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Nancy Drew 27: The Deadly Device Hints
How do I open the chemicals cabinet?
1 of 5: This is a smaller, simpler version of the power puzzle you solved on the first night. So why is it so much harder? Read to the end of this hint for the way I solved it.
2 of 5: The way this works is that every light you push also affects the lights above and on both sides, in a + pattern. The goal is to have all nine lights blue.
3 of 5: One strategy here is to plan to leave a + pattern of lights, if you can. Try click just around the edges to leave a red plus in the center, then click in the center to take it out.
4 of 5: But any way you do this is the right way, no matter how long it takes. Here's how I did it.
