Listener 4790

[saladdodger]

...doesn't seem to be on the times website yet...or am I doing something wrong??

[Neveracrossword]

Isn't this Thursday?...

[saladdodger]

oh dear.....ive been convinced it's Friday all day today...where did I lose a day? L O L!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, SD - the worrying thing is that I had to stop and think for a minute before replying!

[FleshpotsOfDevon]

The week goes by so fast that it feels like it's Friday everyday anyway! I'm always surprised by how fast this part of the week, and its crosswords, come around. 

[perseverer]

.....and it will probably be a numerical puzzle, if that is to your liking.

[Oyler]

That was pretty tough but got there in the end. Thanks for no endgame IOA!

[HawkCrossword]

Yes, a dry puzzle, with so many shifting parameters, it was difficult to formulate the right strategy to tackle it. I can't say I enjoyed it immensely - it felt like an exercise in a maths book - but it stretched me in a different direction, and for that I'm grateful - thanks IOA.

I guess there's no way to brute force this one, as there are 12116574790945106558976 possible solutions (I think)

[Cruncher]

Stumbled across the line with this one. Found a dice that the same arrangement which helped a bit. Had to go back to the starting blocks three times and in the end trusted a little to luck and found a solution that works. Confess I have not the least interest to prove that it is a unique solution. Don't really care. Bit of a bruiser. But in the end managed with a calculator and a piece of paper - and a lucky dice.

 

[Keepatit]

I enjoyed this enormously. It seemed like there was insufficient information for a unique solution, but with cold logic and little maths or trial and error, save a few times tables, it came together beautifully. Excellent numerical 

[Dim16]

I thought this was an excellent Numerical : very little information was given yet it could be solved without brute force, trial and error, spreadsheets, or even dice!

Just logic, a calculator, and pencil and paper.

Thanks IOA.

If that really is your age then I am one year older than you as of last Thursday.