The Instruction Manual
        
        
        
            Erratum: At 4:10 PM EDT, the flavor text to Oops I dropped my Taskmaster-themed puzzle in the DIY round was updated.
          
          
            Erratum: At 4:30 PM EDT, the text in the Roles section was updated.
          
          
            Erratum: At 5:00 PM EDT, the above erratum on Roles was retracted, and the flavortext of SKÄRIG was updated.
          
          
        
        x10 Audio 🔉 (Warning: some explicit language in the second file)
        
        
        
        
        x10 Image 📷
        
        
        
        
        x6 Incident Report Of A Series of Murders In A Teensy Ville 🏠
        
            NIGHT ONE: 
 
            You reported waking in the middle of the night with the strongest premonition that either of your neighbors Astrid or Maja was a baron.
        
        
            DAY ONE: 
 
            
            At the start of day, the town storyteller was found murdered in the town square. 
 
            You accused either Astrid or Maja of being a baron and thus an accomplice to the crime. 
            In response, Astrid claimed that she was a chambermaid who cleaned Liam and Maja's houses last night, and one of them was awake. 
            Maja insisted that she was the one who woke, having learned information relating to a number. 
            Liam insisted that he was the one who woke, also having learned information. 
            Alma claimed that she had heard of nothing happening, having slept soundly. 
            Noah thought it ridiculous that anyone could sleep through the night, also having learned information. 
            Elsa claimed that she learned nothing overnight, but could get daytime information to help the ville. 
            Given our current understanding of the case, two of these statements were incorrect. 
 
            After deliberation on this point, you all agreed that this was pretty suspicious-sounding and after nominating Alma and placing her on the block in the middle of town square, put her to death at dusk. You all waited, hoping that evil would be exorcized from the town and the ghost of the storyteller, having been avenged, would tell you that good had won. No such thing happened.
        
        
            NIGHT TWO: 
 
            You reported that you slept without disturbance.
        
        
            DAY TWO: 
 
            You woke to find Maja's body next to the storyteller's in the town square. Another frenzy of discussion began. 
 
            Astrid, in retaliation for your accusation yesterday, claimed she went through your house and Liam's house last night, refusing to disclose any information she had gained. 
            You claimed that she wouldn't have seen you engage in any demonic activities, having not woken in the night. 
            When you asked Liam if he woke last night, he claimed that he had woken to learn that one of his neighbors was evil. 
            At this, Noah claimed that he found this ridiculous, having woken in the night to learn the same thing. 
            Elsa claimed that as an artist who could commune with ghosts, she had asked the storyteller if from Night 1 to Night 2, everyone stayed who they were, and received a yes. 
            Given our current understanding of the case, one of these statements was incorrect. 
 
            You deliberated on this until dusk, and aware that Elsa would not be able to do anything else going forward if she was who she claimed, executed her. Night fell again.
        
        
            NIGHT THREE: 
 
            You slept, again, without disturbance.
        
        
            DAY THREE: 
 
            When you woke, Astrid's body had joined Maja's, Elsa's, and the storyteller's in the town square. 
            You insisted that you had, again, slept soundly. 
            Liam made the same claim he had yesterday—that the new information he had received in the night supported the fact that one of his neighbors was evil. 
            Noah doubled down on his claim as well—that the new information he had received in the night supported the fact that one of his neighbors was evil. 
            Given our current understanding of the case, one of these statements was incorrect. 
            After discussion and presentation of evidence, you decided that Noah had a stronger claim, dragged Liam to the block, and put him to death. You waited, and waited, and eventually the atmosphere grew lighter, like a demonic presence was leaving the town. 
            "Good has won," you could almost hear the old storyteller's voice. "Good job."
        
