"gerson" wrote in message news:SN6dnQfau9wq73fC...@giganews.com...
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
Spoilers
oops I got it wrong, the second word doesn't fit
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
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hollyThe word "imAm" works in place of huSh. It has almost twice as many Google hits as hush.
hostage
hurrahs
hurts
hush
instead
ivy
On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:05:13 PM UTC-5, gerson wrote:
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
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holly
hostage
hurrahs
hurts
hush
instead
ivyThe word "imAm" works in place of huSh. It has almost twice as many Google hits as hush.
And, strangely, I find "hurray" defined as "an utterance of the word “hurrah.”
Also, the pattern for the step where you have huRTS is given as xxxYY, so hunTS would be correct but huRTS is not. Perhaps you intended to have xxYYY for this step.
L. Flynn
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 3:53:44 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:05:13 PM UTC-5, gerson wrote:
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
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Solution to a longer puzzle... Y = {S,T,A,R} , x <> {s,t,a,r}holly
hostage
hurrahs
hurts
hush
instead
ivyThe word "imAm" works in place of huSh. It has almost twice as many Google hits as hush.
And, strangely, I find "hurray" defined as "an utterance of the word “hurrah.”
Also, the pattern for the step where you have huRTS is given as xxxYY, so hunTS would be correct but huRTS is not. Perhaps you intended to have xxYYY for this step.
L. FlynnI have double-checked the puzzle and I am confident it is correct.
Between you, you are around halfway to the solution.
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 12:39:18 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 3:53:44 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:05:13 PM UTC-5, gerson wrote:
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
Spoilers
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holly
hostage
hurrahs
hurts
hush
instead
ivyThe word "imAm" works in place of huSh. It has almost twice as many Google hits as hush.
And, strangely, I find "hurray" defined as "an utterance of the word “hurrah.”
Also, the pattern for the step where you have huRTS is given as xxxYY, so hunTS would be correct but huRTS is not. Perhaps you intended to have xxYYY for this step.
L. FlynnI have double-checked the puzzle and I am confident it is correct.
Between you, you are around halfway to the solution.Solution to a longer puzzle... Y = {S,T,A,R} , x <> {s,t,a,r}
One possible solution to the original puzzle is given by
1.2, 2.2, 3.3, 4.3, and 5.
holly
xxYYYxx hoARSen 1.1
xxxYYxY hoiSTeR 2.1
xxYYYxx hoSTAge 1.2
xxxYY hunTS or hulAS 3.1
xxYx huRl 4.1
xxYYYx huRRAh
xxYYY huRTS
xxYx huSh 4.2
xxxYY hydRA 3.2
xxxYYxY hydRAnT 2.2
xxxYY ideAS or iceRS 3.3
xxYx imAm 4.3
xxYYxYx inSTeAd 5
ivy
L. Flynn
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 8:45:33 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 12:39:18 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 3:53:44 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:05:13 PM UTC-5, gerson wrote:
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
Spoilers
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holly
hostage
hurrahs
hurts
hush
instead
ivyThe word "imAm" works in place of huSh. It has almost twice as many Google hits as hush.
And, strangely, I find "hurray" defined as "an utterance of the word “hurrah.”
Also, the pattern for the step where you have huRTS is given as xxxYY, so hunTS would be correct but huRTS is not. Perhaps you intended to have xxYYY for this step.
L. FlynnI have double-checked the puzzle and I am confident it is correct.
Between you, you are around halfway to the solution.Solution to a longer puzzle... Y = {S,T,A,R} , x <> {s,t,a,r}
One possible solution to the original puzzle is given by
1.2, 2.2, 3.3, 4.3, and 5.
holly
xxYYYxx hoARSen 1.1
xxxYYxY hoiSTeR 2.1
xxYYYxx hoSTAge 1.2
xxxYY hunTS or hulAS 3.1
xxYx huRl 4.1
xxYYYx huRRAh
xxYYY huRTS
xxYx huSh 4.2
xxxYY hydRA 3.2
xxxYYxY hydRAnT 2.2
xxxYY ideAS or iceRS 3.3
xxYx imAm 4.3
xxYYxYx inSTeAd 5
ivy
L. FlynnYes, the solution is hoSTAge, hydRAnT, ideAS, imAm, inSTeAd. I don’t regard iceRS as commonplace.
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 5:02:53 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 8:45:33 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 12:39:18 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 3:53:44 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:05:13 PM UTC-5, gerson wrote:
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
Spoilers
10
9
8
7
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5
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3
2
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holly
hostage
hurrahs
hurts
hush
instead
ivyThe word "imAm" works in place of huSh. It has almost twice as many Google hits as hush.
And, strangely, I find "hurray" defined as "an utterance of the word “hurrah.”
Also, the pattern for the step where you have huRTS is given as xxxYY, so hunTS would be correct but huRTS is not. Perhaps you intended to have xxYYY for this step.
