Crossword Lookup

The crossword lookup is a 2-part puzzle. In the first part the players solve a crossword puzzle. The crossword puzzle should be easy because really it is just a distraction. In the second part, the players have to realize that the words in the crossword answers match a sequence of objects or words elsewhere in the room. The players can then replace the words with the number of the word in the crossword to get a number code. (This is much like the code-word lookup puzzle except the word lookup is less obvious.)

Here is an example of how this puzzle might work. We could start with providing this crossword.

Players need to solve this puzzle. Here is the completed crossword.

Again, the crossword should be easy to complete. You can provide some answers before you start to help.

At first, solving the crossword does not seem to have helped. But, the second part of the puzzle is a sequence of items. For example, this shelf of animal figurines.

On this shelf are 4 animals in the following order: dolphin, rabbit, dragon, and seal. The trick is to recognize that these words are also in the crossword. As with any crossword, each word has a number associated with it. In this case, dolphin is clue 3, rabbit is clue 1, dragon is clue 2, and seal is clue 6. Doing the word-number substitution we get the code 3126, which can be used on a combination lock to open a box or room.

Note that you will probably need to create your own crossword to implement this puzzle with words that match what you are matching them to. Because the crossword is meant to be simple, creating it should also be simple. To help, you should be able to find several sites to create a puzzle from words that you provide with a simple internet search.