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Licence To Kill
Inspector Ixolite of the Yard was investigating a murder at Nottonmye Manor.
It was a difficult case, and Ixolite was completely stumped until he noticed a message sent to him by the killer cunningly hidden in a newspaper advertisement selling Car Licence Plates.
Inspector Ixolite thought about it for a while, and when he had solved the puzzle, immediately arrested the guilty man.
Q1) How did Ixolite know the advert was a clue for him?
Q2) Solve the code and tell me who Ixolite arrested.
This is the newspaper advert (Car licence plates for sale) that Inspector Ixolite saw.
Plates For Sale;
[W 05 NWO]
[H 13 HSR ]
[O 05 EBM]
[D 08 UNE]
[U 10 HTY]
[N 04 BRE]
[N 16 TTE]
[I 26 LHC ]
[T 10 AEE]
[I 26 CNA]
[X 22 VDA]
It was a difficult case, and Ixolite was completely stumped until he noticed a message sent to him by the killer cunningly hidden in a newspaper advertisement selling Car Licence Plates.
Inspector Ixolite thought about it for a while, and when he had solved the puzzle, immediately arrested the guilty man.
Q1) How did Ixolite know the advert was a clue for him?
Q2) Solve the code and tell me who Ixolite arrested.
This is the newspaper advert (Car licence plates for sale) that Inspector Ixolite saw.
Plates For Sale;
[W 05 NWO]
[H 13 HSR ]
[O 05 EBM]
[D 08 UNE]
[U 10 HTY]
[N 04 BRE]
[N 16 TTE]
[I 26 LHC ]
[T 10 AEE]
[I 26 CNA]
[X 22 VDA]
Hint
It is spelled out for you !! uoy rof tuo delleps si tI
Answer
1)The first bit is easy, as the first letter of each plate spells WHODUNNIT IX(A challenge to our Inspector.)
2)The second bit is a little trickier, but I gave you the solution.
If you read the last three letters in each plate from the bottom up and right to left you get
ADVANCE EACH LETTER BY THE NUMBER SHOWN, so advance W by 5 to get B,
H by 13 to get U and so on until you spell BUTLER DID IT.
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I don't get it, where do u advance the W? Please explain. Anyway, good teaser.
Apr 21, 2003
Great teaser! I didn't see the "Advance each..." part, but I wasn't looking too hard after I found the answer. WhAcKo1 to advance, count forward in the alphabet and start at the beginning again if you hit Z. For example A advanced by 1 becomes B and E advanced by 5 becomes J.
Very interesting. Too hard for me.
Good one! You tend to look too hard to find the answer. VERY CHALLENGING! I salute you.
I got it!
Good one; the advancing the letters of the message is a nice touch.
Good one; the advancing the letters of the message is a nice touch.
that was one hard teaser to notice, i was looking for something a lil different. maybe i get the next one!
It's three puzzles in one. I got the first one easily enough, but the other two were just too hidden forme. Good puzzle, though.
Very cool! I kept looking from top to bottom though, trying to find the clue, so I missed it. Good one though!
Wow, I'm surprised most others thought this was so hard, I usually miss the other teasers that everyone gets, I'm either getting better or everyone else is having an off day. Great teaser, it was lot's of fun.
Extremely well done!.
I got the first one, and thougth of the advance trick but tried on the right side letters, so i did not get any valuable message. Good!
I got the first one, and thougth of the advance trick but tried on the right side letters, so i did not get any valuable message. Good!
Jun 17, 2003
Very good! I thought the numbers stood for the letters of the alphabet. I would have never figured that out.
my brain is now mush... good job!
Really Cool! I like it!
very clever indeed!
Jun 17, 2003
Im with BrainJelly... i dont usually get these.. but it was pretty easy once i read the hint.... g*job...
the first bit i got easily but the second part was hard. Good teaser!
i got the 'whodunnitix' bit but the rest really got to me. i even looked at the hint but i was still baffed! very sneaky!
I have some kind of problem to advance letters.
Very nice! Couple of spelling errors, but these are the teasers that we live for!
