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The Paperclip Gazette

Friday market

Lighthouse changes hands in six

Friday’s lighthouse went for 6 trades. No results came in for this market.

Friday’s prize: a lighthouse, 6 trades from a red paperclip.

The route

Only one set of 6 trades gets there. Open it only if you want the answer.

Show the 6-trade route to the lighthouse
  1. Give the gardener your red paperclip for a kite.
  2. Give the painter your kite for a jar of honey and a map.
  3. Give the blacksmith your map for a telescope.
  4. Give the potter your jar of honey for a fishing rod.
  5. Give the tailor your fishing rod and telescope for a canoe.
  6. Give the shepherd your canoe for the lighthouse.

Today’s market is open

A new market opens every day at midnight where you are. It’s free, and there’s nothing to sign up for.

Play today’s puzzleStuck? Today’s hints

The Gazette is written each day from the market’s own numbers: anonymous counts of trades and solves, nothing about anyone. A puzzle’s edition comes out once it’s over everywhere in the world, at noon UTC the next day. Kept by Pranav Bhaven Savla, who makes Paperclip.