The Search for Spock
Here is a puzzle titled The Search for Spock
P | P | O | C | K | K | S | C | K | C | S | O | C | O | S | C | S | P | O | C | K |
S | P | S | K | C | S | P | P | C | K | P | K | S | P | K | K | P | K | P | O | C |
P | K | C | P | O | P | O | C | O | S | O | C | O | P | S | P | O | C | K | S | C |
O | S | P | O | P | O | C | K | P | C | S | C | K | S | P | O | C | P | S | O | P |
C | S | O | P | S | K | C | C | P | C | K | P | C | K | S | P | K | C | O | P | S |
K | C | O | P | S | K | K | O | K | S | O | K | O | P | O | S | K | C | O | P | S |
P | O | C | K | P | C | S | C | S | C | S | P | O | K | S | K | C | P | K | C | P |
S | K | K | O | S | O | O | K | O | P | S | C | P | O | P | C | O | S | P | K | O |
P | C | C | P | O | P | P | O | K | P | O | S | K | C | K | S | P | O | C | O | C |
O | O | C | K | S | P | O | C | O | P | S | P | P | C | O | P | S | P | O | C | K |
S | P | O | K | K | S | C | C | S | O | P | O | C | O | S | O | C | P | O | K | C |
K | S | P | O | C | K | K | S | K | C | S | C | O | K | C | C | S | C | S | P | O |
P | O | S | C | S | P | O | K | S | P | O | K | P | S | O | K | C | O | O | S | P |
C | O | P | P | K | S | C | O | P | O | P | S | C | P | P | S | K | C | O | P | S |
S | P | O | S | O | S | P | S | O | K | C | S | P | O | C | O | P | P | K | O | K |
K | C | C | K | P | C | S | P | P | C | K | P | S | C | P | O | C | K | C | O | C |
K | O | S | P | O | C | K | O | S | O | P | O | C | K | O | K | P | K | O | C | S |
C | P | C | O | P | O | C | C | P | S | C | C | K | C | C | P | C | S | P | K | P |
O | K | S | S | C | K | O | K | K | S | P | K | P | O | K | O | P | O | O | P | S |
P | C | O | P | S | C | P | O | C | K | O | S | C | P | P | S | K | S | O | C | K |
S | P | O | C | O | P | S | P | O | K | C | O | S | S | O | C | O | K | C | O | S |
How to solve The Search for Spock
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You look at the title and think "hmm, I need to find all the Spocks that appear in the puzzle".
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You do so and realize that some Spocks create contiguous shapes with other Spocks.
P | P | O | C | K | K | S | C | K | C | S | O | C | O | S | C | S | P | O | C | K |
S | P | S | K | C | S | P | P | C | K | P | K | S | P | K | K | P | K | P | O | C |
P | K | C | P | O | P | O | C | O | S | O | C | O | P | S | P | O | C | K | S | C |
O | S | P | O | P | O | C | K | P | C | S | C | K | S | P | O | C | P | S | O | P |
C | S | O | P | S | K | C | C | P | C | K | P | C | K | S | P | K | C | O | P | S |
K | C | O | P | S | K | K | O | K | S | O | K | O | P | O | S | K | C | O | P | S |
P | O | C | K | P | C | S | C | S | C | S | P | O | K | S | K | C | P | K | C | P |
S | K | K | O | S | O | O | K | O | P | S | C | P | O | P | C | O | S | P | K | O |
P | C | C | P | O | P | P | O | K | P | O | S | K | C | K | S | P | O | C | O | C |
O | O | C | K | S | P | O | C | O | P | S | P | P | C | O | P | S | P | O | C | K |
S | P | O | K | K | S | C | C | S | O | P | O | C | O | S | O | C | P | O | K | C |
K | S | P | O | C | K | K | S | K | C | S | C | O | K | C | C | S | C | S | P | O |
P | O | S | C | S | P | O | K | S | P | O | K | P | S | O | K | C | O | O | S | P |
C | O | P | P | K | S | C | O | P | O | P | S | C | P | P | S | K | C | O | P | S |
S | P | O | S | O | S | P | S | O | K | C | S | P | O | C | O | P | P | K | O | K |
K | C | C | K | P | C | S | P | P | C | K | P | S | C | P | O | C | K | C | O | C |
K | O | S | P | O | C | K | O | S | O | P | O | C | K | O | K | P | K | O | C | S |
C | P | C | O | P | O | C | C | P | S | C | C | K | C | C | P | C | S | P | K | P |
O | K | S | S | C | K | O | K | K | S | P | K | P | O | K | O | P | O | O | P | S |
P | C | O | P | S | C | P | O | C | K | O | S | C | P | P | S | K | S | O | C | K |
S | P | O | C | O | P | S | P | O | K | C | O | S | S | O | C | O | K | C | O | S |
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You arrive at the final answer, which involves completing the phrase, "Live long and ________"
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Crop Circles
Here is a puzzle titled Crop Circles
How to solve Crop Circles
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You look at the title and think "hmm, maybe I should break down each image into circles".
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You do so and realize that each circle looks a little bit like letters.
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You keep going.
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You keep going.
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You keep going and realize that each set of letters will make a different crop with the addition of one letter at the end.
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You arrive at the final answer, which is those four letters chained together.
Check your answer for Crop Circles
Correct!