Layers Game #11
Sep 25 Hints
Reveal only what you need. Nothing on this page shows an answer until you open it.
Quick hint
Messages, lawyers, ships' captains and places to put a vase.
Layer 1 hints
Mini puzzle 1 · Clue Stack
First clue: “He was obsessed with one animal.”
Hint 1 · General direction
He's a character in a novel.
Hint 2 · More specific
He hunted a white whale.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
A _ _ B
Mini puzzle 2 · Missing Link
___, LINE AND SINKER · FISH___ · OFF THE ___
Hint 1 · General direction
Anglers use one.
Hint 2 · More specific
Peter Pan's enemy is named after it.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
H _ _ K
Mini puzzle 3 · Word Shift
Start at BELL and shift 2 times. First clue: “A bird's beak — or a restaurant check”
Hint 1 · General direction
You'll end at a window.
Hint 2 · More specific
It's the flat part at the bottom of a window frame.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
B?LL → ?ILL
Mini puzzle 4 · Letter Path
Clue: “Where stockings hang above the fireplace”
Hint 1 · General direction
It's a piece of furniture you can't move.
Hint 2 · More specific
It sounds like a cloak.
Hint 3 · Reveal letters
M _ _ T _ L — starts at the highlighted M (row 4, column 3)
Layer 2 hints
Most straightforward group
What the group is about
One group is how you get in touch.
Two words that belong together
TEXT and EMAIL
Medium group
What the group is about
One group belongs in a courtroom.
Two words that belong together
CASE and CLIENT
Tricky group
What the group is about
One group commanded ships — real, fictional or starbound.
Two words that belong together
COOK and HOOK
Trickiest group
What the group is about
One group is a place to rest an ornament.
Two words that belong together
SHELF and LEDGE
Final layer hints
Today's final layer is a Before & After.
Final hint 1
Libraries lend them.
Final hint 2
Recipes are collected in one.
Final hint 3
The answer looks like: B _ _ K