# MIT Mystery Hunt — local puzzle mirror

Answer keys live in `mh_answers/` and `answers.tsv`. Puzzle **bodies + multimedia** are mirrored under `puzzles/`.

## Counts (targets)

| Source | Items | Role |
|--------|------:|------|
| `mh_answers/mystery*.txt` | 4,202 | keyed answers 1994–2025 |
| `answers.tsv` | 2,299 | URL ↔ answer (1999–2016) — primary mirror queue |
| huntindex | 4,010 | indexed puzzles 1982 + 1994–2025 |

## Layout

```
puzzles/
  by_tsv/{year}/…/     # mirrored from answers.tsv (answer-linked)
  {year}/{tag}_…/      # mirrored from huntindex catalog
  answers_tsv_manifest.jsonl
  manifest.jsonl
  by_answer.json
  *_state.json
```

Each puzzle folder typically contains:
- puzzle HTML/PDF
- referenced images / audio / video / other assets
- `solution.html` / `solution.pdf` when linked

## Re-run / resume

```bash
# answer-linked queue (1999–2016)
python mirror_answers_tsv.py

# full huntindex catalog (all indexed puzzles)
python mirror_puzzles.py
```

Both scripts are resumable via `*_state.json`.

## Sources

- https://puzzles.mit.edu/
- https://devjoe.appspot.com/huntindex/
- See MIT Puzzle Club [data use policy](https://puzzles.mit.edu/datapolicy.html)