Scott Duke Kominers, Columnist

Kominers’s Conundrums: To Save a Dinner Party

Who is coming? And who is the mystery guest? You’ve got some unscrambling to do.  

A warm yet disorganized host. Who can blame him?

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Some puzzles are just puzzles. Others tell stories – often outlandish ones. What's a hint? What's just a red herring? It’s up to the solver to sort that out – hopefully while having a lot of fun.

This week's Conundrum is one such enigma, dropping prospective solvers smack in the middle of a somewhat fantastical tale: