December 7 · Drawer 7
The Frozen Pond
Your puzzle is on page 18 of the book. Open one hint at a time: often the first one is enough.
Cross the pond from START to the KEY, moving only up, down, left or right, and only on unbroken ice. Collect the letters on your way.
Check your answer
Nothing is revealed if you are wrong.
First hint
Shaded squares are cracked ice: you cannot step on them. There is only one safe way across.
Second hint
Some letters sit on dead ends. Only collect the letters on the single path that reaches the key.
Solution
The only safe path passes the letters S, K, A, T, E, S in this order. The answer is SKATES.
The same hints and solutions are printed in the book (pages 56, 58 and 60).