Comments on: Inquisitor 1140 – Hard Going from Phi

By: Chris Weston

Chris Weston — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:16:27 +0000

Indeed!

By: Mike Laws

Mike Laws — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:32:10 +0000

So was everyone else. ‘More or Less!’ by Duck appeared on 18/4/98, and no correct solutions were received.

The problem was that the shape of the Greek character pi needing identification in the diagram was wrong. The ‘legs’ of the intended character went diagonally down in opposite directions from the mid-point of the line across the top – it looked more like a see-saw than anything else – and no other hints were available as to the nature of what was to be identified, unlike Phi’s meticulously conceived and designed crossword.

By: Chris Weston

Chris Weston — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:39:38 +0000

A very satisfying and amazing puzzle and amazingly satisfying to complete a PI puzzle after being beaten by the first pi many years ago!

By: twencelas

twencelas — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:20:59 +0000

Must admit this was my favourite puzzle for many weeks. Though I did guess the theme before answering a single clue. Phi’s puzzles are always a pleasure.

By: kenmac

kenmac — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:07:24 +0000

Thanks Simon.
Hi, I blogged the P as P(oint) but I didn’t see the significance of the I. Are you implying that there is some significance?

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:03:28 +0000

Great stuff,

my codes and ciphers book helped here with the shifting. Obvious P(h)I h removed by the title. Luckily doing the EV sometimes the title comes into play, as it did here.

Nice one PHI, or in this case PI.

By: HolyGhost

HolyGhost — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:41:23 +0000

… and the next digit in the decimal expansion is 0, so had FLAN (the final entry) been 'encoded' it would have been, simply, FLAN.

By: Hi of Hihoba

Hi of Hihoba — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:36:58 +0000

By the way, did you notice that the misprinted P was in the place of the decimal Point and the I at the end, so even they had significance?

By: Simon Harris

Simon Harris — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:58:39 +0000

I thought this was a work of art from a great setter; Phi’s barred puzzles are always a real challenge and yet always fair. This one kind of just kept on giving as one discovered more facets to it. Top stuff, and well blogged too, sir.

By: Hi of Hihoba

Hi of Hihoba — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:32:06 +0000

I thought this was quite amazing! How on earth did Phi construct the grid?
Unusually for me I was able to complete it without a dictionary or my laptop as I was in hospital at the time with a lot of time to spare. I did have help on WONGI, and my daughter’s iPhone supplied Pi to a million digits during visiting time!