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Glassman · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 50 Location: England

David et al —

I've been stuck on this one now for about three months. Usually I find that coming back with a fresh mind helps, but this one refuses to budge.

The 0C pair in R14 has eliminated many possibilities in R13–15, and I noticed that the 8s split nicely in C9–12, but R3–5 are a real jumble.

Where I am:

David Bryant · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 559 Location: Denver, Colorado

Hi, Glassman! Haven't heard from you in quite a while.

I'll take a look at the June 2nd Monster puzzle -- I don't often do the big ones, because they take too long. Sad

As to my ancestors, I honestly don't know. I do know that my (11 x great)-grandfather was named Thomas Bryant, and he emigrated to Connecticut in 1630, or thereabouts. I also know that any connection between my branch of the Bryant family and William Cullen Bryant (probably the most famous American with the Bryant name) must lie in England before 1600, because he wasn't descended from Thos. Bryant. But that's all I know about it. dcb

PS Oh -- I looked up my family's name in the library a few years ago, and found a reference to one Mary Bryant, who escaped from Botany Bay sometime in the 18th century, and sailed a small wooden boat all the way to Java, or Sumatra -- the Dutch East Indies, at any rate. Have you heard of her?

Glassman · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 50 Location: England

David — Like you, I don't usually do the 16x16 sudokus, but this time I went on holiday and printed out a few spares just in case I ran out of 9x9s and 12x12s. I think you will find this particular 16x16 quite enjoyable.

I've never heard of Mary Bryant, but she sounds a great character.

Andrew Bryant is one of my great heroes, along with his competitors Christopher & John Greenwood, who commissioned surveys and produced the first large scale maps at the amazing scale of between 1½" and 2" to the mile, although he went out of business in 1835 due to the increasing difficulty in competing with the government-supported Ordnance Survey. Between them, they surveyed and published large scale maps of all the English counties except Cambridgeshire. I've had the good fortune to have had two Bryant county maps through my hands, both de-luxe dissected and mounted into slip cases. His 1824 2-sheet map of Buckinghamshire took four trestle tables to display at a major antique fair, and was much admired as the vibrant hand-colouring was as fresh as the day it was made. It sold.

Should you ever wish to own a Bryant, you will find that most of his dozen or so county maps have been re-printed and are available either tubed or folded (usually from the County Records Office). They had to be, as these maps are a unique and valuable source for both the historian and the archaeologist, containing much detail unavailable elsewhere. Originals are very expensive today.

Glassman Cool

Steve R · Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject:

Yes, Glassman, it’s good to hear from you again. Dare I say that the cartographical chat is a good deal more interesting than the puzzle?

As to the latter, the position you posted is correct apart from a typo: r8c8 contains 9.

It is here that the trick comes. You will find that 6 and D are excluded from all but two of the empty cells in the fifth column.

Steve

Glassman · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 50 Location: England

Suppen · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:55 am Post subject: 2 June 06 Monster v hard

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