Professor Layton and the Unwound Future/Puzzles 51-75

Caution! This page contains all the hints and solutions for every puzzle from 1 to 25. Scroll carefully or you might spoil the answer of a puzzle for yourself. The solutions are hidden behind spoiler tags, so only take a peek if you're desperate.

Puzzle 051

 * Name: Park the Car
 * Trigger: Talk to Barton
 * Location: Police Archive
 * Chapter: 5
 * Picarats: 15

Description: You need to get your car into the parking spot marked by the flag in the middle of the grid below. As you can see, you can only enter the spot from one side. When you encounter an X, you must turn left or right. When you encounter an O, you must continue going straight. Also, your car is a bit of a clunker and can't go in reverse. Draw a line from your car into the parking spot.


 * Hint 1: The first space after the start is an X, so you have to turn either left or right. Turn left.
 * Hint 2: At some point, you'll need to go all the way from the left to the right along the second row from the top. Now just figure out how to get there.
 * Hint 3: Eventually, you'll need to change direction by going through all four squares in the top-right corner and then again in the bottom-right corner.
 * Super Hint: To get your car into the parking spot, you'll end up approaching from the right side along the row below it and taking a right turn in.

Puzzle 052

 * Name: The Checkerboard (US) / The Chessboard (UK)
 * Trigger: Talk to Vito
 * Location: Midland Road
 * Chapter: 5
 * Picarats: 30

Description: There are three sheets of transparent plastic with different patterns painted on them. If you layer them correctly, a checkerboard pattern appears. The order in which you layer them is important, and you can't flip or rotate the sheets. Which sheet goes on the very bottom--A, B, or C?


 * Hint 1: You're not trying to build the entire checkerboard in your head at once, are you? That will only confuse you. Try focusing on just one part of the board first.
 * Hint 2: Any sheet that doesn't already have a rough checkerboard pattern on it can be excluded as the top sheet.
 * Hint 3: A sheet that contains adjacent squares of the same color can't go on top.
 * Super Hint: Sheets A and B have adjacent squares of the same color. If you put either of these sheets on top, you won't have a checkerboard. In other words, you know that C goes on top. Now that you know this, think about what colors need to fit into the blank squares of sheet C.

Puzzle 053

 * Name: Making Another Cut
 * Trigger: Talk to Art
 * Location: Clock Shop Front
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 30

Description: The piece of wood below is oddly shaped and difficult to work with effectively. The best solution is to cut it into two pieces that, when combined, form a square. Because of the grain of the wood, however, the two pieces can't be flipped or rotated after being cut. Draw lines that show where to make this cut, then tap Submit.


 * Hint 1: You don't need to make any cuts on the left side of the board.
 * Hint 2: The gap is three squares long. In order to fill it, you need to find a place to cut an equally shaped piece from. Find a shape you can cut out that will both fill these three-square gap and utilize the three square L shape protruding from the right side.
 * Hint 3: You actually need to make two separate cuts to form the right piece: A short, one-square line and a longer, four-square line that turns twice. Once you've made the correct cuts, shift your piece one square up and two squares to the left, and it will fit right in and make a square!
 * Super Hint: The top square of the L-shaped piece protruding from the right side of the board is one square of the shape you need to cut out. From there, draw two lines to the left so that your shape includes the two squares to the left of it. Now combine those three squares with the other two of the protruding L shape, and you've got your five-shaped piece! If you finish cutting out this shape, you've got it!

Puzzle 054

 * Name: Lunchtime
 * Trigger: Talk to Anita
 * Location: Anita's Place
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 30

Description: Can you make this exact sandwich? Drag the ingredients to swap their orders.
 * The ham goes above the potato salad.
 * The only ingredient between the ham and the tomato is the lettuce.
 * The cheese touches the bun.
 * Neither the ham nor the lettuce is the very middle layer.


