london.pm xmas xword

Aaron Trevena aaron.trevena at gmail.com
Thu Dec 31 19:52:47 GMT 2009


Ok. Some worked examples to follow this evening

On 12/31/09, Aaron Trevena <aaron.trevena at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok. Will try and post some worked examples this evening. Thought a
> couple up. Hopefully enough to show how (little) my mind works.
>
> On 12/31/09, Richard Foley <Richard.Foley at rfi.net> wrote:
>> Hi Aaron,
>>
>> How's about hosting a partially started crossword, with say four
>> representative answers filled in correctly, such that people get the kind
>> of
>> thinking behind your clues.  I know the Araucuria and Custos crosswords
>> from
>> the Guardian (showing my age here) had particular styles which took a
>> little
>> getting used to.  Consequently one recognised the style and (hopefully)
>> enjoyed getting into the particular mind set to solve the puzzle.  Just a
>> thought.
>>
>> --
>> Richard Foley
>> Ciao - shorter than aufwiedersehen
>>
>> http://www.rfi.net/
>>
>> On Thursday 31 December 2009 13:02:16 Aaron Trevena wrote:
>>> You only need to know what it stands for. As I keep on saying its not
>>> very clever. Mostly bad puns and silly geeky word play
>>>
>>> On 12/31/09, James Laver <james.laver at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Aaron Trevena
>>> > <aaron.trevena at gmail.com>
>>> >
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> Still no answers in my inbox. Most complete will win if nobody
>>> >> completes it. Maybe I should have posted to a java or python group -
>>> >> they would have finished it by now.
>>> >
>>> > Perhaps something to do with the fact that two of the clues reference
>>> > vim, which the more sensible of us have no wish to use other than to
>>> > configure emacs where necessary?*
>>> >
>>> > --James
>>> > * And frankly I'd rather use nano
>>
>>
>>
>
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> LAMP System Integration, Development and Consulting
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