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Erratum: At 5:00 PM EDT, the above erratum on Roles was retracted, and the flavortext of SKÄRIG was updated.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 📝

Puzzle x1
Puzzle W x1
Puzzle X x1
Puzzle Y x1
Puzzle Z x1
?? x25

x4 Logic Puzzle Rules 🆘

Cave Rules x1
Chocolate Banana Rules x1
Mochikoro Rules x1
Tasquare Rules x1

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