SPYSNATCHER (Topologika) - the solution by Stefano Lorenzin N / N / W / ON / STOP TAPE / GET PASSPORT / GET MONEY / GET RECORDER / PLAY TAPE / E / S / S / W / ON / READ BOOK / READ MEMO [the memo contains the combination to Cayley's safe: the first digit puzzle refers to a well-known song (French hens: 3; turtle doves: 2; gold rings: 5); the second to a series consisting of the number of letters (in JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, ... or SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, ... or even ONE, TWO, THREE, ...); the single-digit perfect number is six; for the last puzzle, a circle is 0, a line is 1 and a lemniscate is a figure 8] / E / S / ON / OPEN SAFE / [digit combination] / READ BURNSIDE [it gives you his description so that you can impersonate him later] / READ CONWAY [whose home address you need] / READ MURCHISTON / READ RUSSELL [whose initials you need in order to log on to the Multipocs computer as him] / READ ARCHIVE [to obtain the combination to the archive safe in the basement] / READ DRUGS / N / N / W / ON / GET NEWSPAPER / DROP TAPE / WAIT [until conversation starts next door] / LISTEN [you need to know Miss Pell’s Christian name] / YES / E / E [note lock’s label] / S / E / ON / READ POEM / LOGON [with username being Russell's initials (BOR / IGOR / USSR)] / [password as in the poem (WALRUS / WEASEL / WOMBAT)] / XFILE / W / N / N / W / WAIT [until guard has gone for coffee] / E / N / D / S / S / E / ON / EMPTY BIN / GET ALL / W / N / W / ON / FIRE ON / HEAT MANUAL / READ MANUAL [user name is in the manual written on a page marked “his page intentionally left blank”] / LOGON [with user name from manual and Miss Pell's full Christian name as password: conversation overheard earlier indicated the abbreviated form of her name -- Betty for Elizabeth, Freda for Winifred, Peggy for Margaret] / XFILE / E / S / W / ON / VIEW SNAPS / GET FILM / E / S / E / ON / W / S / GET LOG / CALL LIFT / S / D / READ LOG / N / N / E / ON / GET LENS / READ PASSPORT / ENLARGE FILM / READ PRINT / DROP ALL / GET MONEY / GET PAPER / GET KEYS / [GET the correct BEARD, NOSE and WIG as in Burnside’s description] / WEAR BEARD / WEAR NOSE / WEAR WIG / W / N / N / U / U / S / S / UNLOCK DOOR [with correct key (Copper for Andrew, Iron for George, Aluminium for David: remember Burnside’s lock label)] / E / ON / JUMP E / READ LETTER / GET UMBRELLA / JUMP W / W / N / PUSH SWITCH / E / ON / READ CHRONICLES / GET BUTTER AND POWDER AND CHLOROPOOCH / W / N / D / NE / W / THROW POWDER / W / W / W / ON / DROP PAPER / OPEN CHEST [with correct keyword: it’s hinted at in the telephone book the player can find in the basement; the various combinations possible are: 20786 = BOSUN, 24278 = CHART, 35338 = FLEET, 42824 = HATCH, 53824 = KETCH, 74073 = SHORE, 74508 = PILOT, and 78076 = STORM] / E / N / N / N / D / S / S / DROP BUTTER / W / ON / OPEN SAFE / READ MURCHISTON / E / N / N / U / S / E / SPRAY DOG / WOOF / GET DISC / W / N / D / S / S / S / E / ON / INSERT DISC / W / S / U / N / N / E / E / E / SW / S / TAXI / MILL LANE / WAIT until someone appears] / S / [follow directions until you find the wrapper] / GET WRAPPER / READ WRAPPER / N / W / TAXI / PHILBY LANE / S / [answer their questions:] YES / CONWAY / MIDNIGHT / KERSLAKE STREET. [final score: 270 points] ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com