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?