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Vagrant
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:24 am    Post subject: 41 Reply with quote
Suspence wrote:
Had this been a MPH-type quiz, I would've tried submitting that almost as soon as I recognized the alphabet limitation.


What?!?!? And taken all the ... um ... 'fun' out of getting there?
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Scurra
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:54 am    Post subject: 42 Reply with quote
Vagrant wrote:
Diagramless crosswords are fairly standard fare although I must admit never having seen one that uses a UK type grid. Is that the thing that makes it difficult?
Whereas on this side of the "pond" I only come across them using UK type grids! (Until recently there were two monthly newstand books of diagramless puzzles using UK grids.) The first time I did a US one I was surprised at how easy it was (in comparison) because of all the extra checked letters...
The difficulty here is the clue ordering, not the grid. I didn't attempt it because the hooks (the marked spaces which had to be letters) didn't appear to be enough to place anything usefully. Most diagramless puzzles do at least have numbered clues in standard grid order; I can see why you thought this might make it too easy in this case given the tiny letter pool you were using (kudos for this by the way.)
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ralphmerridew
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:16 pm    Post subject: 43 Reply with quote
I've seen diagramless fill-in puzzles (answers are given initially, but not the ordering).

Most of them had UK-style grids, but each answer also listed all the words it intersected.

One of them had a US style grid, but it started by giving all the E's.
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