 * Hint 1: Are you trying to stack the ingredients exactly as the rules dictate and finding that either the ham or the lettuce ends up in the middle? The trick is to work out where the ham goes.
 * Hint 2: The ham goes either at the very top or the very bottom.
 * Hint 3: The cheese goes on the very bottom.
 * Super Hint: If you put the ham at the very top, the cheese has to go on the bottom to be next to the bread. Since the lettuce has to go between the ham and the tomato, the order from the top down is ham, lettuce, then tomato. With the cheese at the very bottom, the sandwich is basically done.

Puzzle 055

 * Name: Picky Moviegoers (US) / Six Whiny Spectators (UK)
 * Trigger: Talk to Adeline
 * Location: Old Bus Stop
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 30

Description: Six moviegoers need to be seated at the theater, and it's your job to find an arrangement that will satisfy all of their requirements: A: "I refuse to sit next to, behind, or in front of C." B: "I can't stand the front row." C: "I don't like the left or right seats." D: "I hate the back row and the left side." E: "I prefer being on the right side." F: "Anything but the front or left seats." So...where should each person sit?


 * Hint 1: Try using the Memo function to write down the possibilities for each seat. A depends on C, so keep those two on hold while you figure out the rest.
 * Hint 2: After writing down the possibilities for each seat, it should become clear that there's just one decision you have to make. Only one person doesn't mind the back-left seat. Who is it?
 * Hint 3: B is fine sitting in the back-left seat. Since there's no one else who wants to sit in the remaining left-side seat, put A in there. Now you should know where to put C.
 * Super Hint: C gets the middle seat in the back row. The only spot left for F, then, is the back-right seat. If you keep putting the moviegoers in their seats one by one like this, you'll have this puzzle solved in no time!

Puzzle 056

 * Name: Five Stamps
 * Trigger: Talk to Family Goon
 * Location: Arcade
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 20

Description: The five numerical stamps shown below are designed to fill in the four blank squares and complete the equation. Only one digit can be used in each square. Your task is to make a valid equation using the fewest number of stamps to fill in all four blank squares. Pick the stamps you'll use by checking the boxes below them, and then tap Submit.


 * Hint 1: You need to add up three single-digit numbers to equal a single-digit number. Think of all the possible equations you can create with the five stamps.
 * Hint 2: It might sound simple, but when trying to figure out how to use the fewest number of stamps, don't forget that if you use the same stamp multiple times, it still only counts as one stamp.
 * Hint 3: Three, four, five, six, seven... This puzzle can't be completed using just these five numbers. Remember, though, that you're not writing the numbers--you're stamping them. So be sure to consider all of the different ways you can use each stamp.
 * Super Hint: There's no up, down, left, or right to the stamps, despite what you may think. There's only one stamp, however, that can be rotated 180 degrees to create a different number. If you use that stamp as an answer to the equation, you should solve this puzzle in no time!

Puzzle 057

 * Name: Mispainted Plates
 * Trigger: Talk to Paillard
 * Location: Restaurant
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 30

Description: The numbered plates you ordered have finally arrived! But, wait a second... Oh, misfortune! The manufacturer painted all the numbers on backward by mistake! You'd like to use them as soon as possible, but it will take quite a while to fix each and every plate. To save time, the manufacturer would like you to make do with the plates that you can use as is and only send back the ones that must be fixed. Check off only the plates you can't use.


 * Hint 1: The zero and one can be used as is.
 * Hint 2: You can also use the eight as is. Hmm... The two and five look really similar too.
 * Hint 3: The four will work just fine if you rotate it 90 degrees.
 * Super Hint: Look closely at the seven too. It will also work if you rotate it. Wow. Quite a few will work just fine as is. But there are some that simply must be fixed, no matter how usable they might look at first glance.

Puzzle 058

 * Name: Gravity Maze
 * Trigger: Check the door to the observatory
 * Location: Park Gate
 * Chapter: 6
 * Picarats: 30

Description: Move the red and blue blocks to their respective spaces. Tap the arrow buttons at the bottom to rotate the playing field by 90 degrees. Blocks fall downward when there's nothing under them. Give it a try!


