THE HINTS- VITAL TO SUCCESS

[fundamental design]

You hear often from searchers that the hints only help confirm the clue after you have deciphered whichever clue that hint helps. I still don't understand this theory. Yeah, I can see it play out that way but can't see how that's the only way.

I've said before that I think the few hints work with each other to help identify the correct starting area then it's a more straightforward process to pick the correct wwwh. There's a few things to ponder about this.

If the hints help with later clues in the poem, then when f states (paraphrasing) if you don't find the treasure go back to the first clue would be strange. He doesn't ever say go back to clue 2-8 because there's a hint attached to one of the clues there that'll help you. I don't know if others have thought through that.

It's the same thing when f says (paraphrasing) you've got to nail down the first clue. We know there are many wwwh to nail down the correct one from. This means that he's got something that helps identify the correct wwwh and that's from a hint or hints.