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alanb1951
Veteran Cruncher Joined: Jan 20, 2006 Post Count: 858 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Adri,
Thanks for the solution (confirmation of success is always nice...) and some interesting stuff about skates and a selection of Dutch words... I like to try to pronounce "foreign" words the way they should be said (which makes Welsh and Scots/Irish Gaelic place-names really challenging...), even if I don't know what they mean, so insights are always welcome :-) Unfortunately, my days of trying to learn new [non-computer] languages are long past :-( Cheers - Al. |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2069 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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This weekend's puzzle is a crossword, consisting of a grid of squares; each number in a square is the beginning point of a word, either horizontally or vertically, or both; each square can contain only one letter or digit; an all-asterisk square can't. You need to find the words using descriptions.
DESCRIPTIONS Horizontally: 1. Smash Childhood Cancer 3. Recent Average Credit 5. Slippery snake-like fish 6. Possessive form of 'I' 7. Press together from opposite sides 8. Signal for someone to do or say something in a movie 9. Tellurium 11. Invigorating medicinal substance 13. Manufacturer of CPUs 15. Trademark 16. Systematic regional examination 17. Anyone (abbr.) 18. CPU brand 'i586' Vertically: 1. Particular order 2. Indication 3. CPU brand marketed by AMD 4. Chromium 5. Keyboard key 6. Soluble white compound used as a photographic developer 10. Moniker for Mapping Cancer Markers Project tasks 11. Portable shelter 12. Individual article in a list or collection 13. Internet service provider 14. Trigonometric function (abbr.) 17. Thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet Good luck and enjoy!  Adri |
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alanb1951
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Adri,
Thanks for yet another fun puzzle! Much amused by 17 across -- thanks for the tip that comfirmed that my answer was a legitimate solution... :-) Cheers - Al. |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2069 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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This weekend's puzzle was one of the first puzzles I put together. It wasn't time for it, until I started to run out of material.
SOLUTION
Thank you for your participation and your uplifting comments, Al! Adri |
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MJH333
Senior Cruncher England Joined: Apr 3, 2021 Post Count: 224 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Hi Adri,
I enjoyed this puzzle I even got most of it right! (Wrong guess for the second letter of 4 Down.  )Thanks very much for your efforts. Cheers, Mark |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2069 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Thank you for your kind words, Mark!
 It's good to hear feedback.Adri |
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alanb1951
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Adri,
Thanks for the solution (and confirmation I had indeed read 17 across correctly - neat!...) A shame we haven't [yet] heard from Sgt. Joe this time round :-( I note your "running out of material" comment; I had a go at building one of those 'doorloper' puzzles with a "spin" -- it's harder than it looks :-) [How much of that was because I tried adding an extra rule to "increase the difficulty" is under advisement...] Again, thanks for the puzzle (and I might go back to a setting effort when I can find some time away from other [WGC-related] projects...) Cheers - Al. |
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7545 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I did it, but even with the answers I still don't get 17 across. The rest all fit, that looked out of place.
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Sgt. Joe
*Minnesota Crunchers* |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2069 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Sgt.Joe, sorry to hear about your unsuccessful efforts, so could you please pronounce for me, slowly: N E 1? And then quickly: N E 1.
----------------------------------------Al, should you have a puzzle available, I would gladly let you post it. To avoid posting two weekend puzzles, let me know in time, or just be quicker than I was on that (future) Saturday. Or maybe even someone else could be chiming in with a weekend puzzle sometime in the near future. As for next Saturday, I hope somebody will be interested in another Letter Sudoku, this time with a twist. (Buying you some extra time re your effort.) :-) On a side note, off topic here, I've created - as you must have seen undoubtedly - two new threads dedicated to Incredibly Quick Deadlines. Adri [Edit 1 times, last edit by adriverhoef at May 25, 2023 12:52:20 PM] |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2069 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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This weekend's puzzle is called Letter Sudoku X. If you aren't able to solve the puzzle
 there's always the challenge to find the magic word (using all 9 letters), which isn't that easy, since only 8 letters are provided and one other letter appears to be missing!  In this Letter Sudoku X, the objective is to fill the 9 × 9 grid with letters so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3 × 3 subgrids that compose the grid contain all the letters from the diagram. Not only that, in the diagram you'll notice an X, one drawn from the top left to the bottom right corner and the other one drawn from the bottom left to the top right corner, each comprising 9 squares. Each of these two diagonals should also contain the 9 individual letters from the diagram. There is only one solution for this partially completed grid. Letter Sudoku X Good luck! Adri |
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