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Theme: Mostly themeless, except for the logical solving path.
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, going in order from A to B to C to D and separating each entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:15, Master = 6:00, Expert = 12:00
Solution: PDF
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Theme: Two Easy? A counterpoint to the excellent “Two Hard!” from a few weeks ago with fourteen 2’s this time.
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, going in order from A to B to C to D and separating each entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:00, Master = 3:00, Expert = 6:00
Solution: PDF
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Theme: Two Hard!
Rules: Standard Cross the Streams rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the black segments from left to right for the marked rows, and from top to bottom for the marked columns, going in order from A to B to C to D and separating each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 5:45, Master = 11:15, Expert = 22:30
Solution: PDF
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Theme: Happy Pi Day!
Rules: Standard Cross the Streams rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the black segments from left to right for the marked rows, and from top to bottom for the marked columns, going in order from A to B to C to D and separating each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:14, Master = 5:30, Expert = 11:00
Solution: PDF
Editor’s Note: Or, for our less pi-ous solvers, Happy Tau/2 Day as well! We’re very open-minded here at GMPuzzles.
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Theme: One Small Step for a Foxger, …. Grant’s first “official puzzle” after yesterday’s TomTom is one of his own genres, Cross the Streams.
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, going in order from A to B to C to D and separating each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:00, Master = 3:15, Expert = 6:30
Solution: PDF
Editor’s Note: It is with great pleasure that we add Grant Fikes to our list of Contributing Puzzlemasters. He is not just a prolific designer but an immensely creative designer too, and his projects like ChipIn for Children’s Charities show off his generous character.