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Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock Hints
Sorting Nuts & Bolts for Zippy
1 of 3: You'll only see this puzzle if you run out of gas or blow a tire and don't have the money to get it fixed, in which case Zippy gives you the job of sorting nuts and bolts for him.
2 of 3: The chore is fairly straightforward: just put the pieces into the drawers. The only difficulty is telling some of the sizes of pieces apart, since there's not that much difference between the small and medium pieces. My strategy is to put all the large pieces away first, then the medium, then the small, but you can do them in any order you want.
3 of 3: Junior Detectives get two mistakes, while Senior Detectives have to be perfect every time. However, if you mess up the puzzle just starts over, so feel free to experiment a time or two.
