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2025-12-11

@Matthew: ... yes the clues are correct and once you get to the end, a couple of them are redundant. Who knows what I was thinking when I did that.

Matthew
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2025-12-13

@Matthew: Update: I've made some sneaky edits to the clues from tomorrow onwards to remove the redundancy of clues. All will be gradually revealed soon

Matthew
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2025-12-12

@Matthew: Don't worry, we'll still do them all! Thanks!

Seth Cohen
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