Nancy Drew 22: Trail of the Twister Hints

How do I arrange the siren layout?

  • 1 of 7: Go to the bulletin board in the living room (on the wall behind the couch) to start this task.
  • 2 of 7: What you're trying to do here is arrange the colored circles on this board so that every speck of space is covered by at least one circle inside the square. When you have it right, Nancy will say, "Alright! That's how it should look!" and you can now take the chart down. Read to the end of this hint for a picture showing exactly how the circles should be placed.
  • 3 of 7: One way to start is to look for the largest area that needs to be covered and place the largest circle there, then the next largest circle in the next biggest hole, and so on.
  • 4 of 7: The biggest circle is the pinkish one, and the biggest hole is in the middle on the left; in the Junior layout, it's between the two circles that are in place when you start.
  • 5 of 7: The next biggest circles are the purple ones; try them in the most isolated spots to see where they look good. Continue on down the line filling in the spots as you go.
  • 6 of 7: Remember, every tiny spot in the map must be covered by at least one circle, and all the circles will be used.
  • 7 of 7: Here's the final layout, which is the same for Junior and Senior detectives: