Available by emailing a request to PandorasBlocksWMC[at]gmail[dot]com, these meta puzzles are distributed by email every Sunday. Pandora's Blocks crosswords are intended to spread the popularity of meta crosswords, however, they are not just for beginners and run the gamut it terms of difficulty.
MajordomoTom wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:46 pm
can I print the grid with my current solve/letters?
I didn't see that as an option.
Not yet - currently just the blank PDF which I hope you found? I just made a todo to take a look at adding support for that
Dannyvee wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:50 pm
On my iPad, the horizontal lines of the grid are missing when in portrait mode but appear when I turn it to landscape. Happened in two different browsers. Not sure if it’s a quirk of my iPad or the program
Thanks for letting me know - I think I noticed this a while back and never fixed it, but you inspired me to take another look. I figured out what was going on and it'll be fixed by next week!
LesY wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:30 am
Definitely wondering what the “difficulty 13” version looked like!
Assuming I have the correct answer - I was wondering this as well because I don't know how you could tweak this puzzle to make it harder - I have an idea but would still be curious.
LesY wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:30 am
Definitely wondering what the “difficulty 13” version looked like!
Assuming I have the correct answer - I was wondering this as well because I don't know how you could tweak this puzzle to make it harder - I have an idea but would still be curious.
Will shared but I don't want to explain it here (a) because I now realize it's still prior to the deadline and (b) he might want to use it in a future puzzle. Basically it was another step after the answer that involved clues.
I think it would have been fun but really hard without a specific push to help the solver know to go further.
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TPS wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:27 pm
don't know enough about the subject matter for google to be useful.
How is this possible?
Well It wasn't just that. 1 had never heard of one of the 5, another if you asked me to list them I don't think I would have ever remembered it if you put a gun to my head and said list all you can think of, and then another one I just didn't see and if you put the letters in google it doesn't pull it up - So I would have had the first and last letter and I wasn't going to guess the answer just based on that.
Inspiration finally stuck earlier this evening after struggling all week to get out of the starting blocks, leading to a satisfying answer to a well-constructed puzzle. I probably would rate it a 3-4 on a 10-scale despite my difficulties with the meta.
Dannyvee wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:50 pm
On my iPad, the horizontal lines of the grid are missing when in portrait mode but appear when I turn it to landscape. Happened in two different browsers. Not sure if it’s a quirk of my iPad or the program
Thanks for letting me know - I think I noticed this a while back and never fixed it, but you inspired me to take another look. I figured out what was going on and it'll be fixed by next week!
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