ZEP: The Solution #10

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This is the only page with a TELEVISION in it.

The label on the back of the TV reads:
- MDCLXVI
- SPQR

The trick is to eliminate numbers on the telephone keypad that are connected to one of the Roman numerals on the top line: M, D, C, L, X, V, and I. This eliminates, respectively, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9.

The second line, -SPQR (an initialism that refers to the ancient Roman government), signals that we should also eliminate the number 7 on the phone keypad, since the letters PQRS appear above that number.

The numbers 1 and 0 are the only remaining numbers, which would fill the two empty boxes on the "Unlisted Numbers" book next to the phone.

CLUE

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PASSWORD

The password to gain access to the 11th puzzle online requires stringing together the solutions to puzzles 2, 5, and 10 (as explained on page 127 of the book):

24TIMES10

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Puzzle #11 SOLUTION: CLICK

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