Normal solution
Hints are given below when you expand the boxes.
| Spoiler: Hint 1 (some important insights)
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| This level is your proper introduction to pop-up spikes. You saw these briefly in The Undermid, but now's your chance to get reacquainted. You'll need to investigate what you can and can't do with pop-up spikes to solve this level.
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| Spoiler: Hint 2
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| The pop-up spikes react to Emm. That means they behave like regular spikes to her. (That is, you can't step over them or fling into them, but you can fling over them if you have a little height.)
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| Spoiler: Hint 3
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| The pop-up spikes react to Emm ONLY.
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| Spoiler: Hint 4
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| You can push blocks over the pop-up spikes.
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| Spoiler: Hint 5 (solving the level)
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| All you need to do is build the word RE to leave. What blocks can you access? What blocks can't you get to? (You may die a lot trying to solve this level and get stuck behind spikes, but that's to be expected.)
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| Spoiler: Hint 6
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| No matter how hard you try, you will never get Emm into the same area as the R blockpad. So you can't push the R directly.
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| Spoiler: Hint 7
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| You will have to get an E block next to the R. Try to visualise the final move here. How will you push an E block into the R to spell R?
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| Spoiler: Hint 8
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| There's no way to stop an E south of the R (and no way to use that F directly, not that you need to worry about the F if you just want to beat the level). Therefore, the E must come from the east.
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| Spoiler: Hint 9
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| You get two E blocks. One to push into the R, and the other to get the first E into the right position.
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| Spoiler: Hint 10 (full solution)
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 Push an E west into the R to solve the level Climb the stairs east of the starting egg to drop into the alcove with the Es. Push each E block west and then north, one at a time. Die and respawn, go to where the E blocks landed, and push the southern E block west (so that it bumps into the R and spells RE). Head to the exit. (Isn't it nice to have a puzzle whose solution can be explained in a single paragraph?)
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Present solution
| Spoiler: Hint 1 (present location)
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| The present is seen as soon as you start the level. Spell RE to get to the exit, or FREE to get to the present too.
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| Spoiler: Hint 2
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| The way to make FREE is similar to making RE, but an order of magnitude more complicated. You might want to try just solving the level normally (making RE) to get familiar with the layout and mechanics.
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| Spoiler: Hint 3
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| You need to make FREE vertically along the wall in the NE.
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| Spoiler: Hint 4
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| You can push the letters F, R, E, E into the NE corner. Concentrate on getting the F there first, then R, then the E blocks.
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| Spoiler: Hint 5 (solution part 1)
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 Present solution part 1: get the F into the northeast corner (At various points here, you will have to kill yourself to get to yourself un-trapped. I won't mention it specifically every time.)
Making FREE in the NE corner, vertically. F: Push an E west, north (so they are blocked by the stairs), then west again. Repeat with the second E. The first E will be a backstop for the second E on the west side of the level. Push the eastmost E south then east into the F. Push the F north into the NE corner.
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| Spoiler: Hint 6 (solution part 2)
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 Present solution part 2: nestling the R under the F R: (Resmash the E blocks to rebirth them.) Push the two E blocks east, north (each in turn so they stay together). Push the southern E west to collide with the R, making RE in the west. Smash the R then push the E east, making ER in the east. Push R north making FR.
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| Spoiler: Hint 7 (solution part 3)
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 Present solution part 3: tuck the two Es in EE: (Resmash the E blocks to rebirth them.) Repeat as you did for the F: push the E blocks east, north (in turn) then west (in turn). Smash the westmost E. Push the newly reborn E block west, north, then push the older E east (also picking up the new E on the way), putting both E blocks near the east wall with enough room to maneuver. Push north to align with FREE and cross the bridge to the exit.
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| Spoiler: Achievements
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| There are 0 achievements available for this level.
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| Spoiler: View squares
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There is 1 view square on this level:
- Near the egg, giving an overview of the level.
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| Spoiler: Hanging men
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| There are 0 hanging men on this level.
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