CISRA Puzzle Competition 2008 - The Puzzles

This is the archive of the 2008 Puzzle Competition. Please visit the current competition site for information about the latest Puzzle Competition.

For general information on how to solve the puzzles, please see the puzzle solving guide. We highly recommend you read this if you're at all unsure about how to approach these sorts of puzzles.

Enter your team's answers for puzzles on the Solve page.

Puzzle GroupPuzzle NameThe puzzleHintsStatisticsPoint
value*
Group 1A.1 Wordoku   Download   Hints Full solution  A.1 Wordoku0 points
 B.1 Boneyard   Download   Hints Full solution  B.1 Boneyard0 points
 C.1 Tourist   Download   Hints Full solution  C.1 Tourist0 points
 D.1 Smilies   Download   Hints Full solution  D.1 Smilies0 points
 
Group 2A.2 Gridlook   Download   Hints Full solution  A.2 Gridlook0 points
 B.2 Rationalist Way   Download   Hints Full solution  B.2 Rationalist Way0 points
 C.2 Cranial Anatomy   Download   Hints Full solution  C.2 Cranial Anatomy0 points
 D.2 String Theory   Download   Hints Full solution  D.2 String Theory0 points
 
Group 3A.3 Content Defect   Download   Hints Full solution  A.3 Content Defect0 points
 B.3 Flowchart   Download   Hints Full solution  B.3 Flowchart0 points
 C.3 Through the Looking-Glass   Download   Hints Full solution  C.3 Through the Looking-Glass0 points
 D.3 Stressed Out   Download   Hints Full solution  D.3 Stressed Out0 points
 
Group 4A.4 Maze   Download   Hints Full solution  A.4 Maze0 points
 B.4 Miss a Beat Poetry   Download   Hints Full solution  B.4 Miss a Beat Poetry0 points
 C.4 Plastic Man   Download   Hints Full solution  C.4 Plastic Man0 points
 D.4 Cross Section   Download   Hints Full solution  D.4 Cross Section0 points
 
Group 5A.5 Lexifabricography   Download   Hints Full solution  A.5 Lexifabricography0 points
 B.5 Amigos   Download   Hints Full solution  B.5 Amigos0 points
 C.5 Cognition   Download   Hints Full solution  C.5 Cognition0 points
 D.5 Schrödinger's Wolves   Download   Hints Full solution  D.5 Schrödinger's Wolves0 points
 
MetapuzzleM.0 MetapuzzleNo fileFull solution  M.0 Metapuzzle0 points

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