Xkcd 2957: A Crossword Puzzle

https://xkcd.com/2957/

by matthewsinclair • 2 years ago

32 12 2 years ago

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mjburgess• 2 years ago

A missed opportunity for 65 clues.

soperj2• 2 years ago

I'd almost go as far as saying this is an A+ puzzle, it's not quite there though, so I'd have to give it an A.

ndsipa_pomu• 2 years ago

I'm stuck on 21 across - default paper size in Europe. Surely it should be "A4"?

soperj2• 2 years ago

AAAA

tczMUFlmoNk• 2 years ago

Fantastic puzzle! I've got them all except "string whose SHA-256 hash ends in '…689510285e212385'". How am I ever supposed to guess that? What does Randall think I am, a supercomputer?

mysterydip• 2 years ago

Brute force. Just start at A*(number of letters) and go from there ;)

AssertErNullNPE• 2 years ago

I thought this was going to be too difficult but, after a few clues, I'm sure I'm going to Ace it.

TillE• 2 years ago

I immediately knew the answer to 1 Down, but it still took a while to get the joke.

pimlottc• 2 years ago

I thought it was VVVVV at first and was confused

sudobash1• 2 years ago

If you want the answers, you can find them here: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2957 (great site for when you don't get an xkcd joke). But, really, give it a try on your own first.

drewcoo• 2 years ago

Notably missing from the clues is "a famous quote from Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli."

Or I'm just old.

crtasm• 2 years ago

has anyone converted into a format we can load into https://squares.io/ ?

Xkcd 2957: A Crossword Puzzle

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