Normal solution
Hints are given below when you expand the boxes.
| Spoiler: Hint 1 (what to do)
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| This level is your first proper Beard puzzle. If you didn't already, you should spend a little time in Sacred Lawns learning how Beards move, and what they can and can't do.
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| Spoiler: Hint 2
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| You can't avoid angering the Beard guarding the exit thanks to the grass placement, so you'll need to fling past him to reach the centre. But you can't fling into Beards, and this Beard does a good job of blocking you. How can you outpace him?
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| Spoiler: Hint 3
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| He walks as fast as you, so you can't outrun him. But what can you do that he can't?
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| Spoiler: Hint 4
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| You can fling, of course! If you fling from one side of the central pit to the other, he'll have to run to keep up. How can you buy time with this?
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| Spoiler: Hint 5
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| Unfortunately, the walls and railings are placed too far from the tower - if you, say, fling from the northeast corner of the railings to the northwest, by the time you get into position to fling he's managed to catch up. So you need to fling, but also stop yourself closer to the tower so you can beat him there...
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| Spoiler: Hint 6
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| You have, of course, noticed the open CATCH gate in the middle of the northern area. The relevant blocks are in a chamber in the southeast corner of the level. The chamber's halfway up the stairs to the east of the starting egg.
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| Spoiler: Hint 7 (catching yourself)
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| So you want to spell CATCH with these blocks. Usual procedure applies: think about the most convenient place to build the word, placed on where the blockpads are positioned.
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| Spoiler: Hint 8
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| There's a lot of ways to do this, but if the word CATCH was to be in the northwest or southwest corner spelled west-to-east, both the T and H would only need to be pushed north or south. That would make life a lot simpler!
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| Spoiler: Hint 9
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| It's debatable but I think the southwest corner of this little room is the easiest place to spell CATCH reading west-to-east. All the blocks slot into place very easily this way. (Again, other placements and orientations will work as long as they spell CATCH!)
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| Spoiler: Hint 10
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 An easy way to spell CATCH Push the western C south and west, the A south and west, etc... Full steps are in the walkthrough below if you need them, but you should be pretty confident doing this by now.
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| Spoiler: Hint 11
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| Assuming you've now spelled CATCH, your CATCH gate should now be ready to, er, catch you. How should you lure the Beard out of position?
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| Spoiler: Hint 12
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| Where will you end up once you fling onto the central platform? You want the Beard as far away from there as possible.
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| Spoiler: Hint 13
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 Fling like so, with the Beard in the NE corner as depicted, to reach the exit Lure the Beard into the northeast corner of his patrol, and you can fling west to the CATCH tower and south to the platform before he can touch you! Then you have just enough time to get onto the central stairs before he catches up.
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| Spoiler: Hint 14 (full solution)
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| From the level start, head west down the stairs into a small chamber. Push the westernmost C block south and west; push the A south and west; push the T south; push the easternmost C south and west; push the H south. This will spell CATCH.
Head back into the main room, and walk north into an open area between the metal railing and the pit and exit to the south. From directly east of the closed CATCH gate, walk east and let the Beard follow you as far east as he can go. Then fling west, and immediately fling south to reach the central platform. Step east, east, south to arrive on the grass square just before the Beard reaches you. You can now safely exit the level.
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Present solution
| Spoiler: Hint 1 (present location)
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| Finding the present is tricky. Observe all your surroundings.
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| Spoiler: Hint 2
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| There are some interesting purple features in the north wall. How could you get there?
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| Spoiler: Hint 3
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 Fling north straight across the exit to find the present Fling north while standing at the exit to get to a new area.
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| Spoiler: Hint 4 (solving the present)
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| There's quite a few places you can fling or walk from here. Some deadly, sure, but if you're stuck, check all of them!
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| Spoiler: Hint 5
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| There is another egg (checkpoint) in the middle of the room.
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| Spoiler: Hint 6
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| Remember what happens when you touch an egg?
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| Spoiler: Hint 7
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 Try flinging from this spot, so that you fly right next to the egg Stand on the tile just west of the wire fence, and fling north so you fly past the egg (adjacent to it so it counts as a "touch").
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| Spoiler: Hint 8 (solution)
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| Do hint 7 then kill yourself on spikes so that you are reborn next to the egg that is in the center of this part of the level. The present is easily visible up some stairs.
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| Spoiler: Achievements
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There is 1 achievement available for this level:
- Less is More: Beat Lesser Pit without closing a gate.
| Spoiler: Hint 1
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| There's no real trick to this, you just need to be quick and give yourself as much time as you can.
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| Spoiler: Hint 2
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| (This solution is horizontally symmetrical so I'll arbitrarily pick starting in the SW.) Lure the beard into the SW corner of his island by standing near the SW corner of the level. Fling west; take one step east; fling north, east; step north; fling west (through the fence stile); fling north; walk 8 steps east; then fling south, right past the beard. Complete the level to get the achievement.
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| Spoiler: View squares
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| There are 1 view squares on this level:
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| Spoiler: Hanging men
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| There are 0 hanging men on this level.
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