Not the shortest for #1, but I like the way:
for$a(@a=<>){$_=$a;while(s/^(\d+)/push(@{$a{$a}},$1-256),''/e||s!^(.)! +push(@{$a{$a}},2**32-256+2*ord(lc$1)+(lc($1)eq$1)),''!e){}}sub a{$a{$ +a}[$i=shift]<=>$a{$b}[$i]or$i>length($a)or a($i+1)}print sort{a}@a
or when ignoring the case completly:
for$a(@a=<>){$_=$a;while(s/^(\d+)/push(@{$a{$a}},$1-256),''/e||s!^(.)! +push(@{$a{$a}},2**32-256+ord(lc$1)),''!e){}}sub a{$a{$a}[$i=shift]<=> +$a{$b}[$i]or$i>length($a)or a($i+1)}print sort{a}@a
sorting chars before numbers would be easier and allow for more input values to be sorted correctly:
for$a(@a=<>){$_=$a;while(s/^(\d+)/push(@{$a{$a}},$1),''/e||s!^(.)!push +(@{$a{$a}},-256+ord(lc$1)),''!e){}}sub a{$a{$a}[$i=shift]<=>$a{$b}[$i +]or$i>length($a)or a($i+1)}print sort{a}@a

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