Comments on: Enigmatic Variations No. 1,000: Dollars Also by Rustic

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:18:03 +0000

Of course, mc! Sorry for any confusion – your blog was first rate, as usual. I must admit I couldn’t compile these puzzles either and there have been some weeks when I have wished it was a bit easier, so I should take the smooth with the rough.

By: mc_rapper67

mc_rapper67 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:12:25 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Dave & Tony.

Tony @ #2 – I assume you are talking about the puzzle itself, and not my blog (;+>), and also that by ‘special’ you mean something more ‘challenging’?

As I said in the blog – I did think it was at the easier end of the spectrum, but that in itself is not a bad thing…pour encourager les autres, etc. As a non-setter myself, I don’t feel qualified to criticise, as I wouldn’t know where to start producing something like this.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:35:27 +0000

I hesitate to criticize but I was rather disappointed. I had expected something more special.

By: Dave Hennings

Dave Hennings — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:38:38 +0000

Thanks, mc … good blog. Re the Gs, Chambers gives under G: ‘grand (1000 dollars)’. As for 16ac, it looks like another EV gremlin, although, unlike most, I’ve no idea what it was intended to be! Without being too critical, I think a more challenging puzzle would have been appreciated for this milestone.