Profile Perfect Level 132 Answer & Walkthrough

The "The Winter Lodge" board, solved. Hint-first, then a walkthrough of the deduction, then the finished answer grid.

Answer grid

The solved board — five subjects, five attributes, no blanks.

SubjectMaterialOriginKeeperEraWorth
Pocket WatchGold-platedGenevaThe Ski Guide1920s$$
Wool ScarfMerinoInnsbruckThe Pianist1950s$
Whittled KnifeWalnutBavariaThe Hunter1880s$$$$
Tin WhistleTinDublinThe Doorman1930s$
Oil LampCopperSalzburgThe Housekeeper1910s$$$$$

Hints

Work down the list; stop as soon as the case clicks.

Hint 1

The piano clue is a materials filter: only wool and walnut would ever be near a piano, and the knife's carving clue removes walnut from the pianist.

Hint 2

The lamp is the newest of the pre-war items but the most valuable — a rare combination worth locking early.

Hint 3

Two items tie for cheapest (scarf and whistle). The scarf's era is the only one after 1940, which breaks the tie.

Walkthrough

A repeatable order of attack for this board.

  1. Set the board

    Write the five subjects down as rows: Pocket Watch, Wool Scarf, Whittled Knife, Tin Whistle, Oil Lamp. Columns are Material, Origin, Keeper, Era, Worth. Nothing is solved yet — you are only translating the clue board into an empty grid.

  2. Anchor the extremes

    The Oil Lamp sits at the top of the worth column ($$$$$); the Wool Scarf is the floor ($). Lock both extremes early and their keepers — The Housekeeper and The Pianist — fall out with them.

  3. Order age before price

    Now compare eras across the middle rows (1920s, 1950s, 1880s, 1930s, 1910s). Worth and age are two different orders on this board — sort one column fully before touching the other, or you will chase a pattern that is not there.

  4. Simulate, then submit

    Read the grid back clue by clue. Every one of the five rows must satisfy every clue with nothing left over — and only then spend an attempt. If one cell contradicts a clue, change that cell, not the whole layout.

Trickiest clues

The two places solvers most often lose an attempt.

Two cheapest items, one slot

Don't force a single cheapest — the puzzle allows a tie, and the era clue is what separates the scarf from the whistle.

The guide's watch is not gold gold

“Gold-plated” is not solid gold, so the value clue about solid gold items never applies to the pocket watch.

Final thoughts

Cozy case, sharp teeth: the tie at the bottom of the value column is where most attempts slip. Sort it with eras, not prices. Happy puzzling!