        
        
        
        x7 Keysmash 🔨
        
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        x6 List of Clues 📜
        
            1. Look-alike 
            2. First word of a George Harrison song about an instrument 
            3. Kind of number that might have a twin 
            4. __ piano 
            5. Bourgeoisie or proletariat
        
        
            1A. Mineral in Minecraft used to craft a jukebox 
            5A. Famous Latin word square 
            7A. "To __ or not to __, that is the question" 
            8A. Producing clear images in the mind 
            10A. King novel about a clown 
            12A. It occurs when someone breaks the rules and is removed from competition 
            13A. Number of orthogonally connected regions made of at least four unshaded cells in the grid 
            15A. Capital of Japan 
            16A. Christian denomination known for going door-to-door 
            17A. Lower-body garment like a kilt 
            18A. One below Q, in cards 
            20A. Three-headed dog 
            24A. Beatles song repeating "It's gonna be all right" 
            27A. Memory card invented in 1999 
            28A. "It's been 3,000 years..." character 
            29A. 85 on an exam 
            30A. Addendum to a letter or email 
            31A. Constant relating force between two objects to their mass and distance 
            33A. James Bond's boss 
            35A. With "QR", what this grid is 
            36A. What you'll need to do to this grid after finishing it 
            37A. Something you shouldn't drink with toothpaste 
            38A. It's set to either 0 or 1 
            39A. Second-person pronoun, in SMS 
            40A. With "code", what this grid is 
            42A. Tencent IM service 
            43A. Unit of energy 
            44A. Fragrance created by Mariah Carey 
            45A. Former Binance CEO 
            46A. "Greetings!" 
            49A. Student's role supporting a professor in a class 
            51A. Person who plays recorded music, often with a turntable 
            52A. Row number that this clue is in 
            54A. Thick black liquid 
            56A. For example 
            57A. Programming language that's Portuguese for "moon" 
            58A. Needing a nerf, in gaming 
            59A. Element commonly found in pennies 
            60A. Symbol for the coefficient of friction 
            61A. Comics publisher rivaling Marvel 
            63A. Io, Elara, and Titan, for three 
            65A. It could be brown or black or grizzly 
            67A. 1000 in Rome 
            68A. Focuses on or targets 
            69A. The second largest city in the US 
            70A. Simple or straightforward, for short 
            71A. Keikaku means it, according to the translator 
            72A. Chinese surname meaning "slowly" 
            73A. Foot covering, like a sandal or a boot 
            74A. Substance designed to be chewed without swallowing 
            76A. Opposite of summit; the lowest point possible 
            77A. Center of an olive, say 
            79A. Umbrella term for non-cishets, for short 
            80A. Sound of screaming (or of a dentist's office) 
            81A. Quiet, in music 
            82A. What water freezes to
        
        
            1D. Cul-de-sacs, or what uncommon letters in two-letter clues represent in this grid 
            2D. Nintendo console avatar 
            3D. Latin abbreviation meaning "note well" 
            4D. Company that invented the thing that this grid is (2 words) 
            5D. Onomatopoeia of something wet hitting a surface 
            6D. L + __ 
            8D. Roman goddess of love 
            9D. It's equivalent to a coffee mug, according to a math joke 
            11D. Number that's one less than the number of unshaded cells in this column 
            14D. Former, as in partner 
            18D. Tetris tile that's a reflection of L 
            19D. It doesn't exist, according to Yoda 
            21D. Medical prescription 
            22D. Writing assignment that's commonly five paragraphs long 
            23D. Abbreviation similar to St. or Ave. 
            25D. The length of one of the sides of this grid, minus one, divided by ten 
            26D. Country commonly omitted from maps 
            28D. State bordering CA and NM 
            29D. 11 in hexadecimal 
            30D. A Windows, Mac, or Linux device 
            31D. Major scale with one sharp 
            32D. Hong Kong seafood sauce 
            33D. Mike, in NATO 
            34D. Most commonly played word in Scrabble 
            39D. Element 92 
            41D. Greek letter that looks like a P 
            43D. __ Edgar Hoover 
            44D. NYC subway line originating at 57th Street 
            45D. What the one-letter clues signify about their location in the grid 
            47D. "Love wins all" singer 
            48D. Theme of this hunt 
            49D. Number that's one more than the number of unshaded cells in this column 
            50D. Silver 
            51D. Father, colloquially 
            53D. Helium or Xenon (2 words) 
            55D. College-level exam offered by College Board 
            60D. Military member reported gone 
            62D. School running this hunt 
            63D. Fruit that's a homophone of the name of one of 62D's founders 
            64D. Long-shafted pointed weapon 
            66D. Video game company named "Worst Company in America" twice 
            67D. Macy's, in the stock market 
            68D. The "A" in the drink IPA 
            71D. Protagonist of Kung Fu Panda 
            75D. Primary compound found in cannabis 
            78D. Measurement of smarts 
            79D. John de Lancie role in Star Trek 
            80D. "Love" in Chinese or Japanese 
            81D. Complexity class compared to NP
        
