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Listener 4074 Printer's Devilry by Qid
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Just completed this one after a fearsome struggle. I thought this one was fiendish. Where is everybody? Struggling like me?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Whenever I encounter the phrase "Printer's Devilry" my mind reverts 40 years to sitting at the back of the physics lab at Quarry Bank High School, Liverpool - my eyes glazed over.
I read the preamble and concluded that there was no way that I would complete this in four hours - the limit I set myself some time ago. Anyway, thanks to Ruthrobin for the "fiendish" warning (just in case I might have weakened) I am currently laid up for another three weeks after a knee op and need all the puzzles that I can devour, but I think that I'll just catch up with EV, Mephisto and AZED for now.
Best of luck to the real solvers.
Cluelessjoe - yet another late goal for the Real Madrid of Yorkshire !!!
I read the preamble and concluded that there was no way that I would complete this in four hours - the limit I set myself some time ago. Anyway, thanks to Ruthrobin for the "fiendish" warning (just in case I might have weakened) I am currently laid up for another three weeks after a knee op and need all the puzzles that I can devour, but I think that I'll just catch up with EV, Mephisto and AZED for now.
Best of luck to the real solvers.
Cluelessjoe - yet another late goal for the Real Madrid of Yorkshire !!!
Always most satisfying when appears very complex, but gradually clarity emerges. I found that once started cold solving certain patterns became clear quickly, which assisted greatly. Only having Chambers, the keywords remained a mystery to me until late on and a quick search on Google (once I had deciphered one). This helped on the other and helped me complete after a long afternoon.
Hope everyone has realized that there is another thread being spun that was started before this one. Kayakamina pointed it out above:
http://www.theanswerb...s/Question864457.html
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