Relaxing Back A Few Quick Z’s, Joined Up Not Heavy Mass?! (7)
(Published on 23. February 2026, 23:57 by MathGuy_12)
This was set for Scojo's Setting Saturday prompts. ThePedallingPianist redeemed this prompt to create a puzzle with rules where the first letter of each word form a perfect pangram.
Thanks to ChinStrap and ThePedallingPianist for testing!
Rules:
- Quattroquadri: Juxtapose groups of unique integers from zero - eight within rows, columns, and boxes.
- Yellow kropkis must have low numbers (< 4).
- Divided Pairs: Xs sum 10, Vs total 5.
Solution code: The answer to the cryptic title in all capital letters followed by row 3.
Comments
on 12. May 2026, 11:28 by firespire
Had to guess the 7 letter word you were after for the solution code. Lucky it was the first one I thought you might have used. Native english speaker and they terrify me.
Although I can reverse engineer from knowing the answer an understanding the title clue.
on 19. March 2026, 21:08 by MathGuy_12
Added English Knowledge tag
on 17. March 2026, 21:20 by Onkel_Dagobert
I second that including the cryptic rule in the solution code is completely unnecessary. This is a German forum, and to non-native English speakers like myself, the title is just jibberish.
MG: I am sorry you find the cryptic crossword unsolvable due to the language barrier. I have added the English Knowledge tag to make that clearer. The actual cryptic is very much a part of the puzzle, hence why I require it in the solution: to encourage as many people as possible to actually solve the cryptic!
on 25. February 2026, 19:23 by dzamie
@Harold Oh shoot, you're right! I misread that rule as a ≤ (less than or equal to), my bad!
...also, wow, this solves *much* faster with that change. Less than half my previous time.
on 24. February 2026, 21:50 by Harold
@dzamie, r1c4 has to be a value from 0 to 3, so they cannot be reversed
on 24. February 2026, 21:02 by SanFranSam
I liked solving the puzzle but did not like solving the cryptic clue. If you have never solved a cryptic crossword you couldn't enter the solution. I wouldn't have solved the cryptic but for a clue/hint that was given.
on 24. February 2026, 20:48 by dzamie
It's luckily not necessary for the solution code, but I'm pretty sure r1c4 and r2c4 can be swapped around without issue.
I thought that the "unique" part might be a key term to disambiguate, but both pairs of rows contain unique sets of digits compared to other rows.
Edit: misread the rules. Surprisingly, it's still almost solvable even if yellow kropkis are <= 4.
on 24. February 2026, 05:00 by MathGuy_12
Corrected a few clerical errors
