Puzzles with numbers and things

[snookersfun]

and on that happy note, and just having solved a tricky one, I'll pass that on as

R. 290: Ronnie's spoons

In the following box Ronnie has arranged his spoons for the coming tournaments. Each spoon can have 0-4 dots always starting from round part and continiuously from there. Numbers outside the grid show the quantity of cells with dots in corresponding row or column. Find the 'dotting' of all spoons. Spoons in one outlined 4x4 square should have different amount of dots (from 0 to 4).
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[snookersfun]

ok, and finally updating after all the christmas fun:

R.288: first one in is Abextra!! Very well done!!

... and meanwhile d_g has solved R.288 as well. Amazing! (think I was supposed to use that word)

BTW, has anyone tried Round 289? It seems impossible to me... Obviously I've misunderstood something again...

and here I had an answer/day. First in, short after this querry Abextra, followed by Monique and d_g. Very well done and congratulations!!!

Meaning the answer to R.289 can now come up on the thread, while Monique is busy with other things and can put up R.288 whenever she'll find the time.

[snookersfun]

Good news! I like the questions I can answer!

BTW, has anyone tried Round 289? It seems impossible to me... Obviously I've misunderstood something again...

well, yes, I tried it
ok, maybe, the clues on sides are given in increasing order, which does not mean that they need to be in that order in puzzle.

[abextra]

R.288: first one in is Abextra!! Very well done!!

Good news! I like the questions I can answer!

BTW, has anyone tried Round 289? It seems impossible to me... Obviously I've misunderstood something again...

[snookersfun]

R.288: first one in is Abextra!! Very well done!!

[snookersfun]

and:
R 289: loops and battleships

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Place the regular fleet into the above grid (no touching, even diagonally). Then draw a closed loop through centers of all empty cells (loop cannot intercept itself and go only vertically or horizontally). Numbers on the left and top of grid show (in increasing order) the lengths of all loop segments in corresponding direction. Number on right shows amount of cells occupied by ship segments.

[snookersfun]

Snookersfun? some precisions if possible ...
tetraminos are as shown or they can be rotated?
Not touching, means, not even by a corner?

well, they didn't tell me, but having a solution now:

yes, can be rotated, and no, not even by a corner

[Monique]

Snookersfun? some precisions if possible ...
tetraminos are as shown or they can be rotated?
Not touching, means, not even by a corner?

[snookersfun]

R. 288 crossword with Tetris-shapes

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Place the following words in the grid (one letter given) to construct a crossword (words may be read in any of 4 directions). Empty cells form the 7 given tetraminos (without touching).

9: CROSSWORD, HUMORESKE, TETRAMINO
7: LOGISCH, PUZZLER
5: OTBET
4: EDEN, LAWA, ROTO, TRIK
3: ART, DIP, KUL, ONE, RED, ROW
2: DO

[abextra]

Round 287: hexagonal ships solution

[snookersfun]

a quick update:
1) we seem to have lost most puzzle persons
2) that didn't stop Monique from getting her answers in quickly as ever. R.285 and 287 solved brilliantly, slight struggle with the 'dart's part' of R. 286

Finally I have more updates:
Abextra solved R. 285 and 287
Monique got her darts together and completed R. 286
and d_g threw some R. 285 at me

so, whoever wants can put up his/her solution now...

[Semih_Sayginer]

a quick update:
1) we seem to have lost most puzzle persons

your recent battleships looks more like blockbusters http://www.visualsimulations.co.uk/i...ockbusters.png

(i still read here)

[snookersfun]

a quick update:
1) we seem to have lost most puzzle persons
2) that didn't stop Monique from getting her answers in quickly as ever. R.285 and 287 solved brilliantly, slight struggle with the 'dart's part' of R. 286

[snookersfun]

and one more, guess what? Of course, a battleship!

R.287: hexagonal ships
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[snookersfun]

...and that might have been way too easy, as Monique is in with part a) in no time

therfore R 286: cross-number
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Across

1. Fifth power (11)
6. 6 across + 18 across = 21 across (4)
8. Decimal period of 1/7 (6)
9. A solution of the equations (4)
a + b - c = 0
3a - 5b + c = 3600
5a + 7b - 5c = 7026

11. 11 across, 15 across and 18 down are Pythagorean numbers whose right-angled triangle has area 1 down (3)
12. Year of Bonnie Prince Charlie's rebellion (4)
13. Sum of the proper factors of 14595 (5)
15. See 11 across (4)
16. Smallest 3 digit prime whose anagrams are all also prime (3)
18. See 6 across (4)
20. Product of 4 consecutive Fibonnacci numbers (6)
21. See 6 across (4)
22. Palindromic cube (11)


Down

1. 14 * 8 across / 3 (6)
2. abcd, where abcd = a^4 + b^4 + c^4 + d^4 (4) edit:sorry, powers were lost
3. A solution of the equations in 9 across (4)
4. Anagram of 8 across divisible by 367 (6)
5. 93rd triangular number (4)
7. Back 4.5 from WSW (3)
10. Power of 2 (4)
12. Year of the Battle of Waterloo (4)
13. Multiple of 16 down (6)
14. 9 seconds before 2 pm (6)
16. Treble top + treble prime + bullseye (3)
17. Multiple of 7 down (4)
18. See 11 across (4)
19. A solution of the equations in 9 across (4)