This puzzle consists completely of binary numbers, so all the characters needed to fill in the squares will be 0s or 1s. The crossword is a 4x4 square grid, so all numbers will be written in binary, with 4 digits; e.g., 1 will be 0001, 2 will be 0010, and 4, 0100. The NOT operation changes all 0s to 1's and all 1s to 0s; e.g., NOT(0110) is 1001 and NOT(1010) is 0101.

Rows:
1. "2 Down" x 2
2. A triangular number
3. The cube of ("4 Down" - 2)
4. "3 Across" + "3 Down"

Columns:
1. NOT "2 Across"
2. NOT "1 Across"
3. "2 Across" x 2
4. "4 Across" - "1 Across"

because the only form that would make row 1 and column 2 correct is to have row 2 equal 6, and that leaves rows 3 and 4 as well as coumn 4 incorrect, could this have been an excercise in futility?

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1010                                                                      0101                                                                         000?                                                             110?        

 

 

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Posted by frank on 2005-11-08 01:21:55