Hint for Clue 18 of "The Hunt"

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Straight-forward piglatin !

Hint for Clue 17 of "The Hunt"

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The bottom half acts as an index to the flags. i.e each flags stands for a number. The ! in the top half are delimiters, not the factorial sign. Add the numbers between !s, then convert them into alphabets.

Hint for Clue 17 of "The Hunt"

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The bottom half acts as an index to the flags. i.e each flags stands for a number. The ! in the top half are delimiters, not the factorial sign. Add the numbers between !s, then convert them into alphabets.

Hint for Clue 16 of "The Hunt"

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The answer is within the second paragraph. This para tells you what you are supposed to look for. It is a 7 letter word you are looking for. The trick is in the pronunciation of some of the words.

Hint for Clue 15 of "The Hunt"

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10-digit number. What could it stand for? Check the hints on the previous clues.

Hint for Clue 14 of "The Hunt"

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No clues needed. Google!

Hint for Clue 13 of "The Hunt"

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You have to form 13 letter words. Easiest way is to finish the words starting with u and then proceed with the rest. Note down (or take a printout and strike-out) the letters you use, it will make your task much easier.

Hint for Clue 12 of "The Hunt"

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You have to get a 8-digit number. Clues: Number of animals, appearance in dictionary, dolphins.

Hint for Clue 11 of "The Hunt"

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Each of the lines are the electron configurations of the elements. The Electron configurations of all electrons can be obtained at the link http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa013103a.htm. Find the names of the elements and the rest, you know!

Hint for Clue 10 of "The Hunt"

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Again, a very simple one. Just follow the instructions in the clue and you should comfortably finish stage 1 !

Hint for Clue 9 of "The Hunt"

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There are three words in the intial paragraph which give you a hint on what you do with the numbers. Do that and you will see the answer appear.

Hint for Clue 8 of "The Hunt"

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This is a picture rebus, where each picture stands for a word/group of letters. Translate these pictures into words, go to that place, search for the person mentioned and check his profile. You will get the answer there. The "+" and "-" stands for addition and subtraction of words/letters that have to be performed to get the initial place.

Hint for Clue 7 of "The Hunt"

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The keyword is dial. The 4 letter code which is written in "Dial XXXX for Aphrodite" stands for A. Find out how these four letters convert into A and you are on your way.

Hint for Clue 6 of "The Hunt"

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Again, a simple clue. Just perform the calculations, get the numbers, convert them into alphabets and anagram them to get the answer.

Hint for Clue 5 of "The Hunt"

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A simple, straightforward exercise. No need for any clues.

Hint for Clue 4 of "The Hunt"

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This is an interesting clue. Download the document and search. The answer is in the document, but not actually in the document!

Hint for Clue 3 of "The Hunt"

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A simple letter substitution puzzle. Read the contents of the first paragraph to get clues about the contents of the email. How does a typical email start ? This should enable you to crack the encryption.

Hint for Clue 2 of "The Hunt"

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There are lot of numbers in the clue. Check the title. What kind of numbers should u look for ?then find those ...they will form a pattern ...get the 7 letter word.

Hint for Clue 1 of "The Hunt"

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There is more than what your eyes can see on the page. Maybe, a particular key combination will reveal them too!

Hint for Clue 17

Clue 17 is based on Mathematics. The bottom half of the clue acts as an index for the flags. The title of the clue gives you a hint as to what is to be done.

First Hunter to complete the Hunt

Nitin.Kallikat becomes the first hunter to complete "The Hunt". Based on his comments, some levels might be changed, but not within the next few days. The Hunt is going strong now with around 85 people having received the link to the first clue. But, only five have crossed the first stage!
Does it mean that the clues are not easy enough or is it that the people don't have time? Only time will tell!

Problem with Level 34

Level 34 has proved to be a bad level. Nitin.kallikat, who has progressed through all the previous levels with ease, is stuck with this level for almost a week. No, not that he doesn't know the funda, but it is a crazy clue with lot of crazy searching. So, I am thinking of changing this clue. So, if you are at this level, drop in a mail to rajaram.hunt address and I shall provide you the next level (level 35). But, this level change will happen only sometime next week, as I am in Dubai currently and don't have all the necessary tools to create the page.

The simplest form of encryption

I don't know whether i mentioned this in any of the "Hunting Tips" which appear below the clues on many pages of The Hunt. The simplest form of encryption is the kind where alphabets are replaced by numbers i.e a->1 , b->2 ...z->26.

If the numbers are more than 26, all you have to do is a MOD 26 on the number.

Btw, all clues except one have passwords which exclusively contain alphabets. Only one clue's password consists of numbers and this is clearly mentioned in the clue.

Hint for Clue 4

"Windows Explorer" might help !

All the levels uploaded

All the 35 levels have been uploaded. One person went to the 34th level yesterday before i could upload it !! So, the Hunt is theoretically complete and just waiting for you to solve :-)

Clarification for Clue 29

There were some queries raised for Clue 29. The question in question is a fictional one. Don't search on Google. The answer is to be found in the text of one of the previous clues.