{"id":326,"date":"2009-02-12T16:54:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T21:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/puzzles\/piratey-perplexor\/"},"modified":"2009-02-13T13:15:50","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T18:15:50","slug":"piratey-perplexor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/puzzles\/piratey-perplexor\/","title":{"rendered":"Piratey Perplexor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?w=656\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font SIZE=3><b>AHOY, FILTHY BILGE RATS!<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n<font SIZE=3>To git yer grubby hands on me treasure, you&#8217;re a gonna<br \/>\nhafta untangle some a&#8217; me clues.  First, a story&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n<font SIZE=3>There be three old pirate mates a&#8217; mine, outlaws on the<br \/>\nrun, by the names a&#8217; Bloody Pete, Wreckless Wren, and Ruthless Bill.<br \/>\nAll of &#8217;em have sent many a landlubber to a watery grave, by makin&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8217;em walk the plank \u2013 their victims include Mary, Jeff, and the<br \/>\nrenowned ship cook, Bob Evans.  They&#8217;ll be sailin&#8217; the high seas &#8217;til<br \/>\nthey meet their doom, captaining ships that strike fear into the<br \/>\nhearts of good folks everywhere: the Black Pearl, the Interceptor,<br \/>\nand the Flying Dutchman.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n<font SIZE=3>Now, you&#8217;re a gonna hafta sort out which cap&#8217;n sailed<br \/>\nwhich ship, and which one of the dirty scalawags sent each of those<br \/>\npoor souls to Davy Jones&#8217; locker.  To straighten out this mess, I&#8217;ll<br \/>\nbe throwin&#8217; a few clues your way&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n\t<font SIZE=3>Ruthless Bill ain&#8217;t none too sure, but he thinks the<br \/>\n\tBlack Pearl is crewed by zombies&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n\t<font SIZE=3>Bill&#8217;s true love, Mary, was kidnapped right from under<br \/>\n\this dirty nose, while he was a-passed out cold from drinking all the<br \/>\n\tship&#8217;s rum &#8211; he never saw her again&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n\t<font SIZE=3>Reckless Wren has heard of world-famous ship cook Bob<br \/>\n\tEvans, who can make 20 different delicious dishes using only<br \/>\n\tcoconuts and sand, but she ain&#8217;t never met &#8216;im.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n\t<font SIZE=3>Reckless Wren had a master plan of revenge against<br \/>\n\tRuthless Bill, who left her with a terrible scar in a bar fight \u2013<br \/>\n\tshe had high hopes to make his love Mary walk the plank some day,<br \/>\n\tbut another pirate beat her to it&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n\t<font SIZE=3>Bloody Pete had to kill the infamous Davy Jones, which<br \/>\n\twas nigh thought impossible, to get his ship, the Flying Dutchman!<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<col WIDTH=174>\n\t<\/col>\n<col WIDTH=174>\n\t<\/col>\n<col WIDTH=174>\n\t<\/col>\n<col WIDTH=174>\n<tbody>\n<tr VALIGN=TOP>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT><font SIZE=3>Ruthless Bill<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT><font SIZE=3>Reckless Wren<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT><font SIZE=3>Bloody Pete<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr VALIGN=TOP>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT><font SIZE=3>Mary<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr VALIGN=TOP>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT><font SIZE=3>Jeff<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr VALIGN=TOP>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT><font SIZE=3>Bob Evans<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr VALIGN=TOP>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr VALIGN=TOP>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT><font SIZE=3>The Black Pearl<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr VALIGN=TOP>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT><font SIZE=3>The Interceptor<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr VALIGN=TOP>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT><font SIZE=3>The Flying Dutchman<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td WIDTH=174>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/col>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font SIZE=3><b>Now<br \/>\nlet&#8217;s see if ya gots it figured properly&#8230; <\/b><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n<font SIZE=3>&#8230; and a word of warnin&#8217; to ya &#8211; just&#8217;n so&#8217;s ya don&#8217;t<br \/>\ntry no trickery, there may be extra boxes at the end (so&#8217;s ya can&#8217;t<br \/>\ncheat, ya no good rascals&#8230;)<\/font><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=LEFT STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n<font SIZE=3>Bloody Pete had this person walk the plank: <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font COLOR=\"#000000\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#ff0000\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#000000\">??????<\/font><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n<font SIZE=3>Ruthless Bill is captain of the:<\/font><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font COLOR=\"#00ff00\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#000000\">??<\/font><font COLOR=\"#ff00ff\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#000000\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#00ffff\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#000000\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#ff950e\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#000000\">??<\/font><font COLOR=\"#33a3a3\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#000000\">???<\/font><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n<font SIZE=3>Reckless Wren had this person walk the plank:<\/font><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font COLOR=\"#000000\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#e6ff00\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#0047ff\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#000000\">?????<\/font><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n<font SIZE=3>NOW TO FIND THE TREASURE, GO HERE!<\/font><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font COLOR=\"#0047ff\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#00ff00\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#33a3a3\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#e6ff00\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#ff950e\">?<\/font><font COLOR=\"#000000\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font FACE=\"Trebuchet MS, sans-serif\"><\/font><font SIZE=6><span LANG=\"en-US\"><\/span><span STYLE=\"font-weight: normal\">L<br \/>\n<\/span><\/font><font COLOR=\"#ff0000\"><\/font><font FACE=\"Trebuchet MS, sans-serif\"><\/font><font SIZE=7 STYLE=\"font-size: 44pt\"><span LANG=\"en-US\"><\/span><span STYLE=\"font-weight: normal\">?<\/span><\/font><font COLOR=\"#00ffff\"><\/font><font FACE=\"Trebuchet MS, sans-serif\"><\/font><font SIZE=7 STYLE=\"font-size: 44pt\"><span LANG=\"en-US\"><\/span><span STYLE=\"font-weight: normal\">?<\/span><\/font><font COLOR=\"#ff00ff\"><\/font><font FACE=\"Trebuchet MS, sans-serif\"><\/font><font SIZE=7 STYLE=\"font-size: 44pt\"><span LANG=\"en-US\"><\/span><span STYLE=\"font-weight: normal\">?<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p CLASS=\"western\" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal\">\n\n<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/puzzles\/key.png?fit=656%2C10\"\/ height=\"10\" width=\"656\"><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AHOY, FILTHY BILGE RATS! To git yer grubby hands on me treasure, you&#8217;re a gonna hafta untangle some a&#8217; me clues. First, a story&#8230; There be three old pirate mates a&#8217; mine, outlaws on the run, by the names a&#8217; Bloody Pete, Wreckless Wren, and Ruthless Bill. All of &#8217;em have sent many a landlubber &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/puzzles\/piratey-perplexor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Piratey Perplexor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-326","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9M0Zg-5g","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":476,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/recipes\/seitan-shish-kebabs\/","url_meta":{"origin":326,"position":0},"title":"Seitan Shish Kebabs","author":"m","date":"July 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Originally from Friendly Foods by Ron Pickarski (pg 42), this was the perfect dish for me to obsess over when I had time on my hands. 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