1 [[!meta title="Carl's Christmas Puzzle Hunt 2015"]]
5 Welcome to the 2015 edition of Carl's Christmas Puzzle Hunt. If you're
6 wondering what all of this is about, you can read the [history of my
7 Christmas puzzles](../).
9 Since I designed these puzzles for my sons, some of the artwork and
10 imagery will have more meaning to them than it would to anyone
11 else. But the puzzles themselves are all designed so that they can be
12 solved using only general knowledge and logic.
14 The puzzles this year include word games (anagrams, cryptograms),
15 logic puzzles (sudoku, star battle, fillomino, yajilin), and other
16 classic puzzles (riddles, mazes, etc.) as well as a few unique
17 surprises. Of course, there's also a big meta-puzzle to pull it all
20 I'm very interested in any feedback you might have, positive or
21 negative, about puzzles, themes, difficulty, etc. So please share
22 whatever comments you have. I'm also happy to confirm solutions to any
23 puzzles in the hunt or to provide additional hints if needed. So feel
24 free to email me at: [Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>](mailto:Carl
25 Worth <cworth@cworth.org>).
29 The following individuals and teams have provided me with a correct
30 solution to the entire puzzle hunt:
32 * Cameron, Hyrum, Andrew, and Scott Worth: December 2015
34 * Jigsaw (Andrew Bradburn): March 2016
36 * DelphiRune (Steve Watt and Anita Hollister): July 2016
38 * Conundrum (Robert Haight): July 2016
42 The following mistakes managed to creep into the puzzles and have not
45 * Remarkable Change: One change spans two rows. Take the letter
46 from the lower of the two rows.
48 * Be Prepared, My Boy!: The words TALKS and ARENA appear
49 incidentally in the grid and should be ignored.
51 * Olympian Teaser: This puzzle probably deserves some additional
52 definitions for the six items/figures you need to determine. So
53 use these hints if you are stumped (highlight the hidden text to
56 * <span style="color:white"> His ship shares a name with a 2012 Ben Affleck flick</span>
58 * <span style="color:white"> The preferred instrument of Gheorghe Zamfir</span>
60 * <span style="color:white"> More properly a "jar", it contained all the evils of the world </span>
62 * <span style="color:white"> An image of this goddess was used in Honda motorcycle logos in 1948 (today, only her wings remain) </span>
64 * <span style="color:white"> Their love began as a bribe from Aphrodite to win a beauty contest </span>
66 * <span style="color:white"> A son of King Telamon, his name today might appear more often under the bathroom sink or in web programming </span>
68 The puzzle hunt is available in two forms:
70 ## Complete puzzle hunt (30-page PDF)
72 Download the [Complete Puzzle Hunt](code-2015.pdf).
76 I designed these puzzles for my four sons at Christmastime. When we
77 placed their gifts under the tree, we didn’t put any names on them,
78 but instead each gift had one of the 16 rather puzzling tags you can
79 find below. A correct solution for all of the puzzles will allow the
80 solver to determine which of my sons should receive each gift. (My
81 sons are named Cameron, Hyrum, Andrew, and Scott)
83 (Click on thumbnails for single-page PDF of each puzzle)
87 <a href="code-2015-01.pdf"><img src="code-2015-01.png"></a>
88 <a href="code-2015-02.pdf"><img src="code-2015-02.png"></a>
89 <a href="code-2015-03.pdf"><img src="code-2015-03.png"></a>
91 ### The Ornament Puzzles
93 <a href="code-2015-04.pdf"><img src="code-2015-04.png"></a>
94 <a href="code-2015-05.pdf"><img src="code-2015-05.png"></a>
95 <a href="code-2015-06.pdf"><img src="code-2015-06.png"></a>
96 <a href="code-2015-07.pdf"><img src="code-2015-07.png"></a>
97 <a href="code-2015-08.pdf"><img src="code-2015-08.png"></a>
98 <a href="code-2015-09.pdf"><img src="code-2015-09.png"></a>
99 <a href="code-2015-10.pdf"><img src="code-2015-10.png"></a>
100 <a href="code-2015-11.pdf"><img src="code-2015-11.png"></a>
101 <a href="code-2015-12.pdf"><img src="code-2015-12.png"></a>
102 <a href="code-2015-13-15.pdf"><img src="code-2015-13.png"></a>
103 <a href="code-2015-16.pdf"><img src="code-2015-16.png"></a>
104 <a href="code-2015-17.pdf"><img src="code-2015-17.png"></a>
105 <a href="code-2015-18.pdf"><img src="code-2015-18.png"></a>
106 <a href="code-2015-19.pdf"><img src="code-2015-19.png"></a>
107 <a href="code-2015-20.pdf"><img src="code-2015-20.png"></a>
108 <a href="code-2015-21.pdf"><img src="code-2015-21.png"></a>
109 <a href="code-2015-22.pdf"><img src="code-2015-22.png"></a>
113 <a href="code-2015-23.pdf"><img src="code-2015-23.png"></a>
115 ### Hints and Credits
117 CAUTION: There are some (mild) spoilers in this section. Consider
120 <a href="code-2015-25-30.pdf"><img src="code-2015-25.png"></a>