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Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:24 pm
by Wendy Walker
https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/docu ... 222023.pdf
I haven't done one of these for quite a while! Really fun.
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 9:40 am
by ChrisKochmanski
Just did this one on Saturday morning. Too early in the day to partake of the answer. But this evening? Certainly!
Another very fun Patrick Berry opus.
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 10:03 am
by Tom Wilson
So much fun, as one would expect from a Patrick Berry creation.
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:45 pm
by iggystan
Another fun PB puzzle!
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 4:46 pm
by Lisa
This is our first stab at this type of puzzle. We have the grid all filled in but don’t understand the final direction. Can anyone help?
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 4:58 pm
by Lisa
Ok—we hacked our way through trying every order BUT the right one. Then Don’s eye for the subject matter straightened us out.
Thanks!
Lisa and Don
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:55 pm
by KayW
Another brilliant Patrick Berry creation!
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:35 am
by Barney
Lisa wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 4:46 pm
This is our first stab at this type of puzzle. We have the grid all filled in but don’t understand the final direction. Can anyone help?
Got the puzzle relatively easily, but can’t fathom this bit at all.
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:52 am
by MatthewL
Enjoyed this one, although that was a nasty little natick in the lower left corner. Not all that up to speed on mathmatics prizes or BBC drama series, I'm afraid.
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:36 pm
by Lisa
Barney wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:35 am
Lisa wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 4:46 pm
This is our first stab at this type of puzzle. We have the grid all filled in but don’t understand the final direction. Can anyone help?
Got the puzzle relatively easily, but can’t fathom this bit at all.
What helped us is to write all the double letters (but only singles, so if for instance you had “ZZ” in column 2, write one Z above the label for column 2) above the numbers of the columns. Write one row for the across letters, and below it write another row (yes, a horizontal row) for the down letters. I’m still not sure how that corresponds to the puzzle instructions, but it definitely put us at the right answer.
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:40 pm
by Meg
Thank you Patrick. Another puzzle that is not too easy, but infinitely doable.
Re: Mixed Doubles by Patrick Berry
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 8:29 pm
by Barney
Lisa wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:36 pm
Barney wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:35 am
Lisa wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 4:46 pm
This is our first stab at this type of puzzle. We have the grid all filled in but don’t understand the final direction. Can anyone help?
Got the puzzle relatively easily, but can’t fathom this bit at all.
What helped us is to write all the double letters (but only singles, so if for instance you had “ZZ” in column 2, write one Z above the label for column 2) above the numbers of the columns. Write one row for the across letters, and below it write another row (yes, a horizontal row) for the down letters. I’m still not sure how that corresponds to the puzzle instructions, but it definitely put us at the right answer.
Thanks for trying
Guess I’ll wait to see the solution next week
All I have is gibberish
Thanks!