Professor Layton and the Curious Village/Puzzles 51-75

Puzzle 051

 * Name: The Town Barbers
 * Trigger: Talk to Zappone
 * Location: Crumm's Cafe
 * Chapter: 4
 * Picarats: 10

Description: A certain town has only two barbers in it. There aren't any other towns nearby, so everyone who lives there gets their hair cut by one of these two stylists. Looking at these two fine gentlemen, which one should you go to for a haircut?


 * Hint 1: You don't cut your own hair, do you?
 * Hint 2: Everyone in this town has one of these tow handsome gets cut their hair. The two barbers themselves are no exception to that statement.
 * Hint 3: Since they don't cut their own hair, the miserable haircut Barber A received must have been inflicted upon him by Barber B. Poor guy.

Answer: A

Puzzle 052

 * Name: Find a Star
 * Trigger: Talk to Pauly
 * Location: Northern Hill
 * Chapter: 4
 * Picarats: 30

Description: A star the same shape and size as the one shown on the right is hidden somewhere in this picture. Trace its outline below.


 * Hint 1: There's no way around it! You're just going to have to search this picture long and hard for the answer. Only a star with the exact shape and size as the example star will do! No defective, misshapen, or distorted stars will be accepted!
 * Hint 2: Pay special attention to the left side of the picture.
 * Hint 3: Have you tried searching in the upper-left corner yet?

Answer: The star is in the upper-left side of the picture. The center of the star contains a five-sided black shape and a four sided white shape. When combined, these points form a hexagon. The points of the star radiate outward from each side of this hexagon.

Puzzle 053

 * Name: Fish Thief
 * Trigger: Talk to Agnew
 * Location: Market
 * Chapter: 4
 * Picarats: 35

Description: When you weren't looking, someone came by and gobbled up your fish dinner. The three brothers near the scene of this dastardly crime had this to say: A:"Me? Oh yeah, I ate it. It was good too!" B:"I saw A eat that fish right up!" C:"B and I didn't eat that fish." One of these three brothers is lying to you, but which one is it?


 * Hint 1: Only one person is lying here, so let's take a closer look at their statements. If you assume A is lying, then A didn't eat the fish. If that's true, odes it support the other two brother' statements, or does it make someone else a liar? Try working things out logically like this in order to find your answer.
 * Hint 2: If B is lying, doesn't that also mean that what A said is...less than accurate? Surely by now you've realized that more than one person could have helped eat this fish, right?
 * Hint 3: Here's a big hint for you. Not one, but two uncouth individuals took part in the consumption of your fish. Think about who those two have to be. Now that you know the truth behind what happened, look at the three brother' statements again and see whose testimony doesn't fall in line with what you know to be true. There's your answer.

Answer: C

Puzzle 054

 * Name: Monster!
 * Trigger: Talk to Giuseppe
 * Location: Market
 * Chapter: 4
 * Picarats: 20

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Answer: Stab the sword into the crescent moon. The monster is created by the outline of the village against the night sky. The moon is its eye.

Puzzle 055

 * Name: The Odd Sandwich
 * Trigger: Talk to Beatrice
 * Location: Inn
 * Chapter: Between 4 and 5
 * Picarats: 20

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Answer: 1

Puzzle 056

 * Name: The Lazy Guard
 * Trigger: Talk to Stachen
 * Location: Entrance
 * Chapter: Between 4 and 5
 * Picarats: 30

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Answer: 2. The guard starts off walking diagonally through the rooms from the upper-left corner to the bottom-right corner. He turns left and goes straight up to the upper-right corner, then turns a second time. He now goes diagonally through the remainder of the rooms and out through the exit. Therefore, he only turned twice.

Puzzle 057

 * Name: Cut Which One?
 * Trigger: Talk to Deke
 * Location: Plaza
 * Chapter: Between 4 and 5
 * Picarats: 30

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Answer: D

Puzzle 058

 * Name: Get the Ball Out! 1
 * Trigger: Tap on the House of Puzzles' Door.
 * Location: Plaza
 * Chapter: 3
 * Picarats: 30

Description: Can you get the red ball out of the maze? Slide obstructing blocks out of the way to clear a path for the ball. This problem can be solved in as few as 12 moves.


 * Hint 1: If all you want to do is get the ball to the goal, just slide things around and see what happens. However, if you're aiming to solve this puzzle in as few moves as possible, you'll have to think ahead. Remember that moving one block immobilizes others.
 * Hint 2: Only blue blocks can move at the beginning. Slide the one on the right up, and then arrange the two purple blocks underneath it in a horizontal line. Next, move the lower yellow block over to the right. This will give you some space to work with on the left.
 * Hint 3: If you've followed the previous hint, you should start to see the answer to the puzzle. In order to move the yellow block that's directly beneath the ball, you're going to have to move that green block on the left. To do that, go ahead and move the bothersome blue block out of the way. Got it now?

Answer: This puzzle can be solved in 12 moves. First, move the blue block on the right up. Move the top purple block up and left in one move, then move the lower purple block up as far as it will go. This allows you to move the lower yellow block to the right. Now move the left blue block left and down as far as it will go in one move. The green block is now free to move down as far as it can. Next, move the upper yellow block left. Move the ball down as far as it will go. The top yellow block needs to slide back to the right. The following move raises the green block up as far as it will go. Move the left blue block all the way to the left and move the ball into the hole!

Puzzle 059

 * Name: The Longest Path
 * Trigger: Talk to Marco
 * Location: Manor Road
 * Chapter: Between 4 and 5
 * Picarats: 50

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Answer: Start by drawing the path all the way to the left. At the end of the road, draw the line down past the first intersection. At the second intersection, draw the line to the right past the first intersection. At the second intersection, go up to the first intersection and turn left. When the line hits the wall, go up again, then turn right at the next intersection. Continue the line all the way to the right, then go down when you hit the wall. Go all the way to the bottom-right corner of the neighborhood, then draw the line left and straight to the exit. If you did it correctly, the path should form an S-shape in the center of the neighborhood.

Puzzle 060

 * Name: Weighing Cats
 * Trigger: Between 4 and 5
 * Location: Reinhold Manor
 * Chapter: Between 4 and 5
 * Picarats: 30

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Answer: Left

Puzzle 061

 * Name: Pin Board Shapes
 * Trigger: Talk to Gordon
 * Location: Manor Parlor
 * Chapter: Between 4 and 5
 * Picarats: 40

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Puzzle 062

 * Name: The Mysterious Note
 * Trigger: Talk to Inspector Chelmey
 * Location: Manor Parlor
 * Chapter: Between 4 and 5
 * Picarats: 40

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Answer: Bill

Puzzle 063

 * Name: How Old is Mom?
 * Trigger: Talk to Lady Dahlia
 * Location: Manor Parlor
 * Chapter: Between 4 and 5
 * Picarats: 20

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Answer: 43

Puzzle 064

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Puzzle 065

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Puzzle 066

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Puzzle 067

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Puzzle 068

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Puzzle 069

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Puzzle 070

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Puzzle 071

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Puzzle 072

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Puzzle 073

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Puzzle 074

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Puzzle 075

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