Tuesday 21 February 2017

NG 872

New game 872 is now available.  And with the correct link this time -- apologies!

5 comments:

Mike Backhouse said...

Geoff, the new game link is not there but replaced by another site called one more game.

Geoff Bailey said...

Whoops! Thanks for catching that, Mike! Fixed now.

Sam G said...

1. PASTRIES
2. x LUTHERAN. Unlikely, but I wasn't happy with a 6. LUTHERN turns out to be a word.
3. 520 = (50+2)*(9+1)
4. x REFACTION. These letters rang a bell as containing a 9, but it is FORNICATE.
5. x CHINUPS
6. two off: 564 = 8*75 - 10 - 9 - 9 - 8
7. WOODEN
8. 863 = (100-3)*9 - (75-5)/7
9. SHAMPOOED - 8.7s

Unknown said...

PASTIER
LATHER
Sam's way
CREATION
CHUMPS
Sam's way (2 off) and after time 8*(75-10+8)-9-9=566
BOWED and DEBONE just after
9*100-5*7-3=862 (1 off)
SHAMPOOED (32s)

Geoff Bailey said...

I knew about LUTHERN (and about LUTHERAN, for that matter) from past checking. The more findable seven was NEUTRAL. I wasn't close to seeing FORNICATE.

Mike: DEBONE is a bizarre omission from the Macquarie. Just as well you were slow to see it!

1. TRAIPSES
2. LUTHERN
3. 520 = (50 + 2)*(9 + 1)
4. FRACTION
5. SPINACH
6. 566 = 8*8*9 - 10
7. WOODEN
8. 863 = 5*(100 + 75) - 9 - 3
9. [N/A -- chosen, but it is SHAMPOOED as you both saw]