It's a pretty neat concept and I'm pleased with this one.
On February 5, 2022 at 9:29PM EST profool wrote:
neat fact that could loosely help solve that I'll spoil just in case
You can do this with simple logic, or by actually reading and cross-referencing the book as a whole in "words words words" M writes that they helped translate japanese-north korean messages. I only know that one for sure, but I'd bet all the true statements are mentioned in the book somewhere.
I just solved it with logic, though.
On May 24, 2021 at 7:03PM EST chilludio wrote:
Clever answer, M. At first I thought it was "Still I," which would not have been surprising givenyour self-confidence, M
On December 28, 2020 at 12:31PM EST Nightbloom wrote:
I am disappointed in myself. I got the answer but didn't register that it meant the beer Stella and not the Latin word for star or a feminine name. After I tried many different "Stella" solutions, I moved on to another solution. Curse your sly mind, M!
On February 9, 2020 at 10:05PM EST ReverendTed wrote:
There should be a means on the site to grade oneself an F. I missed this one, and I am so thoroughly disappointed with myself.
