udougc@ecsvax.UUCP (08/30/84)
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I was given this puzzle many years ago, maybe you have see it,
maybe not, here goes........
This puzzle was not necessarily devised this year.
1 Rood = 1/4 Acre.
1 Acre = 4840 sq. yds.
20 Shilling 1 = Pound Sterling
( The above definitions are for none Olde English audience!!!)
One of the numbers across is the same as one of the numbers down.
One number in the puzzle, relating to something quite different,
happens to be the area in roods of the rectangular field known as
Dogsmead.
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DOWN
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1. The value of Dogsmead in Shillings per acre.
2. The square of Mrs. Grooby's age.
3. Mary's age.
4. The values of Dogsmead in pounds sterling.
7. The square of the breadth of Dogsmead.
8. The number of minutes farmer Dunk takes to walk around
Dogsmead 1-1/3 times.
9. See 10 down.
10. 10 across times 9 down.
12. The sum of the figures in the second column plus 1.
13. The length of tenure of Little Piggley by the Dunks.
ACROSS
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1. Area of Dogsmead in square yards.
5. Age of farmer Dunk's daughter, Martha.
6. The difference in yards betwwen the length and breadth of
Dogsmead.
7. The number of roods in Dogsmead times 9 down.
8. The year when Little Piggley Farm came into the possession
of the Dunks.
10. Farmer Dunk's age.
11. The year of birth of Mary, Dunk's youngest daughter.
14. The perimeter in yards of Dogsmead.
15. The cube of Farmer Dunk's walking speed in M.P.H.
16. 15 across minus 9 down.
I have no solution -- have fun!!!!
Doug Cutler.
Medical School
University of North Carolina.