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It’s a crazy-making time of year. You know what you need? A puzzle box.

puzzle pod cryptex giveaway

Specifically, you need a Puzzle Pod Cryptex. This gadget allows you to set a five-letter code to secure small valuables in a clear plastic vault.

Some potential uses:

  • Lock a gift in it and present the recipient with the puzzle to solve it
  • Lock your candy in it so no one eat it
  • Use it a coin bank
  • Lock a loved one’s keys in it as sweet revenge
  • Lock a prize in it for a party puzzle game that satisfies your impulse to control

I have used this item to create insanity with great success.

If you’d like one of these beautiful toys delivered to your door, be the first to comment with the correct answer to the puzzle below.

ROUND ONE: FIVE MISSING LINK PUZZLES

In a missing link puzzle, you must find the one word that can be added before OR after each clue in the given set to form a common two-word phrase.

EXAMPLE:

Clue Set Two-word Phrase Missing Link
walter
house
egg
Walter White
White House
egg white
white

Got it? Great. Let’s get started.

YOUR CLUE SETS


CLUE SET #1
direction
murder
plus


CLUE SET #2
doctor
ever
guess


CLUE SET #3
wayne
rider
white


CLUE SET #4
wood
mister
harris


CLUE SET #5
pan
salt
saint


CLUE SET #6
action
five
hole

ROUND TWO: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

CLUE#1 CLUE#2 CLUE#3CLUE#4 CLUE#5 CLUE#6

Answer: “_____ _________

(The answer is two words. First word is five letters. Second word is nine letters.)

YOU SOLVED IT! NOW WHAT?

Submit the two-word answer as a comment on this post. First comment with the correct answer wins the pass.

When there is a winner, I will announce it in this comment thread.

Winner must provide email information via the comment submission form. Submitters’ email and contact information will not be used for any other purpose.

Cryptex gets shipped to the winner.

Click here for complete contest rules.

Good luck! Have fun!

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