Open Doors (1995-1997)

Old C-AAA02 Puzzle

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

Hover over the clues if you require!
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”

Hover over the clues if you require!
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.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
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.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
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 C-AAA04 Puzzle

PREVIOUS RECEIPT
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.”

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

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

Old DD-SKWC04 Puzzle

DINER DINER
24 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS
“You're on your own.”

Puzzle (Update 1-10): “#35 #44 #1313”

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Clue 1: #44 and #1313 are siblings.
Clue 2: #35 is of great importance.
Clue 3: Just the first name will do.

Answer: Jennifer Nicholas Nicole
Explanation: The new hires' first name. They become important later on, and the Owner would know.

Old C-COS04 Puzzle

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

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

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.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
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.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
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.

Old C-ASG01 Puzzle

OWNER TRIVIA
12 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Deep in what hollow do the stern gods keep their bitter silence?”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: The Owner likes some poetry in his free time.
Clue 2: From which collection does this come from?
Clue 3: John Gray would know more about this.

Answer: Silverpoints
Explanation: The clue is from a poem called Summer Past, which is, itself, from a collection called Silverpoints, penned by John Gray.

Old C-BBVR02 Puzzle

#44 TRIVIA
12 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Saw the disks of fire in 1479–1425.”

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Clue 1: #44 likes to park out-of-this-world cars.
Clue 2: Have you seen the Tulli Papyrus?
Clue 3: Who reigned from 1479 BC to 1425 BC?

Answer: Thutmose III
Explanation: Thutmose III reigned from 1479 BC to 1425 BC. The Tulli Papyrus, which is supposedly from that time, has descriptions of "fiery disks", which some construe to be flying saucers.

Old C-MOP02 Puzzle

#1313 TRIVIA
9 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“A cat that always grins at 3:06, what a terrible blinking noise that'd be.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: #1313 is in her element when listening to alternative music.
Clue 2: Which cat always grin? Who is blinking?
Clue 3: This song runs for 3:06.

Answer: Cacophony
Explanation: In the album "Cheshire Cat" (who, in the Alice stories, always grins) by Blink-182, 3:06 is the runtime for the song Cacophony.

Old C-DIS02 Puzzle

#62 TRIVIA
11 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Ten years from now “Tom” will return.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: #62 likes to curl up with a science fiction novel or two.
Clue 2: Don't burn paper.
Clue 3: Who is "Tom"? And why ten years?

Answer: The Martian
Explanation: In The Martian, a story from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (who is famous for his novel, Fahrenheit 451), a Martian takes the place of Tom, the son of a couple. The story itself is set in September 2005, ten years from when this receipt is written.

Old CD-MOP04 Puzzle

LOGIC PUZZLE
20 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“The key to life is to watch out for a SNAKE in the grass.
Dlgumehgh? I? Ggoiyzs”

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Clue 1: Number the letters in SNAKE in alphabetical order.
Clue 2: Here
Clue 3: Move up.

Answer: Dracaena Trifasciata
Explanation: First, number the letters in SNAKE in alphabetical order, which would be 54132. This will be the key. Then construct the grid, and for each number, move up the corresponding amount of rows. So for the first D, you move 5 rows up from D, it's still D. Repeat this for every character to get Dracaena Trifasciata, the scientific name of the snake plant.

Old C-CIC02 Puzzle

WORD PUZZLE
13 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Ag going once, going twice, no tricks to be taken here.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What is Ag?
Clue 2: Which game takes tricks?
Clue 3: Together, they reference Mrs. Pleasant.

Answer: Silver Bridge
Explanation: Ag is Silver. A game that takes tricks is Bridge. Silver Bridge, the famous incident caused by Mrs. Pleasant.

Old DD-BBVR03 Puzzle

DINER DINER
19 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“You're on your own.”

Puzzle (Update 1-10): “Mr. Three”

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Clue 1: Maybe One Point or Four? A real careful read should do for the first part.
Clue 2: It's a mythological figure we're looking for here.
Clue 3: Just need their real name.

Answer: Hermes Trismegistus
Explanation: Mr. Three, tagged under this report and seen by Jenny in CD-MOP04, is both an amphiptere and a mythological figure.

Old C-BBVR04 Puzzle

#71 TRIVIA
8 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“My dear Sophia, remember to be calm, be loving-unto-men, be gentle, be peaceful, be... CCXVII-G.R.S.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: #71 likes to read apocrypha.
Clue 2: Sophia or Sofia? And who is this G. R. S.?
Clue 3: Page 217 of the Pistis Sofia, as translated by G. R. S. Mead.