        
            1. Somehow, it's only worth $3.95 
            2. He may have worn them while gaining India's independence  
            3. Jewelry inspired by Chinese philosophy and Native American craft 
            4. Clothing with a picture of the host 
            5. A miniature castle decoration 
            6. The most sought-after piece of stationery
        
        
            Calm, as days in the past might be (7) 
            The maximum supplementary angle a vehicle can traverse without a non-wheel part of it touching (9) 
            The study of the end of the world (11)
        
        
            Do riders chaotically make chaos? (8) 
            It's said a prisoner made a sharp movement in dispute (8)
        
        
        x3 List of Indices 🔢
        
            1. [2] 
            3. [9] 
            2. [3] 
            4. [5] 
            5. [5] 
            6. [1] 
            7. [2]
        
        
            1. (17 characters, 5 words), [1] 
            2. (15 characters, 4 words), [4] 
            3. (20 characters, 3 words), [4] 
            4. (18 characters, 5 words), [6] 
            5. (16 characters, 4 words), [2] 
            6. ? 
            7. (12 characters, 3 words), [2] 
            8. (29 characters, 8 words), [2] 
            9. (26 characters, 5 words), [3] 
            10. (28 characters, 7 words), [5] 
            11. (19 characters, 7 words), [1]
        
        
            1. [2 * the number of letters in the second number this seat received] into this seat's original character type 
            2. [2] into this seat's original role 
            3. [3 * the number of letters in the first number this seat received] into this seat's original role 
            4. [5] into this seat's original character type 
            5. [2] into this seat's original role 
            6. [2 * the number of letters in the first number this seat received] into this seat's original role 
            7. Extract nothing
        
        
        x30 Logic Puzzle 📝
        
        
        x4 Logic Puzzle Rules 🆘
        
        
        x12 Rebus 🚌
        
        
        
        x7 Role 🎭
        
            Good Role x5 
            Evil Role x2 
        
        
        x8 Title & Flavortext 👑
        
            ABBA IS YOU 
        
        
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            Oops I Dropped My Taskmaster-Themed Puzzle in the DIY Round 
 
            All four of my minipuzzles shattered into lots of little pieces. Can you help me find them and solve them? What a bummer ... I had a prize task, and three other tasks. I think the tasks spell out the live task in order of when they appear in the episode. (You can submit individual subpuzzle answers to confirm them.) 
        
        
            Polyrhythms 
        
        
            Scuffed Diagramless 
 
            What even is this grid? There's no rotational symmetry, and 1-across isn't even at the top left! 
        
        
            SKÄRIG 
 
            There would be no greater joy than to be able to buy a nice ravenswood clock pre-assembled. Unfortunately, that's not how this department store's products work. So start building early in the day, at a time like noon, and may you read the department store's puzzling instructions with all the wisdom the clocks might grant you. (Ignore the standard restrictions on role distribution.) 
        
        
            Twenty-Five 2x2 Logic Puzzles 
 
            Each of them takes one from all, forming something bigger. 
        
        
            What Comes Next? 
 
            Alex has an old clump of mulch. It has granola and salted peanuts. But one nut is too solid. How can they unlock the walnut? (Abbreviate your answer) 
        
        
        x52 Word 🔡
        
            ALL x3 
            AND x4 
            BLUE x1 
            BROKEN x1 
            DEFEAT x1 
            FEELING x2 
            HAS x3 
            HEART x1 
            IS x9 
            MAN x1 
            ME x3 
            MOVE x1 
            NAPOLEON x1 
            NEAR x2 
            NEW x1 
            NIGHT x1 
            NOT x2 
            ON x1 
            OPEN x1 
            QUEEN x1 
            QUESTION x1 
            RICH x1 
            SEEING x1 
            VOULEZ-VOUS x1 
            WATERLOO x1 
            WINDOW x1 
            WINNER x1 
            WORLD x1 
            YOU x4