 * Hint 1: If you rotate the playing field enough times, you're sure to get it!
 * Hint 2: First, think of how the blue block should move. After that, everything should fall into place for you.
 * Hint 3: if you're having trouble, you might be tempted to keep restarting the puzzle. Keep on turning the playing field!
 * Super Hint: Turn the playing field five times in a certain direction.

Puzzle 059

 * Name: Leapfrogs
 * Trigger: Talk to Silky
 * Location: Park Gate
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 30

Description: Four frogs are sitting atop logs in a bog. Leap them around so that each frog's color matches the ribbon tied to its post. Here are three rules you'll need to follow: Now, tap those frogs and hop to it!
 * 1) You can hop to any empty, adjacent log.
 * 2) If there's an empty log one frog over, you can leap over one frog to get there.
 * 3) You can't leap over two frogs at a time.


 * Hint 1: If you keep hopping those frogs around, eventually you'll figure it out.
 * Hint 2: It can be done in as little as eight moves. Give it another try!
 * Hint 3: Here's a hint to solving the puzzle in the fewest number of moves: Red, green, blue, red...
 * Super Hint: Continuing from Hint Three: Yellow, green, blue... Now give it a try!

Puzzle 060

 * Name: The Inheritance
 * Trigger: Talk to Layman
 * Location: Alley
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 40

Description: Four siblings inherited a large plot of land. They each built a house in their favorite spot without thinking about how best to divide the rest. They've decided that the fairest solution is to split the land into four equally shaped six-square portions that include each house. Also, each portion must touch, but not include, the well in the center. Based on their decision, which sibling's property will include the ? Circle house A, B, C, or D, and then tap Submit.


 * Hint 1: Use the Memo function to try out different ways of dividing up the land to meet the sibling's requirements. Remember, all four portions need to have the same six-square shape.
 * Hint 2: Even though the four portions all need to be the same shape, the houses can be located anywhere within each sibling's property.
 * Hint 3: Each portion is kind of shaped like a T.
 * Super Hint: It's not B or C. Only two choices left. Which is it?

Puzzle 061

 * Name: A Tunnel Out
 * Trigger: Talk to Hardy
 * Location: Behind the Casino
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 40

Description: Arrange all the tunnel segments to create a tunnel that leads from the entrance to the exit. Tap a segment to switch between a straight and curved piece. Grab the edge of a segment and slide it in a circle to rotate it. The green segments are already finished, so you can't change them. You will need to use every segment to complete the tunnel. Good luck!


 * Hint 1: This tunnel has no intersections, which means you can draw a line from the entrance to the exit without lifting your stylus.
 * Hint 2: There are no other ways out of the tunnel besides the entrance and exit. As you can see, the piece in the bottom-right corner has to be a bend, and it's clear which way it has to turn. The top-left corner needs to be a bent piece to connect it to the fixed piece on its right. These are the types of hints you should use to figure out the puzzle bit by bit.
 * Hint 3: Thanks to Hint Two, you now know what the first two pieces of the tunnel are. Moving on from there, you should be able to determine the third, fourth, and fifth pieces from the entrance. Try and integrate the nearby fixed piece into the sequence and it's clear what the next two pieces are.
 * Super Hint: The piece beneath the exit is straight, and the piece below that connects to the fixed piece to its left. You can figure out the rest.

Puzzle 062

 * Name: Lunar Leapfrogs
 * Trigger: Walk to the right/Talk to Pavel
 * Location: Iron Bridge
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 30

Description: Six frogs are sitting atop logs in a bog. Leap them around so that each frog's color matches the ribbon tied to its post. Here are three rules you'll need to follow: Now, tap those frogs and hop to it!
 * 1) You can hop to any empty, adjacent log.
 * 2) If there's an empty log one frog over, you can leap over one frog to get there.
 * 3) You can't leap over two frogs at a time.


