Happy March! It is #EnigMarch, and each day the excellent EnigMarch people post a prompt word; then puzzle nerds try to design puzzles around that word. (Today's word is hand.)
Although I am an enthusiastic member of my MIT Mystery Hunt team, my attention to detail is… what it is. My teammates insist on checking my work, even on my favorite parts:
| _ | Marching Hands |
| _ | Rubik's Cuba |
| _ | Vows Garden |
| _ | Deck Konundrum |
| _ | Pyre Meta |
| _ | Point by Numbers |
| _ | Solitaire Hanuman |
| _ | Burkina Fast |
| _ | Scavenger Hurt |
| _ | Knights and Knives |
| _ | Connect the Does |
| _ | Rush Dour |
If they find me staring stuck at a puzzle, they find my mistakes and point me at "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _"
Hints and solution. First (accessibility-ish) hint is in clear; other stuff is rot13'd:
This puzzle assumes you know some MIT Mystery Hunt jargon: Duck Konundrum, Pure Meta.
Rnpu cuenfr unf bar yrggre jebat.
R.t., gurer'f n chmmyr glcr pnyyrq "znepuvat onaqf" abg "znepuvat unaqf"
Sbe rnpu cuenfr, abgr qbja gur jebat yrggre. R.t., gur U va unaqf. Chg 'rz gbtrgure gb sbez n cuenfr.
Urer'f gur shyy yvfg:
Znepuvat Unaqf (Znepuvat Onaqf)
Ehovx'f Phon (Ehovx'f Phor)
Ibjf Tneqra (Ebjf Tneqra)
Qrpx Xbahaqehz (Qhpx Xbahaqehz)
Cler Zrgn (Cher Zrgn)
Cbvag ol Ahzoref (Cnvag ol Ahzoref)
Fbyvgnver Unahzna (Fbyvgnver Unatzna)
Ohexvan Snfg (Ohexvan Snfb)
Fpniratre Uheg (Fpniratre Uhag)
Xavtugf naq Xavirf (Xavtugf naq Xanirf)
Pbaarpg gur Qbrf (Pbaarpg gur Qbgf)
Ehfu Qbhe (Ehfu Ubhe)
Gur zvfgnxra yrggref fcryy Unir Lbh Gevrq