Liked that one.. got the first part easily, but the second only got it one I read the hint.. and then was easy... Good teaser!
This things are my specialty so I got it right away! Great job though! :-)
The clue totaly gives it away
Very cool - difficult but a real aha moment made it worth all of the letter wrangling - Thank you
Good job Palsha, this is one of the best one's you made yet! keep up the good work! -mrx.
VERY TIDY! I like this! I'm just too lazy to do the footwork, but i get it!
(sighs) The butler always does it...
I find it interesting that any criminal would actually be stupid enough to write his name for the inspector to find. But great teaser anyway, I loved it!
i got the first part really easilly, but the rest, i just couldn't figure out in your answer, you said to read from the bottom up and LEFT TO RIGHT. actually, it should be from RIGHT TO LEFT and bottom up. but, oh well, i think we all knew what you were talking about! great teaser! very fun and tricky!
That one was hard to figure out! Cool!
how r u sopposed to figure that out, i mean who thinks to look @ the letter up down and watever otherways?
Not you obviously
Very good. This is one I should have gotten, but just couldn't quite.
I was about to read the riddle but thenm I got confused. It was to hard and long. If I was smarter I might have gotten it.
Another great teaser! I love to read the teasers added by MrIxolite. They are well put together and often give me a challenge. Good Job!
clever i got the 1st part then felt silly for needing the clue.good one
Jan 22, 2005
Another fun teaser by MrIxolite......Good job!
I kinda messed up on my method though...I got
\"A W T L E R F I D I T\"
Haha...thats okay..it was still a fun teaser!
I kinda messed up on my method though...I got
\"A W T L E R F I D I T\"
Haha...thats okay..it was still a fun teaser!
If you read the first letter of each line, it said
WHODUNNIT IX
WHODUNNIT IX
If you read the first letter of each line, it said
WHODUNNIT IX
WHODUNNIT IX
sorry. Ididnt read the answer when i posted the one above.
Keep using the Force
awesome!!!
Nice one! i got the beginning part quickly, but the second part was a bit comlicated after i just woke up
awesome
reminded of the Rocky Horror Picture Show song, just a jump to the left and thrust your brain in tight
Superb!
Nice bit of cryptography. Took a few minutes to spot the pattern to make words in the second bit.
WOW!! Hard but fun!
That was really cool. I got the first part really quickly, and the second part was easy after the hint.
I too got the first part immediatly, but the second part I took me a while... the clue was the clincher.... great teaser!!
This was a tricky one and it was very fun
-sassy101
-sassy101
Loved it. Great teaser. Bring on more like it!!
Another great one from Mr Ixolite .
you woke my brain on a saturday morn. thanx
you woke my brain on a saturday morn. thanx
3for1
I liked it!
Super clever!
I liked it!
Super clever!
I had no idea what that meant at first then I read a little bit and underdstood. It was HARD!!!
Good job! It was too much work for me today!
WOW sharp very sharp Hard one though I hadn't got a clue
That was a great one, very hard and extremly fun. Enjoyed it greatly, thanks~post more!!
That was easy! But it was fun too. Good job.
I never would have came close to the answer until i saw the hint.I got up to thr butler and my brain stopped working.
loved it!!! it was brillant, but east enough 2 get part of it!! well done!
I loved it. Great way to get my brain going on a saturday morning.
Keep up the good work.
And thank you for the clue, without it I never would have gotten the last part.
Keep up the good work.
And thank you for the clue, without it I never would have gotten the last part.
Great teaser. Really chalenging. I very much enjoyed it!
great teaer best one so far!!!
That was awesome! I got the first part really easily, but I couldn't figure out that last part. Great teaser!!!!
Really fun! I followed through to the end and got it. Really clever teaser. Great job!