 * Hint 1: Don't overthink it. This puzzle is not too tricky if you just relax and keep on hopping those frogs around. It's fun, right? Boing boing! Don't even worry about the other hints. Just keep leaping!
 * Hint 2: This puzzle can be solved in as few as 15 moves. Here are the first four: Red, yellow, white, red...
 * Hint 3: Continuing on from Hint Two, here are the next six moves: Black, green, yellow, white, red, black... Look at that! The right side is all done!
 * Super Hint: Continuing on from Hint Three, here are the next three moves: Green, yellow, blue... Just two moves left now. You can do it!

Puzzle 063

 * Name: Which Finger?
 * Trigger: Talk to Rudolph
 * Location: Chinatown Plaza
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 20

Description: When counting on his fingers, this eccentric man counts in the order you see in the picture below. When he counts from one to five, he returns to his thumb and continues counting in the same order, starting with six. If he continues counting this way, which finger would he land on when he gets to 763? Circle the correct fingertip.


 * Hint 1: You're not thinking too hard, are you? Try using your own fingers to count.
 * Hint 2: No matter how big the number, it will always be counted according to the same rule. Don't think too hard!
 * Hint 3: Count to 20 and see where that takes you. If you still don't get the hint, try counting to 30. You can do it!
 * Super Hint: You're using your fingers to count the last digit (the digit in the ones column). So, if you count to 763...

Puzzle 064

 * Name: Who Broke It? (US) / Break Time (UK)
 * Trigger: Talk to Misha
 * Location: Chinatown Plaza
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 30

Description: One of these people broke the window. When asked about it, they gave the following statements in order, starting with A. A: "I didn't do it." B: "A is telling the truth." C: "D is lying." D: "I swear it wasn't me." The person whose story sounds fishy is the culprit. Who is it?


 * Hint 1: Read the statements in order, and pay close attention to what each person is saying.
 * Hint 2: Read the statements again in order from A to D. One of them is quite suspicious...
 * Hint 3: The culprit is the person who spoke a little too quickly. If the statements were given in the reverse order from D to A, the culprit might have gotten away with it.
 * Super Hint: By blaming D so hastily, the culprit ended up incriminating himself!

Puzzle 065

 * Name: Strange Shapes (US) / Funny Shapes (UK)
 * Trigger: Talk to Dylan
 * Location: Scarlet Street
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 30

Description: Five shapes are drawn on the chalkboard below. One of them isn't quite right. Circle the shape that doesn't belong.


 * Hint 1: Try using the Memo function to draw some of these shapes yourself. Doing so might give you a hint about how they're constructed.
 * Hint 2: Have you noticed yet that all of the shapes are made out of numbers? Now think about the relationship between each shape and the number used to create it.
 * Hint 3: The shape in the top-left corner is made of three threes... The one in the bottom-right corner is made of four fours... That's it! Each shape is made from an amount of numbers equal to the number used to create it.
 * Super Hint: One of the shapes is made from a number that can be two different numbers depending on which end is facing up. However, if you count how many of this number are used to create the shape, it's wrong either way.

Puzzle 066

 * Name: Faces on Vases (US) / Flower Vases (UK)
 * Trigger: Talk to Viv
 * Location: Scarlet Street
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 30

Description: At an antique store, a wealthy gentleman is looking at three flower vases, each with a different portrait painted on it. "Well would you look at that! This one looks just like me! I'll take it." Which vase did the man choose?


 * Hint 1: The gentleman isn't referring to the faces painted on the vases. Try taking a look from farther away.
 * Hint 2: Try rotating the vases and looking at them from a few different angles. That might help you find what the gentleman is talking about.
 * Hint 3: There's one vase that matches the gentleman's profile perfectly if you look at its contour.
 * Super Hint: Look at each vase upside down. See the silhouette created by the empty spaces along the contour? One of the vases matches the gentleman's profile exactly.

Puzzle 067

 * Name: Noodling Around (US) / Pork Noddle Line-up (UK)
 * Trigger: Talk to Pepper
 * Location: Noodle Shop
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 30

Description: Bowls of plain noodles and pork noodles are lined up in a row on the counter. Arrange the food so that the plain noodles and pork noodles alternate, but make sure they all remain evenly spaced on the counter. What is the fewest number of moves it will take to accomplish this task? Also, in this puzzle, simply switching the places of two bowls counts as two moves.


