CROSSHARE
Print Puzzle
Download .puz File
Account / Settings
Construct a Puzzle

🔢🪜 Number Ladder #1 (with hints)

· By The Noah · Published 2024-06-21T15:14:01.546Z

Constructor's Note
Each step down the ladder changes one DIGIT; each clue has a bonus clue and an indicator of which digit changed so you can scale the challenge difficulty yourself. Green emoji indicates the digit that changed from the above number.
Checking for previous play data...

Comments

Sign in with google to leave a comment of your own:

  • LiterallyJustHaven 🤓14:03 · 2024-06-21T15:32:32.520Z
    Very creative. I give it a 6/10. Not my favorite puzzle, but I do think I could have done this one on my own if I had needed to.
    Also, you are the love of my life. Man of my dreams. Father of my future children. ❤️
    • The Noah constructor · 2024-06-21T17:43:41.810Z
      ❤️. Thanks love!
    • SamuRai 🤓2:34 · 2024-06-21T16:04:16.897Z
      FWIW: No complaints on the zeros puzzle. This ladder was good though. A nice mix of math and non-math clues and a spots that had to be attacked from below to be unique.
      • The Noah constructor · 2024-06-21T17:45:04.847Z
        I love making the first couple of clues harder or ambiguous, so the solver has to solve from the middle. Just my setting preference.
        • SamuRai 🤓2:34 · 2024-06-21T20:44:04.177Z
          747 vs 777 and 120 vs 720 were both valid answers in the middle too, so it was fun to untangle them.
          • The Noah constructor · 2024-06-21T22:23:12.462Z
            What’s your verdict, was the solution unambiguous?
            • SamuRai 🤓2:34 · 2024-06-22T00:40:20.267Z
              As with my favorite number puzzles, the overall solution was singular but particular clues have multiple possibilities. This gives it the feel of a good crossword. While Haven’s 6/10 is greater than my 9/10 my verdict is a well constructed puzzle. I give an extra point for it being a new crossnumber format (you beat me to this one :)
              • LiterallyJustHaven 🤓14:03 · 2024-06-25T15:04:29.190Z
                He's aware that my ratings are biased lol. I tend to rate based on how much fun I had, and how much help I needed from him to solve them. I also often give bonus points for clues that are inside jokes or particularly sweet/clever.
                • SamuRai 🤓2:34 · 2024-06-25T23:57:42.661Z
                  All reviews are biased in some way. The best acknowledge it.
                  Presuming to speak for the non-Havens, we are thankful that Noah has such a wonderful muse to inspire him and that you are willing to allow the rest of us a little window into the joy you bring him. For that, we thank you. 🙏
                  • The Noah constructor · 2024-06-26T20:13:36.097Z
                    Lol. Thanks SamuRai
      • Ewoly 🤓3:03 · 2024-06-21T16:39:53.379Z
        nice! got the factorial one straight away since it was either 120 or 720, which lead me to divisible by 5^3, trying each 125 option. only used an extra hint for the 100th prime since idr what it was
        • The Noah constructor · 2024-06-21T17:46:49.692Z
          Great job! Glad you enjoyed using the higher difficulty. I like using spoiler tags to allow people to struggle with a puzzle longer before using a hint as needed or immediately using all hints and relying on intuition and guessing. No wrong way to solve a puzzle
        • kurtalert 🤓2:15 · 2024-06-21T16:57:58.221Z
          Hard! Worked backward, mostly.
          • The Noah constructor · 2024-06-21T17:47:12.171Z
            10/10. Good job.
          • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓1:01 · 2024-06-21T21:40:12.092Z
            Very creative! Fun — good balance of challenge and flow. And nice implementation of the hinting.
            Two tiny nits:
            • I had to keep checking your note on which digit had changed (mainly because I am a suspicious person) so I might have used ⬜️ for unchanging digits and a bright square like 🟥 for the changing digit
            • I read your desire to make some clues ambiguous but 4A bugged me (since 561 is also a multiple of 11)… some alternative cluing angles for 341 here.
            • The Noah constructor · 2024-06-22T04:22:23.489Z
              Thank you for sharing. I will take the advice on the hints into consideration. Sorry it was counterintuitive. I’m always trying to grow and learn.
              I’m an engineering student, and I feel my math trivia knowledge is above average, but there’s a lot I simply don’t know enough to confidently add it to a clue. Glad you were able to solve the puzzle from surrounding clues
          • SamuRai 🤓2:34 · 2024-07-05T02:37:41.098Z
            Here’s my variant on a number ladder puzzle: https://crosshare.org/crosswords/0PTn3UAtyxKHcBRO7CCQ/number-step-ladder-1-ice-ice-baby. I’m going to leave it private until tomorrow so consider this a sneak peek (a.k.a. editorial feedback welcomed)
          1A
          The hundredth prime ; If the digits are ABC, A = B + C and A + B + C = 10
          1
          2
          3
          4
          5
          6
          7
          8
          9
          10
          11
          12
          Across
          1. 1A
            The hundredth prime ; If the digits are ABC, A = B + C and A + B + C = 10
          2. 4A
            Divisible by 11 ; If the digits are ABC, the number equals CC times AC ; 🟩🟥🟥
          3. 5A
            Descending digits ; Final countdown before “Blast Off!” ; 🟩🟥🟩
          4. 6A
            One-in-five odds (digits pronounced) ; each digit is double the following digit (e.g. ABC where A is 2B and B is 2C ; 🟩🟥🟥
          5. 7A
            Blunt number ; 10 times the answer to life the universe and everything ; 🟥🟥🟩
          6. 8A
            Factorial number! ; 6times5times4times3times2times1 ; 🟩🟥🟥
          7. 9A
            Divisible by 5^3 ; 30 quarters in pennies ; 🟥🟩🟥
          8. 10A
            100 gecs song ; Palindromic number (same forwards and backwards) ; 🟥🟥🟩
          9. 11A
            Famous Boeing plane ; A perfect square sandwiched between a repeated prime ; 🟥🟩🟥
          10. 12A
            Around the clock ; AB/C (AB hours a day. C days a week) ; 🟩🟥🟥
          Down
          1. 1D
            🪜
          2. 2D
            🪜
          3. 3D
            🪜
          Loading...