L. FlynnI have double-checked the puzzle and I am confident it is correct.
Between you, you are around halfway to the solution.Solution to a longer puzzle... Y = {S,T,A,R} , x <> {s,t,a,r}
One possible solution to the original puzzle is given by
1.2, 2.2, 3.3, 4.3, and 5.
holly
xxYYYxx hoARSen 1.1
xxxYYxY hoiSTeR 2.1
xxYYYxx hoSTAge 1.2
xxxYY hunTS or hulAS 3.1
xxYx huRl 4.1
xxYYYx huRRAh
xxYYY huRTS
xxYx huSh 4.2
xxxYY hydRA 3.2
xxxYYxY hydRAnT 2.2
xxxYY ideAS or iceRS 3.3
xxYx imAm 4.3
xxYYxYx inSTeAd 5
ivy
L. FlynnYes, the solution is hoSTAge, hydRAnT, ideAS, imAm, inSTeAd. I don’t regard iceRS as commonplace.
I bet there are more people employed as icers in the US than are imams. I was on Zoom with one the other day. A quick search finds four open positions for icers at bakeries within 10 miles of my house. I guess I do too many crossword puzzles:
http://www.acrossndown.com/crosswords/answers/ICER
If a puzzle has multiple solutions that depend on which words are considered common, it might be politic to say, "the solution I had in mind" or "a solution with common words".
L. Flynn
On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 4:35:12 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 5:02:53 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 8:45:33 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 12:39:18 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 3:53:44 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:05:13 PM UTC-5, gerson wrote:
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
Spoilers
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I will have to be more careful in future - this is the puzzle’s first outing on the internet.holly
hostage
hurrahs
hurts
hush
instead
ivyThe word "imAm" works in place of huSh. It has almost twice as many Google hits as hush.
And, strangely, I find "hurray" defined as "an utterance of the word “hurrah.”
Also, the pattern for the step where you have huRTS is given as xxxYY, so hunTS would be correct but huRTS is not. Perhaps you intended to have xxYYY for this step.
L. FlynnI have double-checked the puzzle and I am confident it is correct.
Between you, you are around halfway to the solution.Solution to a longer puzzle... Y = {S,T,A,R} , x <> {s,t,a,r}
One possible solution to the original puzzle is given by
1.2, 2.2, 3.3, 4.3, and 5.
holly
xxYYYxx hoARSen 1.1
xxxYYxY hoiSTeR 2.1
xxYYYxx hoSTAge 1.2
xxxYY hunTS or hulAS 3.1
xxYx huRl 4.1
xxYYYx huRRAh
xxYYY huRTS
xxYx huSh 4.2
xxxYY hydRA 3.2
xxxYYxY hydRAnT 2.2
xxxYY ideAS or iceRS 3.3
xxYx imAm 4.3
xxYYxYx inSTeAd 5
ivy
L. FlynnYes, the solution is hoSTAge, hydRAnT, ideAS, imAm, inSTeAd. I don’t regard iceRS as commonplace.
I bet there are more people employed as icers in the US than are imams. I was on Zoom with one the other day. A quick search finds four open positions for icers at bakeries within 10 miles of my house. I guess I do too many crossword puzzles:My apologies. I am guilty of not taking a global view. I am in the UK and in my 60+ years I have never come across the term ‘icer’. Over here the equivalent is ‘cake decorator’. I feel it is key to the puzzle that there is a single solution. So
http://www.acrossndown.com/crosswords/answers/ICER
If a puzzle has multiple solutions that depend on which words are considered common, it might be politic to say, "the solution I had in mind" or "a solution with common words".
L. Flynn
My main goal is to get the puzzle published in a newspaper. In this scenario, there will be professional people, better placed than me, to judge what is commonplace.
On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 4:24:50 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 4:35:12 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 5:02:53 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 8:45:33 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 12:39:18 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 3:53:44 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:05:13 PM UTC-5, gerson wrote:
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
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So I will have to be more careful in future - this is the puzzle’s first outing on the internet.holly
hostage
hurrahs
hurts
hush
instead
ivyThe word "imAm" works in place of huSh. It has almost twice as many Google hits as hush.
And, strangely, I find "hurray" defined as "an utterance of the word “hurrah.”
Also, the pattern for the step where you have huRTS is given as xxxYY, so hunTS would be correct but huRTS is not. Perhaps you intended to have xxYYY for this step.
