CORD

A Daily Switchboard · Automat
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THE AUTOMAT, all the machines

CONNECTED

HOW TO PLAY

You are the operator. Every line connects to exactly one subscriber, and you have to work out which.

Tap a jack on the left, then a jack on the right, and the cable goes in. Tap a patched jack to pull the cable out.

The clues are what you overheard this morning. Only one wiring fits all of them, and every clue on the board is needed. No guessing required.

Press CONNECT when the board is full. Basic is four lines and tells you how many you got right. Hard is six lines and tells you nothing.

Stuck? + CLUE opens a spare clue the exchange kept back. HINT confirms a line outright and pins its cable. Both show up on your score, and the last line is always yours.

Run out of tries and the board goes dead until midnight.

ARCHIVE

Every board since day one.
■ patched■ dead■ untouched