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packets

evaluating sizes, 157

minimizing for donut orders, 156

paper value, capturing in Reach for the Sky!, 12

partial truth teller in Byzantine Bettors, 7, 75–76

passably compatible in Preferential Romance, 68

patterns of puzzles, 121

personal data, revealed by statistical questions, 59

Pgood probability in Feedback Dividends, 49–51, 102–103

phrases, reducing to a word or two, 30

Picturing the Treasure puzzle, 133–134

solution to, 135–137

pie. See square pie

point probes, 67

Pork Politics mind game, 14

solution to, 79–80

predicate logic, 44

Preferential Romance mind game, 68–70

solution to, 116–117

probability analyses, as challenging, 181

product in Number Clues, 54

programs, solving Sudoku puzzles, 138

protein interaction networks, topologies, 35

pseudocode, using, 122

punishment, changing to eliminate cheats-cheats, 17

puzzle techniques, hierarchy of, 164

puzzles

Bait and Switch puzzle, 184–185, 186–187

Finding a Schedule That Works puzzle, 131, 132

Maximal Friends puzzle, 174–175, 176

Number Encoding puzzle, 147–148, 149

Overloaded Scheduling and Freezing Crystals puzzle, 164–169, 170

Picturing the Treasure puzzle, 133–134, 135–137

Revisiting a Traveling Salesman puzzle, 159–162, 163

Selective Greed puzzle, 150–154, 155

Sudoku puzzle, 138–145, 146

Sweet Packs puzzle, 156–157, 158

Understanding Dice puzzle, 181–182, 183

Urban Planning puzzle, 128, 129–130

Winning at the Slots puzzle, 177–178, 179–180

Wordsnakes puzzle, 171–172, 173

puzzles, secrets of, 121–123

puzzle-solving abilities, improving, 121