Answer: Merciful
Explanation: Sophia is a reference to the Pistis Sofia, a Gnostic work translated by G. R. S. Mead. Page 217 contains the phrase "Be ye X" repeatedly, with X being, in order, calm, loving unto men, gentle, peaceful, and merciful.

Old C-CIC04 Puzzle

PICTURE CLUE
6 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“It’s an all across and up and down kind of day.”

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Clue 1: Observe the grid and the numbers on the cups.
Clue 2: Have you played Nonogram before?

Answer: Corvus
Explanation: The numbers and the grid combined hint at a 3x29 nonogram. Solving the nonogram provides the answer, Corvus.

Old C-CIC05 Puzzle

PREVIOUS RECEIPT
8 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“1993 - x = 189”

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Clue 1: Can you solve for x?
Clue 2: The Caring Vicar asks if One D. H. have been recently seen.
Clue 3: x is when he died.

Answer: Hamilton
Explanation: 1993 - 189 = 1804, which is when Alexander Hamilton died. Seeing as Daniel shares his last name with Alexander, it seems a warning.

Old CD-ASG04 Puzzle

LOGIC PUZZLE & COMMON KNOWLEDGE
22 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS
“Spring Bed Spot.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What word can go before all of these?
Clue 2: Where are these codenamed places?
Clue 3: Just the last word would do.

Answer: Beach Virginia Angeles
Explanation: "Spring", "Bed" and "Spot" can have Hot in front of it. The Hot Spring is code name for Palm Beach, Hotbed West Virginia, and Hotspot Los Angeles. Just take the last word of each location.

Old C-ASG05 Puzzle

PICTURE CLUE
19 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS
“A lovely picture for our Cafe.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Rumors about a game in the early 80s.
Clue 2: First line works as a primer for each digit.
Clue 3: White, then Gray.

Answer: Lord Wotton Beckons
Explanation: The first line works as a primer for digits 1-5. For each square, take the white square's number, then the gray square's number, and use that as a pair of digits for Polybius Cipher, which yields "Lord Wotton Beckons".

Old C-MOP05 Puzzle

#35 TRIVIA
6 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Star Square Cross Waves.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: #35 is quite a theorist about the unknown.
Clue 2: It's four of the symbols commonly found on this card type.
Clue 3: Zener cards' symbols are a star, a square, a cross, and waves. What's the missing one?

Answer: Circle
Explanation: Zener cards are usually adorned with one of star, square, cross, waves, or circle.

Old C-TCV01 Puzzle

COMMON KNOWLEDGE
11 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“The Cold Visitor.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Watching and warning for a long time.
Clue 2: We need the full name.

Answer: Indrid Cold
Explanation: Indrid Cold has been paying visits to the Cafe and Diner for warnings a lot throughout the iterations.

Old C-DIS04 Puzzle

DIFFERENT RECEIPT
5 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Day of disaster.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Even though he's barely coherent, Mr. Cold offers some wise words.
Clue 2: When is Mrs. Pleasant going to strike?
Clue 3: Just one or two digits will do.

Answer: 92995
Explanation: In C-TCV01, Mr. Cold warns that Mrs. Pleasant is aiming for Friday. Considering that it's going to happen soon, the best guess is on Sep 29, 1995: 92995.

Old C-CIC07 Puzzle

PREVIOUS RECEIPT
11 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“CUSTOMER.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Read the previous receipt rather carefully.
Clue 2: Acrostics can be quite useful in hiding messages.
Clue 3: Last paragraph.

Answer: Doctor Crow
Explanation: The first letter of each sentence of the last paragraph of CIC06 spells out Doctor Crow.

Old CD-CIC08 Puzzle

DIFFERENT RECEIPTS
21 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Please compile data to reconstruct ADMIN key.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Have you looked in the source code? - Charles Inigo Cruz.
Clue 2: Seven keys are entered, six final callings, five admin keys, four protocols, three 85, two typo'd words, and a lowercase to finish them off.

Answer: Corvus Brachyrhynchos
Explanation: In CIC01, the source code's lowercase letters read cor. In C-CIC02, the typos read vus. In CIC03, 6?4\$ is base85 for Br. In C-CIC04, protocol A. C. H. is executed. In C-CIC05, admin key YRHY is requested. In CIC06, protocol N. C. is shut down. And finally, in C-CIC07, key HOS needs to be entered. With all the letters together, it reads CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS.

