Puzzle Hunt VI: TimeCorps (May 17-18, 2003)
- Theme: Time travel
- Participants: 40 teams, 439 players (4 teams finished)
- Hosted by: Cracking Good Toast (Andrew Becker, Rolf Buchner, Thomas Coon, Greg Hermann, Victor Kozyrev, Mike Marcelais, Don Munsil, Peter Sarrett, and Roger Wolff)
- Won by: TLA Lovers Anonymous
- Awards: Hourglasses
- Memorable Events/Puzzles: Puzzles were given in three waves, with the puzzles in wave three having the same names as those in the first two waves, but a slightly different puzzle in keeping with the idea that the villain went back and changed time. Chicago Fire, a crossword puzzle on red construction paper, was a memorable puzzle in that it required pouring water on the puzzle to reveal the Scotch-Guarded squares.
- Landmarks: Largest win margin in hunt history (8 hours).
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