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Hidden Clues in the Paseo Del Mar High School
Being the central location in Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill, the Paseo Del Mar High School contains the most secret clues. They span across three main areas: the school corridors, the library, and the teachers room.

School Corridors
Most of the clues found in the corridors involve reading the many noticeboards that are present throughout the school. Every noticeboard has at least one hotspot which you can zoom in to.

Hidden Noticeboard Clue #1


This notice is easy to find and solve, the spaces are simply in the wrong places. By removing all of the spaces, and inserting spaces after words using common sense, you can see that it reads Find the morning edition, and discover another crime, the answer is in black and white to who will do the time. The 'morning edition' is a clue to the magazines in the rest area.

Hidden Noticeboard Clue #2


This pink telephone message note is harder to see amongst all the large posters, but upon finding it, you will find a message written upside down in blue ink. In the face of danger against a killer if you dare, a very unlikely couple could be a helpful pair. This is a hint towards the final scene in the game.

Hidden Noticeboard Clue #3


These three notices are written in various mirrored/flipped styles. In order, they read...

Nowhere to turn to, nowhere to hide, let the books in the library, be your answer guide. A symbol of kanji worn with great pride, reflects a big secret that someone must hide. He did what it took to make the grade, even if it meant cheating, to make up his charade.

Hidden Noticeboard Clue #4


On a school information bulletin about the school play, is a rather out-of-place statement. Student files under lock and key will show the lies of a doctor-to-be.

Hidden Noticeboard Clue #5


Yearbooks coming soon? Why is this information leaflet a hotspot? For another clue, of course! Reading the underlined letters, you will see... Search below danger sign in kitchen.  This information will help save you from death in Maxine's Diner, and also help you get the bolt cutters.

Hidden Noticeboard Clue #6


Apparantly writing backwards is a commonplace activity in Paseo Del Mar. Jake's locker combo was part of his fame, just find a phone to decode his name. Decoding letters into phone numbers is a recurring theme in this game.

Hidden Noticeboard Clue #7


One of the harder clues to find, is the one on this bright red poster. The clue is actually hidden in the checkered squares surrounding the text, and by looking hard enough, you can read SIDE OF SCHOOL. Repeated far too many times just to add to its subtleness.

Hidden Noticeboard Clue #8


Pinned in a mirrored fashion onto one of the noticeboards is another message... When things go astray, tonight at Vandelay, it will not help to run, so you must grab the gun! It sure is useful that these clues can predict the future, hm?

Hidden Noticeboard Clue #9


Once again, we return to a typical 'random spaces' word puzzle. There's more than one way to remove a chain so thick, aside from the combination, Mel's bolt cutter can do the trick. Hooray for bolt cutters!

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