Hi phrontister;

That will do!

Hi Bob,

Xlnt! Glad you'll like it! (in anticipation)

Pity about the DOB/DOP setback, though. Still, given the doability of this new puzzle it shouldn't add too many days at all, then, to the 12th of N__er for DOB/DOP's completion, wouldn't you say?

Last edited by phrontister (2012-07-15 03:10:31)

Yes. Application outweighs implication here.

12th of November? (this year, of course)

I didn't want to entertain that other missing-letters wet-blanket option.

Last edited by phrontister (2012-07-15 03:25:13)

I'd better not note that date in my diary, because the impending excitement may become unbearable!!

I'm getting a dry throat already thinking about it...or maybe my next cuppa's overdue.

No, we don't need to agree on anything like that: I'd just like you to make some progress with the solution and to enjoy it (after many hours of exasperation).  

I'm 25 minutes into that vid...it's terrific! He's a natural motormouth, that's for sure; and just as surely he wouldn't even know of the existence of the word "er". I thought I'd get a Googlewhack with "er" and "Gorman", but no such luck. Wouldn't have been legit, anyway, because both words have to be in the dictionary.

Got some paperwork to finish off now, but I'll return to the vid right after that. Thanks, Bob!

Hi Bob,

I very much enjoyed Googlewhack and am still feeling quite flabbergasted at his instant recall of the myriad of facts that he quotes without so much as a blink of hesitation!! His clarity of diction at such a pace also is astonishing!

Of course, being a Down-Under-ite I spotted the ending a mile off...but it was very well done!

He used far too many expletives for my viewing comfort, however, and I wish that he could have found a less coarse way to create the effect he was after. That aside, it was compelling viewing of an incredible storyteller in full flight - for nearly two hours. Amazing!

I'll check out Are you Dave Gorman? Ta.

The self-referential 'Genius Gallery' shot at the end of the Genius YouTube link reminds me of this puzzle I posted some time back. I think you'll like it!

And now to the puzzle...

9A: Have a closer look at its wording and check it against your answer. Either the clue is wrong or your answer is.

4D: There are two options here: a 1-digit square followed by a 2-digit square, or a 2-digit square followed by a 1-digit square. Your choice was probably influenced by your answer to 9A.

47D & 53D: As 47D is a 3-digit number and 53D a 4-digit number, 47D's wording implies that 53D has three distinct digits (as you say). If 53D is 1223, for example, there are three distinct digits: {1,2,3}. The word 'unique' in 47D determines its digits to be {1,2,3} (in some order), and not one of the two other combinations: {1,2,2} and {2,2,3}.

EDIT: Ignore my last paragraph (see posts #13, #14 & #15).

Last edited by phrontister (2012-07-22 00:19:58)

Hi Bob

Just switch all 47D's in his post with 53D's and vice versa.

Hi phrontister;

Does the puzzle still stand as it is shown in post #1.

Yes, Bobby. No changes to it at all.

When Bob asked me for clarification in post #11 re 47D & 53D I didn't look at the clues properly and switched things around by mistake, giving him wrong advice. Must've been standing on my head again, I suppose...which Bob will understand.