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eclipsegirl 
Posted on: Wed Oct 16, 2024 1:22 am
Posts: 744 Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:20 pm
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 Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forward to
I do.
I have three I look forward to every week. I like Wednesdays difficult 7 x 7; it is the subtraction only puzzle
I like the EXTRA Wednesday puzzle. It is a 10 x 10.
I like the 10 x 10 on Fridays. I find it relaxing. Don't ask me why.
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paulv66 
Posted on: Wed Oct 16, 2024 7:14 pm
Posts: 1020 Location: Ukraine Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:03 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
eclipsegirl wrote: I do.
I have three I look forward to every week. I like Wednesdays difficult 7 x 7; it is the subtraction only puzzle
I like the EXTRA Wednesday puzzle. It is a 10 x 10.
I like the 10 x 10 on Fridays. I find it relaxing. Don't ask me why. I know this is a lazy answer, but I like the twin puzzles as I can generally fly through them. Like you, I find the Friday 10 x 10 relaxing. I like to see a sea of green wend its way up and down the columns. But I dread the 7 x 7 subtraction only puzzle. Sometimes it works out reasonably simply, but some days (today for example ![Mad [mad]](./images/smilies/msp_mad.gif) ) I find myself going around in circles.
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bram 
Posted on: Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:03 pm
Posts: 277 Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 4:55 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
On Tuesdays I like the 8x8 difficult puzzle (with bitwise OR) and the extra puzzle, which is also 8x8. Can't pinpoint exactly what's so enticing about the latter; probably something about the degree of difficulty and the "flow" it has to it.
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eclipsegirl 
Posted on: Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:45 pm
Posts: 744 Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:20 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
Paul, look through the forum on Solving techniques. I think it was CLM who gave a great response and it has helped me.
Last edited by eclipsegirl on Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:06 am, edited 1 time in total.
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bram 
Posted on: Tue Oct 22, 2024 5:07 pm
Posts: 277 Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 4:55 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
bram wrote: On Tuesdays I like the 8x8 difficult puzzle (with bitwise OR) and the extra puzzle, which is also 8x8. Can't pinpoint exactly what's so enticing about the latter; probably something about the degree of difficulty and the "flow" it has to it. For instance, today's 8x8 difficult and extra puzzles are both grrreat ![ThumpUp [thumbup]](./images/smilies/msp_thumbup.gif)
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bram 
Posted on: Wed Oct 30, 2024 8:00 pm
Posts: 277 Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 4:55 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
… and the extra puzzle of Tuesday 29 Oct is so rad ![ThumbsUp [thumbsup]](./images/smilies/msp_thumbsup.gif) The way the exponentiation cages "interact" with the rest is just ![Woot [woot]](./images/smilies/msp_w00t.gif)
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pnm 
Posted on: Wed Oct 30, 2024 9:05 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
posting here for non-subscribers: 
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skb 
Posted on: Thu Dec 12, 2024 12:30 am
Posts: 2 Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:41 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
I love the big grids—10, 12, 15. They hypnotize me into number-tapestry dreamland...
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jaxon 
Posted on: Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:41 pm
Posts: 2 Joined: Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:28 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
I like the Thursday 7x7 (-3 to +3). The level of difficulty rating seems odd (so to speak)
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oldmathtchr 
Posted on: Sat Dec 21, 2024 1:42 am
Posts: 19 Joined: Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:48 pm
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 Re: Do you have favorite puzzles or patterns you look forwar
Wednesdays difficult 7 x 7 Friday 10 x 10 the bitwise 8x8
they each require a specific way of thinking to solve them
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