Safe Code case
Inspector
D 749
The First-Edition Safe
A rare first edition is locked in the bookshop safe. The owner is away, and a buyer comes at noon to collect it. The locksmith changed the code last month and…
The Captain's Weather-Log Safe
The captain's private weather reckoning is locked in the Pelican's five-symbol safe. A storm is coming, and the captain is ashore and cannot be reached. The first officer kept a log of the test tries the captain dialled, and the answers the safe gave. No symbol repeats in the code. Work out the five-symbol code before the storm hits.
- Kind
- Safe Code case
- Difficulty
- D 749
- Tier
- Inspector · D 700–999
- Worth
- 75 pts for a clean solve
- Par time
- 4:20
- Technique
- Depth 3
Points for solving; rating never moves in free play.
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