1ACross is happy to present “Endless”, from “Mathrix”, exclusively for our solvers.
This is Mathrix’s third grid for 1ACross. Answers can be submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 22nd Jul. 2021. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our new leader board for 2021.
Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Sunday, July 25, 2021.
Instructions: Eight of the answers in the grid also appear at the beginning of eight clues. Connect the initial letters of each pair in the grid using a straight line. So, for example, if the answer to 3 down was CLUTCH (it’s not), then you would draw a line in the grid from the first letter of 3 down with the first letter of 1 across, since the clue for 1 Across starts with the word “Clutch”. Once all eight pairs of initial letters have been connected, the result can literally be described as this (8, 4).
Bonus Question: What is formed by the connections made in the puzzle based on the instructions? (8,4)
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NOTE 2: The setter and I had discussed at length about options to get rid of the “unches” in this grid. Since the grid had already been designed with the end game that left very little flexibility for change, it could not be fixed.
One critical reason for wanting to avoid unches is the level of fairness since there are lights with fewer crossings. This is somewhat addressed by the nature of the end game which provides some additional checking,
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