Puzzles Version VI

[pavalamani pragasam]

3.millionaire
4.vitamin A deficiency

[pavalamani pragasam]

2. bad influence?

[madhu]

1, platinum

[sgokulprathap]

pp, madhu

[thamizhvaanan]

Those who love to crack crossword can try cracking this. It is similar, just words being replaced by numbers. Now that I
m done with it I am posting it here. Good fun .

It belongs to early 20th century, so current date may not represent this year. People can also use this to convert units:

a rood = a quarter acre = 1210 sq yds; a mile = 1760 yds;
a pound is 20 shillings.
Enjoy!

                  |1   |    |2   |3   |    |####|4   |
                  |    |    |    |    |    |####|    |
                  ------------------------------------
                  |    |####|5   |    |####|6   |    |
                  |    |####|    |    |####|    |    |
                  ------------------------------------
                  |    |####|    |####|7   |    |    |
                  |    |####|    |####|    |    |    |
                  ------------------------------------
                  |####|8   |    |9   |    |####|####|
                  |####|    |    |    |    |####|####|
                  ------------------------------------
                  |10  |    |####|11  |    |12  |13  |
                  |    |    |####|    |    |    |    |
                  ------------------------------------
                  |    |####|####|####|14  |    |    |
                  |    |####|####|####|    |    |    |
                  ------------------------------------
                  |15  |    |####|16  |    |####|    |
                  |    |    |####|    |    |####|    |
                  ------------------------------------

General clues:

X. One of the solutions across is the same as one of the solutions down.

Y. One number in the puzzle happens (by chance) to be the area in roods
of the rectangular field called Dogsmead.


Clues Across:

1. Area of Dogsmead in sq yds.

5. Age of Farmer Dunk's daughter, Martha.

6. Difference between length and breadth of Dogsmead (yds.)

7. Number of roods in Dogsmead times 9 Down.

8. Date (year) when little P became occupied by the Dunks.

10. Farmer Dunk's age.

11. The year of birth of Mary, Dunk's youngest.

14. Perimeter of Dogsmead (yds.)

15. Cube of Dunk's walking speed (miles per hour).

16. 15 Across minus 9 Down.


Clues Down:

1. Value of Dogsmead in shillings per acre.

2. Square of Mrs. D's age.

3. Mary's age.

4. Value of Dogsmead in pounds.

6. Age of Dunk's first-born, Ed, who will be twice as old as Mary next year.

7. Square of the number of yds which is the breadth of Dogsmead.

8. Number of minutes Farmer Dunk takes to walk one and a third times round Dogsmead.

9. see 10 Down.

10. 10 Across times 9 Down.

12. Sum of digits in second column plus 1.

13. Length of tenure in years of little P by the Dunks.

[pavalamani pragasam]

In spite of my predilection for crosswords this is frightening. Not just because I am half asleep now!

[thamizhvaanan]

In spite of my predilection for crosswords this is frightening. Not just because I am half asleep now!

hehe, it is completely solvable with the given clues alone eventhough there are no direct answers.

For starters, we know that it belongs to early 20th century and hence the year entries begins with 19_ _ . Perhaps except for 8A.

And 15A is a cube but only 2 digits. So it can be either 27 or 64.

16A is (15A - 1) and hence it must either end with 6 or 3. But since 7D is a square and no square number can end with a 3, we can be pretty sure that 15A is 27

[thamizhvaanan]

Where is TSO and Southie Cook?

No one is attempting this one? Too much time to waste eh? :P Nerd, GP?

[Nerd]

Where is TSO and Southie Cook?

No one is attempting this one? Too much time to waste eh? :P Nerd, GP?

I am not able to spend too much time at work these days (at a stretch). I will attempt it on Saturday if its still open. I love crosswords as long as they don't involve vocabulary, word-play, word-twisting etc

I am also missing TSO and Southiecook

[Wibha]

TV can you post the link to the puzzle?