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2023-12-21

9, 16 and 17 seem to give contradictory clues, perhaps 17's clue should have 'or' instead of 'and' ?

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2023-12-21

@Robert Brady: As day 9 suggests, not all the clues are necessarily true. The final three clues should help clear this up...

Matthew
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