David  Savitt
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Solving Mystery Hunt Puzzles

ACME's "Have you Tried?" list

Metapuzzles

Some common puzzle types

Two exceptionally elegant puzzles

Wordplay

Insight; Recognize something unusual

Notice a pattern

Hidden or varied familiar puzzle

Music puzzles

Extracting answers

Use something missing or leftover

Extract an answer using an index

Repeat the gimmick to get the answer

Find the right ordering