Most everyone that reads GeekDad has at least one friend or co-worker that can recite Pi out to a few dozen digits — or, more likely, we are that friend or co-worker. A lot of us probably have quite a few numbers “embedded” in our brains, like old street addresses, telephones numbers, or locker combinations. In honor of these figures we just can’t get rid of, this week’s GeekDad Puzzle of the Week is a Numeric Crossword puzzle.
Or would it be better named a Crossnumber puzzle?
Across: 0. Pi 4. F4 to F7 7. Dozen 8. Bond 10. five squared 11. octal 30 15. __ Special 18. A perfect number 19. Sqrt 2 22. Dredd resigns (1st time) 24. Count(trombones) 25. 2^10 26. Sqrt 3 28. 217th pope 29. 2^5th triangular number 31. Williamsport, OH 34. Sqrt 5 36. HTTP: Moved Permanently 37. Emergency 38. Atari 2600 RAM 39. Sum of the 1st four squares 40. Germany invades Poland 41. 6th Blum integer 43. A perfect number 44. Blackjack 45. A perfect number 48. 1st Blum integer 50. DCCCXXXVIII 54. 3^4 55. THX 57. Mersenne Prime 59. The Bronx 60. Heinz 61. NGC 2447 62. F20 Down: 0. Sparta 1. 222 2. Luftballons 3. maxint (unsigned) 4. Twice 1 Down 5. Van Halen: OU…? 6. Square triangular number 7. Hendecagon 9. Wii sensor bar part # 12. 2(25) 13. Twice 4 Down 14. Alternate number of the beast 16. Jenny 17. C 19. Phi 20. F2 to F7 21. E 22. Lucas numbers 23. Count (Johnson Solids) 27. Ti 30. 2 + some odds 32. 41 Across backwards 33. Treaty of Portsmouth 35. 4th element of A062786 42. See 57 Across 43. Meaning of Life 46. Two gross 47. 1/0.012345679 49. Smallest factor of 64079 51. 16 MHz Intel 52. Tandy’s area code 53. 5 x 11 x 13 56. Bi 58. Untouchable
Update: Many thanks to the first few posters that (correctly) identified that a last-moment renumbering inserted a few “puzzle gremlins.” I believe that they are all addressed!
As always, send your solved puzzle to GeekDad Puzzle Central for a chance at this week’s $50.00 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate.
