ONE CLUE SOLVED! - CONTEST TWO: Solve this puzzle to win a free Fanatic book by Chris Williams
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Ok, here is my impulsive logic…
THE PUZZLE
What does this mean?
The year after the crash, Paul came to explain.
Aloysius tried too, but ignore the law of Latium.
The answer to this is A Dictionary of Color (previously given by @F5cy)
From William's forest came intricate plates.
The smell of lavender preceded the prize.
I think this section points to the Crown Jewels of England/UK. William's forest could be another name for the New Forest in the UK. William the Conqueror proclaimed this a royal forest. As Kagavi mentioned in one of the bonus clues - "The smell = synesthesia". Thus, the smell of lavender is the actual color. On page 108/plate 43 of A Dictionary of Color, lavender is the description in cell C5 of the corresponding color on page 109. On page 108, cell E5, "diadem" is the description of the color corresponding on page 109. Reviewing the clue again - "The smell of lavender preceded the prize" - using the clues, the color of lavender precedes/comes before the prize - comes before "diadem" on page 108. Coupling "diadem" with the UK royal family, this could describe the Crown Jewels.
Now mull over the Colonel's past.
For that is where it comes from.
“Colonel” Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels.
PART TWO:
The cross means another, says your kin.
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If the cross means “another”, that connotes a positive/addition (+). If we substitute “blood” for “kin”, we could rewrite as "your blood says/has an addition". The presence of the Rh factor in blood is noted with a (+).
TO WIN, WHAT DOES THAT SYMBOL MEAN?
Rh factor?
THE PUZZLE
What does this mean?
The year after the crash, Paul came to explain.
Aloysius tried too, but ignore the law of Latium.
The answer to this is A Dictionary of Color (previously given by @F5cy)
From William's forest came intricate plates.
The smell of lavender preceded the prize.
I think this section points to the Crown Jewels of England/UK. William's forest could be another name for the New Forest in the UK. William the Conqueror proclaimed this a royal forest. As Kagavi mentioned in one of the bonus clues - "The smell = synesthesia". Thus, the smell of lavender is the actual color. On page 108/plate 43 of A Dictionary of Color, lavender is the description in cell C5 of the corresponding color on page 109. On page 108, cell E5, "diadem" is the description of the color corresponding on page 109. Reviewing the clue again - "The smell of lavender preceded the prize" - using the clues, the color of lavender precedes/comes before the prize - comes before "diadem" on page 108. Coupling "diadem" with the UK royal family, this could describe the Crown Jewels.
Now mull over the Colonel's past.
For that is where it comes from.
“Colonel” Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels.
PART TWO:
The cross means another, says your kin.
†
If the cross means “another”, that connotes a positive/addition (+). If we substitute “blood” for “kin”, we could rewrite as "your blood says/has an addition". The presence of the Rh factor in blood is noted with a (+).
TO WIN, WHAT DOES THAT SYMBOL MEAN?
Rh factor?
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To piggy-back off your Colonel Blood line of thought, the cross could refer to a parson or priest. Blood disguised himself as another person, a Christian priest/parson, to get past security to steal the crown jewels. A priest is referred to as father (kin)
Kagavi could have known it would take us this long to solve this puzzle and wanted to reveal the answer of "father" on Father's Day.
Thanks for the guesses, they are all barking up the wrong tree. Not sure if I want to share more bonus clues or not.
I also said I would wait until this one was completed before starting the premium forum puzzle, but I might do that one soon, since I'm not sure when this one will be solved.
It's a "simple" one (???) based on something associated with ISU general history.
I also said I would wait until this one was completed before starting the premium forum puzzle, but I might do that one soon, since I'm not sure when this one will be solved.
It's a "simple" one (???) based on something associated with ISU general history.
I think they are saying that the next riddle that will be posted for premium subscribers will be related to ISU, not this existing one.
I’m ready for the next one. Bring it on!
Seriously, no hurry. I don’t mind waiting until this “unsolvable“ puzzle is solved.
Sorry for the confusion, I was referring to the third contest. This current puzzle = not ISU related. Future premium puzzle = ISU related.
Other answers are incorrect. Hope everyone had a great weekend
One of the follow up clues was that the forest was planted hundreds of years ago, which if you look up forests planted before 1800 that seems like a relatively short list and New Forest does not seem to come up. Forest of Dean in England was the one that stood out to me--not sure of any specific ties to Williams but was royal hunting ground / used for lumber to build ships for the Royal Navy. Navy blue being a color could also be an angle of exploration?
Glad to see people focusing on the book now. Let me move things along hopefully with this
BONUS CLUE 8:
The lavender is elderly.
BONUS CLUE 8:
The lavender is elderly.
I'm terrible at riddles because I usually can't expand my mind enough to get past the surface level. With that in mind, could William's forest allude to Forest Lodge which is a residence of Prince William? It was built(planted?) in the 1770's. Could there be some sort of decorative plates there or from there? That's all I've got.
Edit: I have not looked at the book like was just mentioned.
Edit: I have not looked at the book like was just mentioned.
Since this line was embedded within the clue of the book and people have correctly started discussing the meaning of the following line, I'll actually explain it so people stop chasing red herrings.
From William's forest came intricate plates.
This means the book. By writing William's forest, I was reinforcing the book was correct, since it was published by Maple Press Company in York, PA. Pennsylvania literally means (William) Penn's forest. Sylvania is Latin for forest/woods.
I finally looked at the book and if it helps anyone Old(elderly) Lavender is on Plate 56 cell A7.
I still have absolutely no idea of what is going on, but it is oddly enjoyable to watch the rest of you try to grapple with it.
It is awesome that you can come up with this and I was exactly right that I would get nowhere close. To use a terrible depth metaphor these Clues are 6 ft deep and I'm only cutting the grass.
