Comments on: Inquisitor 44 – Missing letters by Mynot

By: Al Streatfield

Al Streatfield — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:39:21 +0000

I was particularly surprised by the Independent not colouring the letters of A SUNFLOWER yellow in the solution…! It normally seems to like colours.

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:53:37 +0000

I also had to give up on this one. I still can’t see how you should arrive at A SUNFLOWER without any help or direction in the preamble. Not one of MynoT’s finest in my opinion

By: Rollo

Rollo — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:58:43 +0000

The nine letters in the central symmetrical area, plus the “missing” letter hidden in the central square, which is “F”, can be arranged to make the two words “A SUNFLOWER”.

Presumably the instruction in the preamble is fulfilled by colouring the relevany region of the grid yellow. Then it looks like a sunflower – sort of anyway.

By: Phil K

Phil K — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:28:43 +0000

The coloured region needs to be symmetrical. An octagonalish shape in the centre of the grid contains lights using only nine different letters seems to conform to this requirement. I tried to make up some message from these letters and one other not used elsewhere (the obscured letter).

Then I gave up.

I hope it’s not Latin again.

By: Colin Blackburn

Colin Blackburn — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:04:18 +0000

I’ve not seen this puzzle but I have had two similar experiences with MynoT before where I could just not see the last step of highlighting something in the grid. Sorry I can’t help more!