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Nancy Drew 23: Shadow at the Water's Edge Hints
What good is the thing in the safe?
1 of 2: The only key in the safe is a skeleton key that opens any room with a number ending in 8 or 9. That's more useful than it might seem --
2 of 2: -- once you have the star keycard that opens the panels between the rooms. You'll find it on Rentaro's worktable after he goes off to give the cat collar to Miwako.