CROSSHARE
Stampa Puzzle
Account / Impostazioni
Costruisci un Cruciverba
Profile

Unique, just like everyone else!

◆◆ · Di SamuRai · Pubblicato 2024-06-19T05:20:07.403Z

Constructor's Note
In this puzzle there are four 2x2 squares in the corners of the larger 5x5 grid. Each cell of the 2x2s will have a single digit number. The rows and columns of the adjacent 2x2s sum to the same value which is placed in between them (using the rebus function if it is two digits). The center cell is the sum of the digits in any of the 2x2 squares (any one will do since they must all be the same). Most clues are mathematical in nature recognizing a way in which the two digit number answer is unique in some fashion. A few clues are non-mathematical bits of trivia. The summation rule will help fill the grid. Finally, much appreciation goes to @sylveon for play testing and editorial feedback.
侍 SamuRai
Controllo se esistono file di gioco salvati...

Commenti

Accedi con google per lasciare un tuo commento:

  • SylveonSoulmate 🤓5:17 · 2024-06-19T05:20:07.403Z
    Very nice puzzle! The rules are fine, although I got confused with the center cell, and I summed all the 2 by 2 squares leading to 4 times the answer at first. As for the puzzle, 4-across and 4-down have digit references that need to be escaped, as 15 and 16 will highlight the corresponding answer. Other than that, the cluing is fine, I especially liked the sudoku clue.
  • dilly 🤓29:50 · 2024-06-19T09:37:32.530Z
    Whew, my time reflects the fact that I left this open while I was making my morning coffee (and that I started this without having had my morning coffee). Got stuck on the SW clues for a while, but 9D was actually pretty simple to logic out. Fun puzzle, thanks!
    • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:27 · 2024-06-19T11:42:24.110Z
      Loved it! Some great tidbits in there ((2D and 9D stood out to me). And a really interesting grid shape.
      Some entries were challenging especially at the very start. (Though maybe the biggest challenge was understanding the note without being able to look at the grid at the same time!)
      Very minor note — I think 2D technically should say “distinct”.
      • SamuRai costruttore · 2024-06-19T12:11:53.244Z
        I tried to balance enough solvable clues with tidbits to learn after the grid was completed. I’d be curious to find the fewest clues needed to solve this puzzle. I also need to start making a master list of possible clues for each number.
        • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:27 · 2024-06-19T14:11:42.295Z
          Nice idea! I feel like I might have seen something like that before, I’ll try to remember where. (In the meanwhile, often the Wikipedia entry has some nuggets, and of course there is OEIS.)
          • SamuRai costruttore · 2024-06-19T15:44:08.941Z
            Both are resources I’ve relied on. Some of the other clues are by pure inspection. Prime factorizations and changing bases have been good go-tos
        • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:27 · 2024-06-19T16:55:40.125Z
          Sorry, I meant 5D should say "distinct" (not 2D) — more as a "helper" since your "also" removes the ambiguity.
        • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:27 · 2024-06-19T11:43:33.525Z
          On an unrelated note, I have a question about Number Circle #1 — are you on the Discord or open to an email? Thanks!
          • Arty 🤓7:53 · 2024-06-24T00:31:08.396Z
            Loved yet another of yours, including the factual ones (sorry about your team...). I like learning something (even trivial, like 47) while I'm puzzling!
            1A
            The smallest non-trivial palindrome in Roman numerals (i.e. not a single character like 10=X or all the same character 2=II).
            1
            2
            3
            4
            5
            6
            7
            8
            9
            10
            11
            12
            13
            14
            Orizzontali
            1. 1A
              The smallest non-trivial palindrome in Roman numerals (i.e. not a single character like 10=X or all the same character 2=II).
            2. 4A
              The smallest number such that the prime factorization of the sum of its digits and the prime factorization of the multiplication of its digits include the first 4 primes. (for example, 15’s digits add to 6 which has prime factors 2 and 3 and multiply to 5 which has prime factors of 5. This is the smallest number that yields the first 3 primes.)
            3. 6A
              The largest two digit decimal number with an equal number of 1s and 0s in its binary representation.
            4. 7A
              Number that appears in many Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes. (You can blame me if you now rewatch the series looking for it!)
            5. 8A
              The sum of entries above or below each cell.
            6. 9A
              The smallest non-trivial decagonal number. (Number of dots that can be arranged in a 10-sided polygon, trivially 10 can do this. Similar to arranging 9 dots into a 3x3 square.)
            7. 11A
              Number of Tetris tiles that can be made from five squares. Rotationally equivalent shapes are only counted once. (There are two that can be made from three squares and seven that can be made from four squares.)
            8. 13A
              The smallest number with exactly ten divisors.
            9. 14A
              Distance in yards of the longest made field goal in NFL history (not math but it was a game winner against my team so I may still be bitter!)
            Verticali
            1. 1D
              The sum of each row, column, and diagonal for a 3x3 magic square using the digits 1 through 9.
            2. 2D
              The smallest natural number that can be expressed as the difference of two non-zero squares in more than three ways.
            3. 3D
              The sum of entries left or right of each cell.
            4. 4D
              The sum of each row, column, and diagonal for a 4x4 magic square using the numbers 1 through 16.
            5. 5D
              The smallest sum of 8 distinct prime numbers. Also the largest number of givens a sudoku can have without generating a unique solution!
            6. 9D
              It is the largest number such that subtracting 1 from any of its divisors (except 1 and 2 but including itself) yields a prime number.
            7. 10D
              The smallest number that can be expressed as the sum of four distinct nonzero squares in more than one way.
            8. 11D
              The only integer that equals m^n and n^m for some unequal integers m and n.
            9. 12D
              To be banned, in slang.
            Loading...