 * Hint 1: You can move the bowls with your stylus, so go ahead and try rearranging them.
 * Hint 2: There's something a bit...tricky going on here. Look at the way the bowls are arranged to begin with. You might notice something useful.
 * Hint 3: Have you noticed that there's room for one bowl on the right side of the counter?
 * Super Hint: All you need to do is move a bowl of plain noodles from one end to the other! The order will then alternate plain and pork, and the bowls will remain evenly spaced. Pretty easy, huh?

Puzzle 068

 * Name: Paper Cuts
 * Trigger: Talk to Checker
 * Location: Toy Shop
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 40

Description: Two squares of paper, A and B, are shown below. Following the arrows from left to right, each piece is folded in half and then folded in half again. The red dotted lines on the far-right image of paper A show where a cut will be made. Your job is to cut paper B so that when you unfold it, the cutout shape in the middle matches the shape in the middle of paper A where it's unfolded. Draw the cut you need to make onto the rightmost image of B.


 * Hint 1: Imagine what paper A will look like after it's been cut and unfolded. Figure that out first, and work from there.
 * Hint 2: When unfolded, paper A will have a square cut out of its center that is rotated 45 degrees from the square outline of the paper. When trying to match this shape, be careful to match the size as well.
 * Hint 3: You need to draw only one line.
 * Super Hint: If you cut paper B in a diagonal line from the left edge to the bottom edge, you'll cut out the same shape as the one in paper A. You need to make sure your cut is the right length, however.

Puzzle 069

 * Name: Which One's White (US) / Pearl Diving (UK)
 * Trigger: Check the cat toy
 * Location: Toy Shop
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 50

Description: A shop owner points to each of her exotic cats and says something strange: "Red is next to Blue." "Black is not white." "Green is not green." "Blue is three over from Black." "Red is on the end." So, then, which cat is White?


 * Hint 1: Just to be unique, the shop owner has named each cat a different color than what it actually is. Isn't that just dandy...
 * Hint 2: "Red is next to Blue", and "Red is on the end", so Blue is either B or D. If "Blue is three over from Black," we just determined that Blue is either B or D, so Black must be A or E. However, "Black is not white," so Black must be A!
 * Hint 3: If A is Black, then D must be Blue. What's next to Blue? The last part should be pretty simple now.
 * Super Hint: "Red is next to Blue," and "Red is on the end," so E must be Red. A is black. D is blue. E is Red. Now consider the conditions you haven't accounted for, and you'll figure it out!

Puzzle 070

 * Name: The Third Youngest
 * Trigger: Check the roof of the gate
 * Location: Belltower Gate
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 25

Description: "There are ten siblings living together. Luke, let's say you're the eighth child. The oldest daughter is the second son's younger sister and the third son's older sister. The fourth son is the second daughter's older brother and the oldest daughter's little brother. There are no boys in between the third and fourth daughters. Got all that?" Is the third-youngest child a boy or a girl?


 * Hint 1: You weren't confounded by the circumlocutory explanation, were you? Read the puzzle again from the very beginning.
 * Hint 2: Is trying to comprehend all of those conditions too much of a pain? If you're thinking that way, here's a word to the wise: this is actually a very simple puzzle...
 * Hint 3: Out of the 10 siblings, Luke is the eighth child... How many siblings are younger than Luke?
 * Super Hint: Out of the 10 siblings, the third-youngest child is the same as the eighth! And Luke certainly isn't a girl, so...

Puzzle 071

 * Name: Peculiar Paint Job (US) / Wall Paint Problem (UK)
 * Trigger: Talk to Slate
 * Location: Neighborhood Wall
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 25

Description: This old brick wall has been repainted in a strange aesthetic. There are five unique shapes on a white background. Artsy... Which color paint was used the most? Touch the correct can, then tap Submit.


