Cross the Streams by Murat Can Tonta
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Theme: 1234
Author/Opus: This is the 5th puzzle from guest contributor Murat Can Tonta.
Rules: Standard Cross the Streams rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the black segments from top to bottom for the marked columns in the two grids, going in order from A to B to C to D and separating each entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 6:15, Master = 14:00, Expert = 28:00.
Solution: PDF
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Glad to see that someone else in the universe has figured out how to make a great CtS (Grant’s expertise here is a given). A quick check confirmed my memory that, other than Grant’s massive supply, only Dr. S published one here before this week.
Thank you Murat Can Tonta for the CtS this week.
I would argue that this Cross the Streams from Murat is better than the bottom 90% of my CtS output combined. I was very pleased with how his contributions (and Thomas’s, for that matter) required me to think in ways I hadn’t thought of thinking before. I’d actually postulate that my best CtS puzzles are the hybrids. 🙂
Love how the bottom rows interact with the right cols.