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The survey desk received two conflicting nest strips, three observer records and an out-of-order checklist. Recover the data and read the census slots. Collect five named badge digits and use the final sheet. Every clue is on the table; ask the host for one hint at a time.
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Compare position 1 with position 1, not with a nearby matching shape.
Position 1 is one difference: hexagon in A, square in B. Mark it once.
Compare the remaining numbered pairs one by one. Add one mark for each unequal pair, then count all your marks.
5
Different positions are 1, 3, 4, 6, 8. There are 5 differences.
No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.
Val cannot have two items, so Val must have Card.
Cross Card off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Wes's item.
8
Rin has Pen; Val has Card; Wes has Map. Wes's item gives 8.
The printed cards are deliberately out of order.
Read chart must come first. Work out which action comes directly after it.
The first two actions are Read chart, then Check nest. Finish the chain and read position 3.
6
The only order is Read chart > Check nest > Record marks > File census. Position 3 carries 6.
Start at N and check every letter.
The exact word starts in row 3, column 1. Check its letters against the target.
In that row, copy column 5, the cell immediately after the complete word.
5
Only row 3 has NEST followed immediately by 5. Other rows have changed or reversed letters.
Move one square for each arrow. A revisit still counts as a move.
After the first 4 arrows, you are at row 1, column 3. Continue from there.
From that checkpoint follow left, down, right, down. Copy the last cell.
5
The route ends at row 3, column 3. That cell gives 5.
Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.
Begin with Nest, then Strip.
Copy one digit per printed badge box from left to right. Do not sort by clue number; zero remains a digit.
55856
Nest > Strip > Observer > Point > Survey
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.