Crossed Wires (P.I.HUNT 3)

Crossed Wires
P.I.HUNT 3
Investigations
Author(s)Jack Lance
AnswerClick to revealBITS
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Crossed Wires is one of the fifteen investigation puzzles from P.I.HUNT 3. It contains a crossword and a list of clues.

Solve Path[edit | edit source]

 

Solve the clues, using the given sorting information as an aid. Some pairs of clue answers have many shared letters.


 

The letters T and F appear frequently, and the first four clues are FIN, TIN, FOUT, and TOUT. This implies an input-output system depending on what is placed in the two sections for three letter words.

 

There are five sections for four letter words, and the T/F values can be converted to binary to get the answer.

Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]

Crossword - The setup appears to be a crossword.

 

Binary - Used for extraction.