OW! Really hard one...or maybe im just stupid
it was all easy once you see the code. i had it solved in 5 minutes
HI:
AS FOR ME, THAT WAS A VERY SPLENDID TEASER. AS LONG AS I UNDERSTAND THE TEASER ITSELF AND ITS ANSWER I GIVE MY SELF A POINT. ENGLISH IS MY SECOND LANGUAGE. THANKS FOR THIS TEASER. QUACK - QUACK
AS FOR ME, THAT WAS A VERY SPLENDID TEASER. AS LONG AS I UNDERSTAND THE TEASER ITSELF AND ITS ANSWER I GIVE MY SELF A POINT. ENGLISH IS MY SECOND LANGUAGE. THANKS FOR THIS TEASER. QUACK - QUACK
Well done. First question was a gimme, but the second was very tricky. Thanks!
Very nicely done. Got it fairly quickly but still made me work. Goes to my favorite list.
Usually, I have a hard time figuring out teasers. I might figured out part of a teaser but not the complete one.
However, I got this one pretty quick. I love mystery teasers like that.
Keep up the good work, Mr.Ixolite!
I'm going to read more teasers posted by you.
However, I got this one pretty quick. I love mystery teasers like that.
Keep up the good work, Mr.Ixolite!
I'm going to read more teasers posted by you.
Clever.
I didn't get it.
I didn't get it.
i didn't get it
it was confussing
it was confussing
i didn't get it
it was confussing
it was confussing
I got the first part easily, but the second was harder. I really liked it though. It musta took a lot of work.
Fun! Fun! Fun!
Elementary, my dear Watson.
Every Eden has a snake; we got a 'little dragon', (how ever it tries to disguises it self).
MrIxolite, I got a nice workout from your teaser today. Keep 'em coming.
MrIxolite, I got a nice workout from your teaser today. Keep 'em coming.
Good one! I saw the whodunnit, but the second part was waaaaay beyond me this morning. The fog has not yet been "burnt off" by the sun, or the air conditioner, one or the other, LOL! That was very good, Thanks!
I didn't get this until I looked at the answer!
It was good for people who are like that stuff. This CATEGORY of teaser isn't my favorite, but good job, just becaus i didn't enjoy doesn't mean it wasn't good of course
Great teaser. I didn't get it, but who cares? It was fun trying.
Nice!
Enjoyed the teaser got part ofit easily then my brain turned to mush trying to figureit out Gave in and read the hint then got the second part had to look up th e final answer I should have seen that but it was fun trying
Didn't get the final answer, but LOVED it anyway!! Thanks for a great riddle!
You're right - the first part was easy, but the second part of advancing the letters was too tough for me. Great riddle though!
Who would have guessed the butler? Solving this was fun!
nice one... had to use the hint tho` but I got it! Good Job!!!!!
wow, mpressiv... by ne chance, do u evr read sherlock holmes 4 fun?
nys job
nys job
The key was to not try too hard-good one
One out of three isn't THAT bad.... ...must....have....more....coffee.....
I should've been more patient, but I looked at the clue and it was too easy after that! Good one, I liked it.
hi i think this is a very good teaser, even if i did'nt get all of it
i got the first half. but not the last.
after all the murder mysteries i read i feel like a dunce... lots of fun
i got the first half. but not the last.
after all the murder mysteries i read i feel like a dunce... lots of fun
good teaser. very interesting...first part is the eastiest but it was good. liked the title.
haha...i spelled easiest wrong
WOW! That was... an awesome teaser.
I didn't get it though
That was GGGGRRRREEEEAAAATTTT!
I didn't get it though
That was GGGGRRRREEEEAAAATTTT!
I don't get it.
Comment 100! Great teaser!
Great teaser! Nice code.
[round of applause]
(takes a bow)
2 long 4 me
WOW!! I'm not too sure what else to say. That was one good teaser. It must have taken some rhard work to come up with one that is so complex, yet makes you feel like an idiot, for not solving it.
Lets have more like this one!
Lets have more like this one!
really that was a good teaser!! It was really puzzling.
good one and the alphabet has always been a good thing for me so it was easy thanks for a great teaser
The kind of puzzle that get your brain going . Good one
Interesting challenge. Thanks.
i didnt get any of it but i thought it was really entertaining
OMG!!!! This is the most weel thought of riddle i've seen in a while! Great gob. I'm definately addingit to my favorites!
Simple
This was totaally awesome! I loved it! Sure I had to look at the hint to get the last part, but hey, I got it. Super job Mr. Ixolite. Many, many more please?
