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Shadowgate Hints

How do I pass the sphinx?

1 of 14: Well, you know how sphinxes ask riddles.
2 of 14: It'll let you by if you answer the riddle.
3 of 14: Don't just talk to it, though.
4 of 14: You need to bring it the answer.
5 of 14: Use the answer on it.
6 of 14: Remember to collect items, and see if you can apply the riddle's clues to what you find.
7 of 14: Still can't solve them? Riddles bother me, too. Here are some spoilers.
8 of 14: "Towns, but no houses..."
9 of 14: "Eyeless tho' I might be..."
10 of 14: "First I was burnt..."
11 of 14: "Long neck and no hands..."
12 of 14: "If you look at me..."
13 of 14: "I at fires attend..."
14 of 14: If there are more riddles, I don't know them, sorry. :(

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