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Called Jules Cooper to tell him of the idea of playing
Called Jules Cooper to tell him of the idea of playing
<u>OPERATION SEARCH</u> with three hidden cards. Also suggested
<u>OPERATION SEARCH</u> with three hidden cards. Also sug-
<s>using</s> for three players using passing of ordinary
gested <s>using</s> for three players using passing of or-
requests, but only giving the number of  
dinary requests, but only giving the number of  
bonus requests.
bonus requests.


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inferior to <u>CLUE</u> in chances for deduction. I read over
inferior to <u>CLUE</u> in chances for deduction. I read over
the rules of the latter and feel that the game is
the rules of the latter and feel that the game is
played simply be keeping the positive and negative  information
played simply be keeping the positive and negative  inform-
on the detective sheets. It seems almost automatic.
ation  on the detective sheets. It seems almost auto-
matic.


Claude called. He was at Arthur's. Nothing new.
Claude called. He was at Arthur's. Nothing new.
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Solution of puzzle on 11/29
1) <u>A</u> has 2-SU and C has 1-SU, so all SU are accounted for.
2) B has 2-UL which must be NUL & WUL since EUL & SUL are
already accounted for.
3) B has 1-UM but 0-EM. Since NUM and SUM are already ac-
counted for, B must have WUM.
4) B has 1-WR. B also has 3-W. Since B has already been shown
to have WUL and WUM and the 3rd W is in the Rural area,
B cannot have WIL or WIM.
5) A has 1-NM. C has 3-N but 0-NF. Since NUL and NUM have
already been accounted for, C's 3-N must be NIL, NRL, and
either NUM or NRM. (It can be proven that C has NIM
rather than NRM, but this not necessary for the solution.)
6) C has 1-SI. This must be SIL since SIF and SIM are
accounted for.
7) C has 2-IL. Since C has already been shown to have NIL
and SIL, C cannot have WIL or EIL.
8) A, as stated before, has 2-SU. A also has 2-EI and 4-R.
This limits the location of all 8 of A's cards to the SU, EI,
and R areas. Among the cards that A cannot have is <u>WIL</u>,
which has already been proven not to be in the possession
of B or C. <u>WIL</u> is the solution.
The statement, A had 2-W was thrown in as a small red
herring. They must both be in the Rural area.