Got the first two !!!!
The Last one.......hmmmmm....I guess i didnt think over it enough !!!
The Last one.......hmmmmm....I guess i didnt think over it enough !!!
Great teaser, but isn't the whole "butler did it" thing kind of a cliche?
Awesome teaser! Took 2 days and the hint. LOVED IT!
Jun 20, 2006
AWSOME teaser!!! I Loved it!!!!
Why does the butler always do it?
oh i got it! i got the who dunnit ix thing. but i didnt get the second part :\ lol
so the code is the number of the letter in the alphabet. koolio =]
so the code is the number of the letter in the alphabet. koolio =]
Finally got it. After 2 cups of coffee and driving my brain crazy.
Got the first two parts but didn't think the whole thing through. Great job!
Great teaser, even though I didn't get it.
Great 1.
I got lucky. The butler always does it.
I got lucky. The butler always does it.
great teaser, i got the first part...maybe next time! i loved it! cheated a bit, though....looked at the answer b4 trying to figure out the whole thing!!!
Beautiful teaser. A work of art.
Yeah, the butler always does it!
Yeah, the butler always does it!
Glad all you brains liked it and said you got it. It was not my thing. Much too confusing for us dummies.
Babe, I always look forward to your comments, because they usually reflect my thinking, too! I had no clue with this one!
Great teaser, really enjoyed it.
I did get it, but took 10 minutes to do so!
I did get it, but took 10 minutes to do so!
Nice one.
Were it up to me, though, I would have said this came from an anonymous tip-off, one who wasn't the killer. Oh well.
Were it up to me, though, I would have said this came from an anonymous tip-off, one who wasn't the killer. Oh well.
Excellent ! Got it (without the hint)...thx
Very clever. Loved it. Needed the hint to get it though. Nice job.
Thanks Gaylewolf for thinking like me. I knew there was something about you I liked. Seriously though, I really thought that one was over the top. I got the first part, but got lost from there. My brain is not as young as theirs though, and it is good to know there are brains out there. Hooray for all of them.
wow, i got the first part right yeh, but i got really lost afterward though i saw the WHODUNIT IX. even reading d answer still had to go through comments to figure it. nice.
Like some others, this was too complicated for me, I like a challenge - but there is a limit LOL! Have a wonderful day everyone!
PS Thanks Babe and you're welcome!
excellent!! tough!!
Got the first part like most of the others. The rest was too much work for this tired grandma at 10am! Nice teaser, tho!
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PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE are your heads ??????????????????????????
this one got over TWENTY ... T-W-E-N-T-Y ... comments [during first year] when first introduced.
Recent new posted teasers get .... ummm ... one or two or so (if any)[TOTAL].
THUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most of you remain in your state of denial about the slow death of Braingle whilst I and bro BB02 get constantly savaged by Jake & the Eds (pseudo-eds, that is) for pointing this out.
If you wish to read some of their comments to us gimme a Personal Message and I'll send you some. I'll also send you some solutions to the problem - if you'd care to listen.
Otherwise, look for us to disappear - at any time - instantly if Jake & the Eds (pseudo-eds, that is) choose to deny us access.
Braingle (far and away the finest fun-and-learning language site on the net) is dying and we two appear to be the only ones who care. So sad.
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It took awhile but I got it; it was fun but really wracked the brain. I tried this one before but did not get it and did not comment back then. Not everyone who uses Braingle posts comments! I used this sight for several years prior to posting any comments. Older repeated puzzles tend to generate less comments per my observations. If you want an increase in comments, then fresher content is suggested.
I love the way the solution of this teaser has multiple steps. You really have to follow the clues like a detective. Very creative and fun.
Babe: age does not have to be a barrier; I'm a senior & with a little perseverance was able to solve this one, over a cup of coffee!
It was a clever, fun teaser, thank you!
It was a clever, fun teaser, thank you!
This teaser is among the best I've seen on Braingle so far. Definitely a challenge! It got those brain cells working, but I did manage to figure out the answer. I enjoy puzzles that deal with figuring out codes.
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