Comments on: Enigmatic Variations 852 — Growth by Rustic

By: Colin Blackburn

Colin Blackburn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:23:35 +0000

Probably my final comment on this one. It turns out that PEA has among its meanings ROE. So, both “seeds” are roe and both final words are fish, ESCALLOP and DRAGONET. I still feel the preamble is weak at best and the printed solution does not explain the link between the 3 and 8 letter words. However, even accepting the unstated constraints of the theme there is still an ambiguity in the solution. The printed solution has ROE -> NORE -> GENRO as the start of one sequence. The N or NORE is unchecked and so, as far as I can tell, ROE -> GORE -> GENRO is also a valid solution.

By: Colin Blackburn

Colin Blackburn — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:15:37 +0000

The solution has PEA and ROE. A comment elsewhere suggests that “seeds” were required for the two three letter words. I don’t remember anything in the preamble to support this even if there is a logic following from the title.

By: Colin Blackburn

Colin Blackburn — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:06:17 +0000

Thanks Geoff, and in that case there is a fourth: SEL -> SALE -> SEPAL

By: Geoff Moss

Geoff Moss — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:50:15 +0000

Hi Colin
There is a third option for the first sequence, pel-pale-sepal.