Halloween market, Market hours
Gardener leads one in six up the garden path
Saturday’s haunted house went for 7 trades. 11 traders made a trade; 11 reached the haunted house, 5 of them by the shortest route.
How the market went
- 11 made a trade
- 11 reached the haunted house
- 5 found the 7-trade route
- 4 got three stars, with no undos
- 7.6 trades on average
- 2 minutes 10 seconds median time to solve
- 5 countries solved it
The opening bell
The blacksmith was the favourite first trade, with 10 traders: the only opening that keeps the 7-trade route open. 1 went to the beekeeper first.
Dead ends
The gardener left 2 traders with no way to the haunted house.
The route
Only one set of 7 trades gets there. Open it only if you want the answer.
Show the 7-trade route to the haunted house
- Give the blacksmith your red paperclip for a candy apple and a pumpkin.
- Give the shepherd your pumpkin for a broomstick.
- Give the painter your broomstick for a top hat.
- Give the cobbler your candy apple for a pumpkin.
- Give the juggler your pumpkin for a scarf.
- Give the mapmaker your top hat and scarf for a cauldron.
- Give the astronomer your cauldron for the haunted house.