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How do I find and open the safe? 12 hints left

Hint 1

After Ewan fixes the glasses you got from the dead drop --

Hint 2

-- come back to Bridget's, or rather Zoe's, room and put the glasses on. Do you see anything unusual in the room?

Hint 3

What are those bright green splotches on the frame of that painting? Go investigate.

Hint 4

When you swing out the picture, you find an odd array of wiggly marks on the wall. If you picked up the Queen Mary book from the cabin, you've seen these marks before.

Hint 5

This is Queen Mary's code, but the words and letters here don't spell out anything. Instead, you have to click on specific words and letters to open the safe.

Hint 6

What specific words and letters? Well, after you get into Ewan's spy toys display --

Hint 7

-- one of the items you can take is a bug shaped like a dragonfly. Place it on the flowers on the coffee table in front of the sofa and go to the cabin to listen in.

Hint 8

The first thing you heard Zoe say was an odd phrase that Nancy referred to as a passphrase. That's the phrase you want to reproduce.

Hint 9

Lost? Okay, here's the symbols you need to press:

Hint 10

Hint 11

Hint 12

The safe contains four items: Zoe's red "Bridget" wig, her many passports, a page with an obvious code on it, and an odd deck of cards.

Guide help

This is the low-spoiler guide for "How do I find and open the safe?" puzzle in Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy. Unlike in normal walkthrough, you get gradual hints on how to solve the puzzle. Click the big button below to see your first hint. If the hint contains a spoiler, you will be warned about it before clicking.

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