Dec 2019 - DIE HARD

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LOCATION

  1. Each cassette tape title could spell DIE HARD, but perhaps they spell something else?
  2. The first cassette is DIM HALO
  3. ODE TO JOY

Ellis and Elevators

  1. The two columns contians matching words that are heteronyms
  2. Read the letters of the circles in order from the left side with connected pair of circles
  3. First 4 letters are SIGN
  4. Circles spell out "SIGN CONTRACT AGAIN/ GIVE UP OFFICE"
  5. RESIGN

Circus Circus

  1. Each numbered box transforms it's input according to a rule to product an output (which is also an English word)
  2. An example is, every second letter of SCARLET is SALT; salt's famous pairing is PEPPER
  3. 1. Every 2nd letter

    2. Opposites

    3. Replace innter letters with "R"

    4. Transform to Nato Phonetic

    5. Famous Pairs

    6. First 3 letters + "y"

    7. Numeric value of the input

    8. First letter last

    9. Advance the last letter alpabetically

    10. Replace the first letter with "N"
  4. Input DIE HARD into get final answer
  5. INVENT

MAPPING MAYEM

  1. There are 8 ways to order the rooms from page 2 on the grid.
  2. Once you have filled in the blanks, these give you hints to one last unique ordering of the rooms.
  3. You should have gotten "END LETTER" - using the same ordering you used last, take the end letter of each room.
  4. MELT

YIPPEE YAPPY

  1. Each line has two parts. The left part is a scrambled version of YIPPEE KI YAY
  2. The right part is a clue that has been scrambled the same way.
  3. You should get an instruction how how unscramble the bottom section
  5. USE BASE THREE, ZERO IS YIPPEE, ONE IS KI, TWO IS YAY, THEN SHIFT TWO
  6. COWBOY

META - PLAZA PUZZLE

  1. Place each 6 letter answer in it's approriate floor (floor is listed on each puzzle)
  2. Order letters by clues on the bottom
  3. DIE HARDER

BONUS - DASTARDLY DEMANDS

  1. each answer in the first column when paired, provides another set of clues
  2. For example the first two answers are RESTURANT REQUEST, which becomes ORDER
  3. The right hand column provides an instruction
  4. ORDER GROUPS CHECK THIRD LETTER
  5. DETONATORS