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Here are some clues to the puzzles in
See The World
. Please only use if you're really stuck. To see the clue text place the cursor over it.
Clues that don't help a lot
Puzzle
Hint
Italy
This is the first puzzle
New Zealand
A standard crossword clue
China
Adam's hello to Eve
USA
Cryptic
Ships
The anchor chain
Pyramids
Isomorphic
Spain
Not celestial
Planets
A ragman
France
Every so often counting the clues helps
Switzerland
A mark of anger
Greece
Rapid rusty Reynard
Russia
Cobblers
England
Too easy for a clue
Antartica
Common word puzzle
Disneyland
Progress counts at last
Clues that are more reasonable
Puzzle
Hint
Italy
Look at the start of each clue
New Zealand
A word within words will give the order
China
What's odd about the word "soliloquy"?
USA
The second half of each clue is a cryptic clue to a National Park
Ships
Look at the ends and beginnings
Pyramids
Words you can remove a letter from and still have a word
Spain
Some words start or end with other words - like "through" ends with "rough", or "piece" starts with "pie"
Planets
A word with many anagrams
France
Twelve related words embedded as alternating letters
Switzerland
An acrostic
Greece
Each clue seems to have a lot of the alphabet in it
Russia
Look at the ends of the clues
England
What did Holmes like saying to Watson?
Antartica
Change one word into another a letter at a time
Disneyland
Something in the previous sentence gives how much to shift through the alphabet
Clues that are spoilers
Puzzle
Hint
Italy
Sort by the initial letters of each clue
New Zealand
The numbers "one" through "twelve" are embedded in the clues
China
In each clue there is embedded a palindromic sequence, sort by the centre of the palindrome
USA
See below
Ships
The last four letters of one clue start the next clue
Pyramids
Start with "startling", and remove a letter per clue
Spain
Parts of the body can be found beginning or ending words, sort head to toe
Planets
Sort alphabetically by the anagrams of "aceprs"
France
The months of the year are embedded as alternating letters (so "M'Lady" gives "May")
Switzerland
The initial letters spell out the country
Greece
Sort by the letter of the alphabet not in each clue
Russia
Sort by the descending order of the last letter
England
Compare the start of the clues with the periodic table
Antartica
Change "black" into "white"
Disneyland
The length of the last word in the previous clue gives how far to advance in the alphabet for the following clue
USA cryptic solutions
Puzzle
Hint
Turncoat vicar not a member of the Anglicans.
Turncoat vicar (BRAY) not a (-A) member of the Anglicans (+CE) = BRYCE
Downcast? Don't keep Edison company.
Downcast? (BLUE) Don't keep (RID) Edison company (GE) = BLUE RIDGE
A large and deep watering hole.
A large and deep watering hole = CRATER LAKE
Last to be charged?
Last (Z) to be charged (ION) = ZION
My name is Heather
My name is Heather (AM ERICA) = AMERICA
First tensing up then not happy inside.
First tensing up (EVEREST) then not (read as no t so -T) happy inside (insert GLAD) = EVERGLADES
Wrong to foul-mouth Republican head to toe.
Wrong (BAD) to foul-mouth (SLANDER) Republican (-ER) head to toe (move S to end) = BADLANDS
Up with the umbrellas?
Up (MOUNT) with the umbrellas (RAINIER) = MOUNT RAINIER
A sand painting?
A sand painting = PAINTED DESERT
Rooted to the spot . . . rooted to the spot.
Rooted to the spot (PETRIFIED) rooted to the spot (FOREST) = PETRIFIED FOREST
Cteza
Cteza (anagram of AZTEC) = AZTEC RUINS
What a turnaround - Oriental plaything is halfhearted.
What a turnaround (reverse) - Oriental (E) plaything (+TOY reversed YOTE) is halfhearted (contains SEMI) = YOSEMITE
Like Dorothy's lion? Rock on!
Like Dorothy's lion? (YELLOW) Rock on! (+STONE) = YELLOWSTONE