Tuesday 19 August 2014

NG 452

New game 452 is now available.


Round 1: T N S L C O A A T

I was just a bit too slow to see CATTALOS here.  Oh, well.

My selection: COASTAL
Best: CATTALOS


Round 2: E G P F L S I W E

The (relatively) findable six here was LIEGES.

My selection: PILES
Best: SPIEGEL


Round 3: Target 279 from 100 4 3 2 9 10

My selection: 279 = (2*(10 + 4) + 3)*9


Round 4: A R R D I N O E R

My selection: ORDAINER


Round 5: O S C E A U N M D

My selection: CONSUMED


Round 6: Target 392 from 100 50 8 6 2 8

My selection: 392 = 8*50 - 8


Round 7: B T X I P A T O I

My selection: PATIO


Round 8: Target 984 from 75 25 100 8 3 3

My selection: 984 = 3*(100 + 25 + 3) + 8*75


Round 9: WIRY TREKS

My selection: [N/A -- conundrum chosen explicitly]
Best: SKYWRITER

4 comments:

Mike Backhouse said...

COASTAL
WEEPS
3*100-(10+9+2)=279
DRAINER
MOUNDS and wondered after time about UNCASED
(6-2)*100-8=392
PATIO
Went over time looking for 8*123 and 3*328 and only came up with (3*3)*100+75+8=983 (1 off)
x

Geoff Bailey said...

Yes, UNCASED is good -- it's come up a few times here before. And I feel your pain in round 8; 8*123 looked very tempting but just can't work out (although computer checking reveals a solution of the form 4*246). Neither does 3*328, so there's a lot of room to wander down tempting but unworkable paths.

Louise said...

1. COASTAL
2. SWIPE
3. 2x100+(4+3)x10+9=279
4. ORDAINER
5. CONSUMED
6. (6-2)x100-8=392
7. PATIO
8. 8x(100+25-3)+3=979 (5 off)
9. X

Sam Gaffney said...

Some good answers above.

1. TALONS/ATONAL
2. PILES. I recall David Astle saying in Ep342 that SELFIE is not listed yet.
3. 279 = (100-9+2)*3
4. RANDIER
5. CONSUMED
6. 392 = 8*50 - 8
7. PATIO
8. one off: 983 = (3*100 + 25)*3 + 8
9. SKYWRITER - 14.6s