 * Hint 1: It wouldn't be incorrect to calculate the area of each color. But...there's got to be an easier way.
 * Hint 2: You're not wasting time counting the bricks in each colored shape, are you? Even so, as long as you aren't missing something, you should figure it out.
 * Hint 3: The colors used to paint this wall were blue, red, green, yellow, and black... Is that all?
 * Super Hint: No matter how big each shape is painted, none can be bigger than the background!

Puzzle 072

 * Name: Tricolor Template (US) / Tricolour Template (UK)
 * Trigger: Talk to Slate
 * Location: Neighborhood Wall
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 30

Description: It's your job to paint a pyramid built from 21 circular pieces of wood. You've been given three colors to work with: red, blue, and yellow. Before you get too creative, however, there's one important rule you need to follow: no two pieces of wood next to each other can be the same color. One piece has already been painted red. If you follow the rule and finish painting the entire pyramid, what color will piece A be? Circle the correctly colored paint can.


 * Hint 1: There's more than one way to paint the pyramid, but the color of piece A will end up the same no matter how you do it.
 * Hint 2: Don't forget about the handy-dandy Memo function. It happens to have all the colors used in this puzzle!
 * Hint 3: There are two possible ways to follow the rule and paint the entire pyramid. The order of blue and yellow around the red piece can be switched around.
 * Super Hint: You learned in Hint Three that the order of blue and yellow pieces can be switched around, which means that one color's position is fixed.

Puzzle 073

 * Name: Tricky Tilework
 * Trigger: Talk to Slate
 * Location: Neighborhood Wall
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 40

Description: You've been hired to adorn a wall with decorative colored tiles. There are three of each of the red, yellow, green, and orange tiles, and four blue ones. The first of each color tile has already been placed for you. All you need to do is decide where to put the rest. Oh, and one more thing: no two tiles of the same color can be in the same row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Nothing to it, right? Good luck!


 * Hint 1: There's only one layout that will work. In fact, it does have a certain pattern.
 * Hint 2: The top-right tile is green. The one to the left of it is orange.
 * Hint 3: The bottom-left tile is red. The one above it is blue.
 * Super Hint: One of the remaining blue tiles goes one square to the right of the top-left corner. The other leftover blue tile goes one square to the left of the bottom-right corner. With all the blue tiles out of the way, the rest shouldn't be too difficult.

Puzzle 074

 * Name: Slippery Trip 2
 * Trigger: Check the banana peel
 * Location: Azure Avenues
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 40

Description: Make your way from the start to the goal, but be wary of banana peels. Whenever you step on one, you'll slide without stopping until you hit a wall! Can you find a way through these slippery streets? Tap the red arrows to move.


 * Hint 1: If you slide off the screen, you'll just start over at the beginning. So, be careful out there!
 * Hint 2: The first move is to simply go straight until you step on a peel and slide into the left-hand wall.
 * Hint 3: Once you've hit the left-hand wall, go back to the right a little way and turn right at the first intersection. You'll step on another peel and slide again, but that's part of the plan.
 * Super Hint: Once you've hit the bottom wall, relax for a moment and look around. You can walk to the goal from here! Just don't slip on any more peels!

Puzzle 075

 * Name: Create the Chick
 * Trigger: Talk to Paige
 * Location: Edge of Chinatown
 * Chapter: 7
 * Picarats: 40

Description: To complete the chick, fit the five blocks that form Professor Layton's top hat into the outline below without overlapping the pieces or leaving any spaces empty. You can rotate or flip the blocks.


 * Hint 1: You can fit most of the pieces without reversing them. The feet are piece [[File:PLUF_Puzzle_011_Symbol5.png]].
 * Hint 2: Rotate [[File:PLUF_Puzzle_011_Symbol4.png]] 90 degrees, then place it in the upper left to form the chick's forehead.
 * Hint 3: Part of [[File:PLUF_Puzzle_011_Symbol3.png]] forms the tail.
 * Super Hint: The chest is [[File:PLUF_Puzzle_011_Symbol1.png]]. You'll need to flip it, however. You should be able to finish the rest in no time!