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Pompeii, election time. Every wall in the street is painted with red slogans, and two candidates in gleaming white togas are working the crowd: Holconius, rich and grand, and his rival Afer. Slaves carry pots of paint, dogs bark, and girls watch from beside the fountain.
The vote is tomorrow, and both men need every friend they can get. Seven puzzles stand between you and the result. Solve them all, and one last word is what every candidate longs to hear.
Crossword — the street, the town and the election, in Latin from Book 1.
Anagrams — unscramble seven things done at election time.
Cipher — decode a message in Latin, then answer the riddle it asks.
Matching — two verbs, favet ("supports") and invītat ("invites"), in the present, imperfect and perfect.
Picture Count — reassemble the street, then count what you see.
Odd One Out — find the word that doesn't belong in each row to build the story, then answer questions about it.
Final Rebus — one clue from every lock. Their first letters spell the final word.
Every answer box checks itself. Spelling and capitals are forgiving, and macrons are never needed.
Fifteen words from the town at election time. Every clue gives the English meaning; you supply the Latin. Fill the grid — every crossing letter must agree both ways. Four cells are marked in red: once the grid is solved, their letters unscramble into one more word.
The grid is correct. Unscramble the four red letters:
Seven things done at election time. Unscramble each one.
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The password was:
Favēte — support him! Painted on the walls and shouted in the streets, it was the word every candidate in Pompeii longed to hear. On voting day, the citizens decided which of them would hear it most.