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Host Kite Festival Forecast

The kite fair needs one checked route. Compare the ribbon records, inspect the supplies log and find the complete forecast word among near matches. Collect five named badge digits and use the final sheet. Every clue is on the table; ask the host for one hint at a time.

Before you start

Clue check & hints

1. Supply

Hint 1

The missing amount is a return into stock. The cancelled delivery never happened.

Hint 2

Start with 10. Apply +2 then -1. Ignore the cancelled +7.

Hint 3

The known entries leave 11. How much must return to reach the closing stock of 15?

Reveal host answer

4

Known stock: 10 + 2 - 1 = 11. Closing stock 15 minus 11 gives the missing return 4. Cancelled +7 never arrived.

2. Keeper

Hint 1

No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.

Hint 2

Elm cannot have two items, so Elm must have Kite.

Hint 3

Cross Kite off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Elm's item.

Reveal host answer

7

Ash has Reel; Elm has Kite; Oak has Flag. Elm's item gives 7.

3. Ribbon

Hint 1

Compare position 1 with position 1, not with a nearby matching shape.

Hint 2

Position 5 is one difference: triangle in A, circle in B. Mark it once.

Hint 3

Compare the remaining numbered pairs one by one. Add one mark for each unequal pair, then count all your marks.

Reveal host answer

2

Different positions are 5, 8. There are 2 differences.

4. Wind

Hint 1

Start at W and check every letter.

Hint 2

The exact word starts in row 3, column 1. Check its letters against the target.

Hint 3

In that row, copy column 5, the cell immediately after the complete word.

Reveal host answer

4

Only row 3 has WIND followed immediately by 4. Other rows have changed or reversed letters.

5. Route

Hint 1

Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.

Hint 2

The first coordinate A1 means column A, row 1. Its letter is W.

Hint 3

Begin with W, then read B2, C3, D1 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.

Reveal host answer

7

A1, B2, C3, D1 reads WIND. The conversion table gives 7.

6. Final

Hint 1

Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.

Hint 2

E1 is read first; it holds Route.

Hint 3

Read slots E1, B1, C1, A1, D1. Copy every stored digit in that order, including zero.

Reveal host answer

77244

E1 > B1 > C1 > A1 > D1

Suggested timeline

Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.