{"id":7896,"date":"2018-03-17T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=7896"},"modified":"2022-12-27T08:58:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T16:58:57","slug":"scrabble-pi-by-carl-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/scrabble-pi-by-carl-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrabble (PI) by Carl Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/180317-CrisscrossPi.png\" alt=\"Crisscross by Carl Worth\" width=500><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">(view directly for a larger image)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/180317-CrisscrossPi.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/180317CCPi>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between a letter entry mode and a shading mode to mark off cells).<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Pi Filling<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 31st puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Carl Worth.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Place each of the given words into the grid, one letter per cell, reading from left to right or top to bottom. All words must be connected, and no words other than the given words can appear in the grid. <b>All occurrences of PI have already been entered into the grid (as the symbol \u03c0).<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> Enter all crisscross letters (and spelling out PI where it is used) from left to right for the marked rows and top to bottom for the marked columns. Separate each row\/column\u2019s entry with a comma. Use CAPITAL LETTERS and ignore all empty cells.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 25:00, Master = 40:00, Expert = 1:20:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/180317-CrisscrossPi-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/wordpuzzle\/\">word logic puzzles<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(view directly for a larger image) PDF or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between a letter entry mode and a shading mode to mark off cells). Theme: Pi Filling Author\/Opus: This is the 31st puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Carl Worth. 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