Old CD-DIS05 Puzzle

OWNER TRIVIA
12 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Pallor, Algor, Rigor, Livor, Putrefaction, ah, mon amour, just one more.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: The Owner have an undying love for French poetry.
Clue 2: What is Pallor, Algor, Rigor, Livor and Putrefaction?
Clue 3: What poem deals with a corpse?

Answer: Une Charogne
Explanation: Charles Baudelaire's Une Charogne (A Carcass in French) is a poem about, you guess it, a decomposing corpse.

Old C-TDT01 Puzzle

OWNER TRIVIA
24 CHARACTERS 5 WORDS
“The Devil take me if I’ve made three dollars selling coffee.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: The Devil And Tom Walker
Explanation: ??

Old C-MOP07 Puzzle

DIFFERENT RECEIPT
18 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS
“Getting the last word in.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: See You Again Soon
Explanation: ??

Old C-DPG07 Puzzle

#1313 TRIVIA
19 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS
“A frightening vision of the other side, seen through Canadian Eyes.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Cats Or Devils Eyes
Explanation: ??

Old C-DPG08 Puzzle

#26 TRIVIA
5 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“TXree”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: TX-Tree.
Clue 2: What does 'TX' stand for?
Clue 3: What's the state tree of Texas?

Answer: Pecan
Explanation: The Pecan tree is the state tree of Florida.

Old C-DPG09 Puzzle

PREVIOUS RECEIPT
6 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Home is where the heart is.”

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Clue 1: What is Domenech's home?

Answer: Caelus
Explanation: Domenech comes from the Caelus.

Old C-MOP08 Puzzle

DIFFERENT RECEIPT
9 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“X O X X.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Chamomile
Explanation: ??

Old CD-MOP09 Puzzle

DEEP KNOWLEDGE
5 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“A trip to Fry’s.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Felix
Explanation: ??

Old C-DPG10 Puzzle

LOGIC PUZZLE
4 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Isadalawatatloapat…”

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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Five
Explanation: ??

Old C-DPG11 Puzzle

LOGIC PUZZLE & PREVIOUS RECEIPT
6 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Not funny Ha Ha, funny Ca Ca.”

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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Pineal
Explanation: ??

Old C-NOTM02 Puzzle

COMMON KNOWLEDGE
10 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“I felt Mrs. Felt would be in Baltimore by now.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Melonheads
Explanation: ??

Old C-SRD03 Puzzle

PICTURE CLUE & #1313 TRIVIA
11 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Something from my heart to yours.”

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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Superhumans
Explanation: ??

Old C-SRD05 Puzzle

DIFFERENT RECEIPT
13 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Location of a Wolf’s Pang”

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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Elykian Ruins
Explanation: ??

Old C-SRD05 Puzzle

LOGIC PUZZLE
10 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Support for Tresmes.”

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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Amphiptere
Explanation: ??

Old C-SRD05 Puzzle

PICTURE CLUE
11 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Don’t be a square, check the new neons!”

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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Crow Hearts
Explanation: ??

Old C-SRD07 Puzzle

PREVIOUS RECEIPT
8 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Currently out of commission thanks to #53.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Art Room
Explanation: ??

Old C-TDT05 Puzzle

COMMON KNOWLEDGE
19 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS
“So much accustomed to, for Mr. Walker.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What book is Mr. Walker from?
Clue 2: Is there a quote from The Devil and Tom Walker that fits that?
Clue 3: For whatever reason, there's a quizlet full of quotes from The Devil and Tom Walker. That might have what you're looking for. (alternatively, the quote's bound to show up somewhere online.)

Answer: Witches And Goblins
Explanation: A quote from The Devil and Tom Walker is 'The good people of Boston...had been so much accustomed to witches and goblins'.

Old C-MOP11 Puzzle

“ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890GOODBYE”
2 Words

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What contains all of those letters, numbers, and ...uh, word?

Answer: Ouija Board
Explanation: Ouija boards commonly have the alphabet, 0-9, and the word 'goodbye'.

Old C-SRD08 Puzzle

DIFFERENT RECEIPT
13 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“King Dork.”

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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Xavier Vargas
Explanation: ??

Old C-NOTM05 Puzzle

DIFFERENT RECEIPT
13 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“One rung at a time”

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Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Witch Ladders
Explanation: ??

Old C-NOTM06 Puzzle

PREVIOUS RECEIPT
13 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Entered the fray to save the day.”

Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: ??
Clue 2: ??
Clue 3: ??

Answer: Mr. Frederick
Explanation: ??