Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent/Optional puzzles

Tapeworm Twister
This optional puzzle is obtained from Bo from the Hotel.

The best staring point for the puzzle is at the bottom-right, which has one corner pointing towards the center.

Gnegative Gnomes
This optional puzzls is obtained from Valda from the Hotel, by examining the Gnomes on display.

One of the gnomes appears to be missing, and the only prior material is a negative. Your task is to find the gnome in the negative that is missing from the shelf. With the negative, remember that the red and green colors are reversed, and they are flipped left-to-right.

The answer is the right gnome on upper shelf.

Arm Wrestling Redux
This optional puzzle is located in the alley behind the Hotel. It concerns an arm wresting tournament, where you need to determine the winner. The puzzle doesn't mention that it is a single-elimination tournament, which is required to solve the puzzle.

There are four statements made by the contestants:
 * 1) Outmatched by the "Grizzly Grip"!
 * 2) Pat won fair and square!
 * 3) I pinned Pearl like a new hat!
 * 4) Flo's Grizzly Grip" couldn't whip me!

The two that indicated they were defeated can be excluded, leaving contestants 3 and 4. To solve it, note that the "Grizzly Grip" was both a winning and losing tactic, indicating that it was in for two rounds, but lost on the second. This leaves contestant 4.

Rearranging Rations
Obtained from Glori from the Diner.

With this jigsaw puzzle, the pieces will join when they are adjacent to another piece. While they won't be an exact fit, they will fit onto the plate.

Diners and Dishes
There are four rules:
 * 1) Nobody ordered a meal resembling their spouse
 * 2) One lady ordered a meal resembling the fish-eating man sitting next to her.
 * 3) Only one patron resembles his or her meal.
 * 4) The ham plate should be set down next to the banana split.

Starting with rule #1 and #2, look for the lady that is next to another man other than her spouse. This would be the lady in the back. Give her onion rings, and fish to the man on the right.

Next, follow rule #3 and #4. With rule #3, the fish is already taken. The Buffalo burger can't be given to the large man on the left, since that doesn't leave enough space for the two adjacent items. Also, the ham can't be placed on the right because the banana split doesn't fit. This leaves the man at the back with the banana split, and the large man with the ham.

Follow rule #1 on the final step. Since the large man on the left resembles a buffalo, his spouse cannot have the burger. Give her the chicken, and place the burger to the remaining person.

The plates from left to right: Chicken, Ham, Banana Split, Onion Rings, Fish, and Buffalo Burger.

Air-Mailing
This is obtained from Steve from the diner (at the back).

You need to determine the weight capacity of the birds - each leg supports a set number of gnomes, and each bird is at the maximum weight.

The blue bird, as shown on the clear right bag, carries 1 gnome per leg. Next, you can tell the capacity of the mallard, which should be 2.

Based on this, you can determine the result is 14.

Bugs in Boxes


This puzzle is obtained by Daryl and Darrel from the Diner. They are located next to the entrance.

New Employee Error
This puzzle is obtained next to the Hotel.