Reserved for Hints, Errata, and ultimately, the Solution.
Hints
The game Pathfinder Adventures is entirely appropriate to this week's puzzle.
The correct 6-letter word for Lethargy is TORPOR.
Errata/Corrections
Hopefull none will ever be needed
Solution
The first thing that you need to do is to solve the five across words. They are: MAILED, EMBRYO, NGEAUR, TORPOR and PROFIT.
The next thing that you need to realise is that all of the clues in the Other Clues section resolve to one of four words, Left, Right, Up or Down. As follows: Pillow filling (Down), Correct (Right), A just claim or title (Right - as in human rights), Swallow (Down - as in a drink), Low in Spirits (Down), Knock out of the Sky (Down), 90 Degree (Right), Before tight and after belly (UP - yielding uptight and belly-up), Happy (Up), 1976 Adult Comedy film by Russ Meyer (Up), Winning (Up - as in a score), Remaining (Left), Hit the Road (Left), Blue (Down - as in melancholy), Having socialist views (Left), Temporarily not working (Down - as in a machine), Gridiron Unit (Down).
The reward is Pathfinder Adventures. Follow the path starting with the yellow square and it reads M-E-M-B-E-R-O-F-P-A-R-L-I-A-M-E-N-T. Carmen SanFrancisco is posing as a Member of Parliament. The below picture shows the result.
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Bump for solved! Simple, easy, and well-done!
This is my first solve in the Carmen SanFrancisco adventures, but I just might have to go back and follow the story from the beginning now. :)
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It's a single coherent story, starting at Episode I.
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Sounds good. I'm glad that jumping into the middle for this one didn't seem to spoil anything that happens before (if you're even slightly familiar with the inspiration material, anyway).
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I would also add that they are of very variable difficulty. Many people got Carmen I in seconds. There is no way to get Carmen VII in seconds.
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Bump for not bruteforcing 3rd time Carmen's puzzle :D xD
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I'm glad you've decided to continue with Carmen, this puzzle was worth it!
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After days I think I have to give up. Thank you very much for your nice puzzles& stories!
While I think (&hope^^ that) the basic principle is not hard to grasp but I'm not getting anything that makes sense out of it all. I also don't think that my english is the problem but I can't get behind three clues:
-Lethargy has many options, sadly that's ok.
-Before tight and after belly - I'm feeling down on this but I don't understand the meaning/which body part is meant.
-And lastly the Gridiron unit, ok google gives me many options but none seams to fit the pattern. (EDIT: ER? I think I got that part now... maibe)
But even taking many options into account I'm not getting anything with sense out of it all. Am I - Maibe - at - the wrong way?
EDIT. Ok while I think I finally have something that makes sense at start and at the end the middle part rler still confuses me.
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I will contact you on chat, but I will point out that the game Pathfinder adventures is entirely appropriate to this week's puzzle.
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Bump for another episode of Carmen! (^o^)/
Not really sure of every clue's meaning. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I'll passing this one too (busy last week, didn't join) and be waiting for the solution.
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The second part of puzzle is rather tough, I'm right in skipping this one.
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It's certainly one of the hardest of the Carmen's but there is a way into it. Some of the clues are unambiguous for example, a 1976 Adult Comedy film by Russ Meyer has to be UP, and 90 Degree is almost certainly Right or Right Angle. After you get a few, you should be able to sense that they are all directions, and the puzzle follows from there, but it is absolutely correct that this is one of the hardest Carmen's. Next week's Carmen looks easier to me, at least on paper. I just need the time to sit down and do the graphics.
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Greetings,
I was struck not only by the poll vote, but by the number of people who seperately contacted me on steam chat or left messages urging me to have Carmen continue to run. So I will probably do that. I was planning on a big finale with her capture for this week, but I will keep that in the bag, and produce, what is, pretty much a filler puzzle this week (though I had an idea for Carmen to find religion which will probably be next week's puzzle). Just because it is a filler of course, does not make it easy.
The other question I usually try to answer is how I am progressing on building my larger (actually stupidly large) puzzle event set in Greece. The answer is this week, not at all. All my spare puzzle time this week has gone into solving Godprobe's wonderous Cake Factory. If you haven't checked it out, you are doing yourself a disservice. Go, solve that first then come back to this one. Combine that with fiftykyu also large Ziggurat of Disappointment, which is misnomer, and it is a great, great time for a puzzle enthusiast to be on the puzzle board at Steamgifts.
The prize this week is the entirely apposite Pathfinder Adventures.
There is no puzzle content on this page. But the hunt continues here
Note that this is the Sequel to:
You can go look at those for a view on how these puzzles work, or alternatively read my magic guide. This is different from Zelghadis' magic guide which is also excellent.
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