Puzzle 25: Weavers in the Wild

Puzzle Walkthrough

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First pin down Suri’s time using the chain rule. Only a start of 1:16 or 1:37 produces two other finishes exactly 21 and 42 minutes later that still land on the given time list.

Now look at the craft at 1:58, which must use more leaves than Zoey’s but fewer than Dante’s. If Suri were 1:37, the two chained times would be 1:58 and 2:19; Zoey cannot be 1:58 because that time’s leaves must be greater than Zoey’s, so Zoey would have to be 2:19. That pushes too much weight late and clashes with the “three before 2:00” leaf pattern once you also honor Fan earlier and lighter than Rope Coil and Mat later than Rope Coil.

So Suri must be 1:16, making the chained times 1:37 and 1:58. Because the 1:58 craft’s leaf count is above Zoey’s, Zoey cannot be 1:58; with Suri already at 1:16 and Zoey after Suri, Zoey falls cleanly at 1:37. The 2:41 craft uses the fewest leaves, and Jane must finish later than both Zoey and Finn while not having the highest leaf count, so Jane is the 2:41 finisher with the minimum leaf total.

Dante does not finish before Finn and uses more leaves than Finn, while the 1:58 craft’s leaves sit between Zoey and Dante; this fits perfectly if Finn is 1:58 and Dante is 2:19. Now enforce the build constraints: Fan must be earlier and lighter than Rope Coil, and Mat must be later than Rope Coil. Placing Rope Coil at Finn’s 1:58 forces Mat to Dante’s 2:19, and then Fan naturally belongs to Zoey at 1:37 as the earlier, lighter build.

Basket cannot be Zoey’s or Finn’s and cannot be last, which points to Suri’s early slot; that leaves Jane with the remaining craft, the Hat. Finally, assign leaves: the 2:41 craft is the minimum 19 (Jane), the “three before 2:00” rule says exactly one of the early builds uses more leaves than the Mat, which is satisfied if the Mat is 37 at 2:19 and the early trio are 42, 24, and 31; this also matches “42 leaves before Dante” and “Dante more than Finn.”

Answers

Suri finished at 1:16 and made the Basket with 42 leaves.
Zoey finished at 1:37 and made the Fan with 24 leaves.
Finn finished at 1:58 and made the Rope Coil with 31 leaves.
Dante finished at 2:19 and made the Mat with 37 leaves.
Jane finished at 2:41 and made the Hat with 19 leaves.

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