From the Foxger’s Den #50: Cross the Streams

Cross The Streams by Grant Fikes

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Theme: Threes Frame; an extra large Cross the Streams puzzle by its inventor, Grant Fikes, marking his 50th post here.

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 = 8:00, Master = 14:00, Expert = 28:00

Solution: PDF

  • chaotic_iak says:

    12:27. Got a few seconds because I didn’t realize 1112 fits *1?2.

    Nice puzzle. Pushing my distaste of giant puzzles aside (and for the fact that this is not really giant with only double the number of cells), I can find a purely logical solution. Similar like the giant Fillomino, it’s mostly composed of small steps together, but it’s more fun here because a clue stretches over the entire grid (as opposed to Fillomino that only affects the area around it). Also, there are some certainly nontrivial tricks there. Well done.

  • edderiofer says:

    For those of us who are stuck halfway through the puzzle, here’s a small hint in ROT13: pbafvqre pyhrf gung raq va gjb-fgne, jubfr ynfg pryy vf n svyyrq-va pryy.

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