L. FlynnI have double-checked the puzzle and I am confident it is correct.
Between you, you are around halfway to the solution.Solution to a longer puzzle... Y = {S,T,A,R} , x <> {s,t,a,r}
One possible solution to the original puzzle is given by
1.2, 2.2, 3.3, 4.3, and 5.
holly
xxYYYxx hoARSen 1.1
xxxYYxY hoiSTeR 2.1
xxYYYxx hoSTAge 1.2
xxxYY hunTS or hulAS 3.1
xxYx huRl 4.1
xxYYYx huRRAh
xxYYY huRTS
xxYx huSh 4.2
xxxYY hydRA 3.2
xxxYYxY hydRAnT 2.2
xxxYY ideAS or iceRS 3.3
xxYx imAm 4.3
xxYYxYx inSTeAd 5
ivy
L. FlynnYes, the solution is hoSTAge, hydRAnT, ideAS, imAm, inSTeAd. I don’t regard iceRS as commonplace.
I bet there are more people employed as icers in the US than are imams. I was on Zoom with one the other day. A quick search finds four open positions for icers at bakeries within 10 miles of my house. I guess I do too many crossword puzzles:My apologies. I am guilty of not taking a global view. I am in the UK and in my 60+ years I have never come across the term ‘icer’. Over here the equivalent is ‘cake decorator’. I feel it is key to the puzzle that there is a single solution.
http://www.acrossndown.com/crosswords/answers/ICER
If a puzzle has multiple solutions that depend on which words are considered common, it might be politic to say, "the solution I had in mind" or "a solution with common words".
L. Flynn
That should be HURL not HURT...My main goal is to get the puzzle published in a newspaper. In this scenario, there will be professional people, better placed than me, to judge what is commonplace.Graham,
If you want to have a version for the general public, I would look for cases where there were fewer false leads. I consider HULAS, HUNTS, HURT and HUSH to be complicating words that fit one of the patterns but are not part of the intended solution.
L. Flynn
On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 4:29:41 PM UTC-5, leflynn wrote:
On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 4:24:50 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 4:35:12 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 5:02:53 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 8:45:33 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 12:39:18 PM UTC-5, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 3:53:44 PM UTC, leflynn wrote:
On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:05:13 PM UTC-5, gerson wrote:
"Graham Smith" wrote in message news:f00d6e2b-d07a-44af...@googlegroups.com...
I’m not sure anyone has looked at this puzzle, because of the need to click on a link that cannot be trusted 100%. So I have moved
the pdf file to my Google Drive and made it accessible to all. Take 2:
I call it Dictato. This is a link to the puzzle - it is a pdf file on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jmmxNMxYJIAwBKGI23O2dU8V1qWGHh50/view?usp=sharing
If you have a go at the puzzle, please let me know. I am keen to know what people think of it.
I’ll post the solution in the new year.
Thank you.
Spoilers
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So I will have to be more careful in future - this is the puzzle’s first outing on the internet.holly
hostage
hurrahs
hurts
hush
instead
ivyThe word "imAm" works in place of huSh. It has almost twice as many Google hits as hush.
And, strangely, I find "hurray" defined as "an utterance of the word “hurrah.”
Also, the pattern for the step where you have huRTS is given as xxxYY, so hunTS would be correct but huRTS is not. Perhaps you intended to have xxYYY for this step.
L. FlynnI have double-checked the puzzle and I am confident it is correct.
Between you, you are around halfway to the solution.Solution to a longer puzzle... Y = {S,T,A,R} , x <> {s,t,a,r}
One possible solution to the original puzzle is given by
1.2, 2.2, 3.3, 4.3, and 5.
holly
xxYYYxx hoARSen 1.1
xxxYYxY hoiSTeR 2.1
xxYYYxx hoSTAge 1.2
xxxYY hunTS or hulAS 3.1
xxYx huRl 4.1
xxYYYx huRRAh
xxYYY huRTS
xxYx huSh 4.2
xxxYY hydRA 3.2
xxxYYxY hydRAnT 2.2
xxxYY ideAS or iceRS 3.3
xxYx imAm 4.3
xxYYxYx inSTeAd 5
ivy
L. FlynnYes, the solution is hoSTAge, hydRAnT, ideAS, imAm, inSTeAd. I don’t regard iceRS as commonplace.
I bet there are more people employed as icers in the US than are imams. I was on Zoom with one the other day. A quick search finds four open positions for icers at bakeries within 10 miles of my house. I guess I do too many crossword puzzles:My apologies. I am guilty of not taking a global view. I am in the UK and in my 60+ years I have never come across the term ‘icer’. Over here the equivalent is ‘cake decorator’. I feel it is key to the puzzle that there is a single solution.
http://www.acrossndown.com/crosswords/answers/ICER
If a puzzle has multiple solutions that depend on which words are considered common, it might be politic to say, "the solution I had in mind" or "a solution with common words".
L. Flynn
That should be HURL not HURT...My main goal is to get the puzzle published in a newspaper. In this scenario, there will be professional people, better placed than me, to judge what is commonplace.Graham,
If you want to have a version for the general public, I would look for cases where there were fewer false leads. I consider HULAS, HUNTS, HURT and HUSH to be complicating words that fit one of the patterns but are not part of the intended solution.
L. Flynn
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