I am going to blog The Rotter’s Science-themed Times-based Crossword

vinyl13rd August 2015 at 8:38 AM12 May 2022Announcement

I saw this puzzle when the author posted the clues in Verlaine’s blog of July 24, so I cut and pasted the clues and solved the puzzle. I found it a different and entertaining sort of challenge, which some of the other solvers might like.

To give everyone an impetus to download it and give it a go, I decided to blog it in Times for the Times. I have written the blog already, but will not post it for 48 hours in order to give those who have not yet tried it a chance. ~~As Andy pointed out, the puzzle is now available as a PDF at http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=44283360823260239153.~~ Several people have complained about malware at the tinyupload.com site, so please use my upload at http://home.earthlink.net/~vinyl1/Science0207150001.pdf instead.

Please do not post any comments that give away answers! All will be revealed in two days. And thanks to The Rotter for this enjoyable puzzle, containing a few answers that will certainly never make the main Times puzzle.

11 comments on “I am going to blog The Rotter’s Science-themed Times-based Crossword”

TheRotter says:

3 August 2015 at 2:31 PM

What a compliment. Thank you indeed. I hope those that give it a go will get half the pleasure from solving it that I got from creating it. Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing some comments.
TheRotter says:

3 August 2015 at 2:52 PM

By the way, if you do choose to download by clicking the link above and then click the link that is presented, a new window may open that invites you to download a Windows health check piece of software. Just close that window. You should not need to download anything except the pdf file, and you shouldn’t need to give any personal details to access the puzzle.
bigtone53 says:

3 August 2015 at 9:55 PM

I know that you mean well and I was looking forward to the puzzle but the links have got me involved in a nightmare of sites where I have had to power down to extract myself. Sorry.

Edited at 2015-08-03 09:56 pm (UTC)
1. vinyl1 says:
  
  3 August 2015 at 10:36 PM
  
  I do not get any of this on my vanilla Win7 install using Firefox 39.0. I suspect your computer may have adware on it.
  
  Anyone in this situation can get the clues from TheRotter’s comments in Verlaine’s blog of July 24. The grid is the same as the puzzle Verlaine blogged, 26154. Real cut-and-paste, with scissors and tape, still works!
2. vinyl1 says:
  
  3 August 2015 at 11:55 PM
  
  I have downloaded the PDF and uploaded it to my personal web space on Earthlink. I don’t serve any adware or viruses on my web space, and neither does Earthlink, so it is completely safe.
  
  Here is the URL:
  
  http://home.earthlink.net/~vinyl1/Science0207150001.pdf
  
  Edited at 2015-08-03 11:55 pm (UTC)
  1. kevingregg says:
    
    4 August 2015 at 2:44 AM
    
    Thanks, Vinyl; this was indeed a better solution, as I seemed to be getting into the mess that bigtone mentions. Downloaded without any problem from your URL. You might want to put it in your announcement rather than leave it here among the comments.
  2. bigtone53 says:
    
    4 August 2015 at 7:09 AM
    
    Thanks vinyl. Much better
TheRotter says:

4 August 2015 at 7:45 AM

Oh dear! Sorry to be the cause of so much strife, and please believe me when I say that I had no idea that using the tinyupload service would cause so much trouble – I won’t be using them again.

And thanks again to vinyl for finding a solution.
TheRotter says:

4 August 2015 at 10:15 AM

Incidentally, the grid is the same one for the 15 x 15 again today coincidentally.
barracuda3 says:

4 August 2015 at 12:49 PM

Very enjoyable , rotter.
kevingregg says:

5 August 2015 at 2:00 AM

I won’t be around when all is revealed, so I thought I’d offer my congratulations and thanks to The Rotter, and thanks to Vinyl for blogging this. Enjoyable, and challenging–I’ve still got two to go!

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