Cross-Examination: Secrets Revealed!
Answers to my Ace Attorney crossword, "Cross-Examination," are below the cut, along with an explanation of how to find the secret messages. Spoilers within - especially for the first game!
HIDDEN MESSAGE: To read the hidden message, find the four squares where the two answers contradict, and read off each set of two letters, starting from the top-left and working to the bottom-right. Sometimes the letter from the ACROSS answer must be read first, and sometimes the letter from the DOWN answer must be read first.
CONTRADICTIONS:
25A. GUNSHO(T)
6D. EXTR(A)
--
11D. CLOC(K)
27A. THINK(E)R
--
54D. PHO(T)O
70A. (H)AMMERS
--
53D. REVE(A)L
72A. LEA(T)HER
MESSSAGE: TAKE THAT!
Each of these pairs represented something that exposed a critical contradiction in one of first game's cases: the EXTRA GUNSHOT in 1-4, the THINKER CLOCK of 1-1 and 1-2, HAMMER'S PHOTO in 1-3, and the decision to REVEAL the LEATHER in 1-5. Taken together, these cover every case in PW:AA.
---
The hidden date is, of course, 12/28, the day of the DL-6 incident, and combo to Yanni Yogi's safe. The two arrows were a clue that the one had to turn the problem around, in a sense, and read the numbers backwards, from lower-right to top-left.
The number clues were admittedly hard, but I used symmetry to make it clear where numbers were, I hope, after the second one.
---
Finally, the center squares can also be considered themed: AMI, MIA, IAM, AIM all being things we might see on a certain vase.
THE MOST OBSCURE CLUES, EXPLAINED:
3A. MRME = "Mr. Me," a They Might Be Giants song.
52A. 1RY = Onery. I hoped the counting rhyme's pattern would give it away. "Onery, twoery, tickery tin."
2D. KUDOU = Hiroyuki Kudou, the main GS3 programmer.
5D. MOLCO. Sorry, non-TWEWY players.
12D. BADTR = Bad tr.; bad translation.
26D. H8I = HAITI = I AM SO SORRY.
34D. ATI, graphics card manufacturer. Look, if the NYT Crossword can ask about obscure actors from the fifties, I think I ought to be able to ask who manufactured the Radeon.
Whew!
Thanks for playing!
HIDDEN MESSAGE: To read the hidden message, find the four squares where the two answers contradict, and read off each set of two letters, starting from the top-left and working to the bottom-right. Sometimes the letter from the ACROSS answer must be read first, and sometimes the letter from the DOWN answer must be read first.
CONTRADICTIONS:
25A. GUNSHO(T)
6D. EXTR(A)
--
11D. CLOC(K)
27A. THINK(E)R
--
54D. PHO(T)O
70A. (H)AMMERS
--
53D. REVE(A)L
72A. LEA(T)HER
MESSSAGE: TAKE THAT!
Each of these pairs represented something that exposed a critical contradiction in one of first game's cases: the EXTRA GUNSHOT in 1-4, the THINKER CLOCK of 1-1 and 1-2, HAMMER'S PHOTO in 1-3, and the decision to REVEAL the LEATHER in 1-5. Taken together, these cover every case in PW:AA.
---
The hidden date is, of course, 12/28, the day of the DL-6 incident, and combo to Yanni Yogi's safe. The two arrows were a clue that the one had to turn the problem around, in a sense, and read the numbers backwards, from lower-right to top-left.
The number clues were admittedly hard, but I used symmetry to make it clear where numbers were, I hope, after the second one.
---
Finally, the center squares can also be considered themed: AMI, MIA, IAM, AIM all being things we might see on a certain vase.
THE MOST OBSCURE CLUES, EXPLAINED:
3A. MRME = "Mr. Me," a They Might Be Giants song.
52A. 1RY = Onery. I hoped the counting rhyme's pattern would give it away. "Onery, twoery, tickery tin."
2D. KUDOU = Hiroyuki Kudou, the main GS3 programmer.
5D. MOLCO. Sorry, non-TWEWY players.
12D. BADTR = Bad tr.; bad translation.
26D. H8I = HAITI = I AM SO SORRY.
34D. ATI, graphics card manufacturer. Look, if the NYT Crossword can ask about obscure actors from the fifties, I think I ought to be able to ask who manufactured the Radeon.
Whew!
Thanks for playing!