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The Search for Spock
Here is a puzzle titled The Search for Spock
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How to solve The Search for Spock
You look at the title and think "hmm, I need to find all the Spocks that appear in the puzzle".
You do so and realize that some Spocks create contiguous shapes with other Spocks.
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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
You look at the title and think "hmm, maybe I should break down each image into circles".
You do so and realize that each circle looks a little bit like letters.
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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.
You arrive at the final answer, which is those four letters chained together.