Crossword Archives : Cross-Number Puzzles

2005 Jun 21 "Pythagoras 456" A pair of puzzles playing on the same area of number theory.
"456" especially is a very minimal puzzle!
"Pythagoras 555"
2004 Dec 6 "Zoo Gate" like Mosquito, compact but tricky
2004 Sep 27 "Cascade" medium difficulty
2004 Aug 2 "Mosquito" Lucy says it's a butterfly
2004 March 29 "The Bird" There are two phases to solving this one
2004 February 16 "Triple J, Y2K" Quite small
2003 Nov 24 "Jumble Sale" A very tough puzzle.
2003 Oct 27 "Neat Stack" Another reasonably small doable puzzle
2003 May 26 "Twelve Star" similar to the trick of "Six Star" - being ... ?
2003 Mar 10 "Gun Hard" You'll need an arsenal of mathematical tricks
2003 Mar 3 "Easy Plus" A nice little one for novices to tackle
2003 Feb 17 "Six Star" Can you work out how it came about?
If anyone at all can solve either "Gun Hard" or "Jumble Sale" I'll be very impressed indeed, whether it's done by mathematical insight, computer-assisted solving, or sheer determination. If you do solve one of these puzzles, please let me know how you did it, in exchange for which I will heap praise upon your efforts, and culture and gender permitting perhaps marry you.
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