Open Doors (1995-1997)

Old C-AAA02 Puzzle

PREVIOUS RECEIPT
5 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Baltimore Mrs. Heelfront.”

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Clue 1: The name itself should provide some clues as to who we're looking for.
Clue 2: Imagine you have your toes pointing where you've been. Who walks like that?
Clue 3: Caribbean customers with no face and a penchant for pranks.

Answer: Douen

Explanation: The Douen's most recognizable characteristic is their feet, which is backwards, with the heel facing the front (hence Heelfront), and the knees backwards.

Old CD-TTE01 Puzzle

#62 TRIVIA
25 CHARACTERS 5 WORDS
“Buy into the Hype, it’s only $19.89.
Part 1-1 Part 2-2 Part 3-2 Part 4-4 Part 5-3”

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Clue 1: It might be better to think of the price as a year.
Clue 2: #62 likes some sci-fi in their free time. And maybe some persimmons.
Clue 3: The parts signal the index.

Answer: The War Cantos Taste Good
Explanation: Dan Simmons published the first Hyperion novel in 1989. Indexing into the parts' names gives "The War Cantos Tastes Good".

Old CD-TTE02 Puzzle

PREVIOUS RECIEPT
8 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“The Cafe and Diner Rosetta Stone of sorts.”

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Clue 1: Read the previous one real careful.
Clue 2: Why does John Doe need this?
Clue 3: dCode/Rumkin/Cryptii, but for Coffee-related Ciphers.

Answer: CaDCom88
Explanation: In CD-TTE01, John Doe says that they "secure an original BaristaTech CaDCom88 system due to its ability to decrypt various CaDCode Ciphers". So they are, in a way, the Rosetta Stone for the CaD Ciphers

Old C-COS02 Puzzle

PICTURE CLUE
13 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Incoming alert on all spectrums.”

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Clue 1: That's some strange color bands we have there.
Clue 2: Colors can be read as a 6-character Hexadecimal.
Clue 3: Each color component (Red, Green, Blue) occupies two Hex spots.

Answer: Mrs. Pleasant
Explanation: Read the colors' hexadecimal value as three hexadecimal characters yields "Don't look in her eyes." and "Mrs. Pleasant." The second line fits the requirement.

Old C-WFS01 Puzzle

LOGIC PUZZLE
10 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Check in the shadows below.”
Mrs. Umbra

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Clue 1: Who lurks in the shadow?
Clue 2: They perfectly blend into the shadow.
Clue 3: Not surprising, since they are a shadow.

Answer: Mrs. Umbra
Explanation: One of the monikers for Mrs. Umbra is the Shadowman. Their name can be found blending into the background, to the left of the clue.

Old C-WFS03 Puzzle

PREVIOUS RECEIPT
18 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS
“Translation request approved.”

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Clue 1: What is Mrs. Umbra whispering?
Clue 2: What language is it?
Clue 3: The angels speak it.

Answer: There Is No Church
Explanation: The first line of Umbra's whispering in WFS02 is the Enochian letters mashed together. They spell out "There Is No Church."

Old C-DPG05 Puzzle

DIFFERENT RECEIPT
26 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS
“Chart a flight via this Lone Star Airport.”

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Clue 1: Don't Put Gary off. One time is enough. He doesn't know where Bird's River or Violet Crown is.
Clue 2: Deftly Putting Gerald off Three times, really? Where should you act like a student?
Clue 3: Damian Pays Gold? Four gold? To do some basement crawling in the college?
Clue 4: Piece all of that together, and figure out the name of the building then, not now.

Answer: Animal Industries Building
Explanation: DPG01 gives "Bird's River" and "Violet Crown". Bird's River is Brazos River, a famous place for birds to come by. Violet Crown, given that we're in Texas, is Austin. A famous haunted college building with a basement, situated near the Brazos River? That'll be the Animal Industries Building. (But now it's called the AI Engineering Building)

Old [[<title of receipt page>|<receipt>]] Puzzle

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8 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Sodium chloride on strings.”

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Clue 1: What is sodium chloride?
Clue 2: What is usually on string?
Clue 3: Read the previous one real careful.

Answer: Santilli
Explanation: Sodium chloride is salt. Puppets are usually on string. In AAA03, #53 said that Ray Santilli can be a "salty puppet".

Old C-WFS05 Puzzle

DIFFERENT RECEIPT
7 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Maiden name of Mrs. Umbra.”

Clue

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Clue: What is a moniker of Mrs. Umbra that fits the required length?

Answer and Explanation

Answer: Hat Man
Explanation: One of Mrs. Umbra's moniker is the Hat Man.

Old C-COS04 Puzzle

COMMON KNOWLEDGE
4 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“The 26th Division.”

Clue

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Clue 1: Whose organization divides up into Divisions?
Clue 2: What else has 26?
Clue 3: NATO Alphabet.

Answer and Explanation

Answer: Zulu
Explanation: The 26th Division of Astoria 23 is Zulu.

Old CD-TTE04 Puzzle

PICTURE CLUE
5 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“All tied up and tied to.”

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Clue 1: Have you fiddle with the picture yet? GIMP should work just fine.
Clue 2: There's a difference between this and the original image it spawns from.
Clue 3: If you found it, what is John Doe worried about?

Answer: Maeve
Explanation: Find the picture itself, and take the difference. In the letter, Owner said John Doe's worry is tied to Maeve.

Old C-COS06 Puzzle

AMBIGUOUS KNOWLEDGE
15 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS
“COS.”

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Clue 1: Charming One Says Three, among them Mrs. Pleasant, is working where?
Clue 2: Now we go out of this, and jump into Twice Third Temple, specifically when Matthew Tartell Misses Naomi Sevenfold. Mrs. Pleasant say she was once with which organization?
Clue 3: Now, combine them together. What amalgamation of those two things would start with C, O, and S?

Answer: Church Of Satan
Explanation: In COS03, Pleasant is working for the Open Doors Church, and in C-MTMN07, Pleasant said she was once with the House of Satan, so the Church and the House of Satan are one and the same. The Church Of Satan, if you will.