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NUCLEAR FAMILY 19769

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE

MAGICALALPHABET

 

..................

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
THE RAINBOW LIGHT
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
R
=
9
-
7
RAINBOW
82
37
1
L
=
3
-
5
LIGHT
56
29
2
-
-
14
-
15
THE RAINBOW LIGHT
171
81
9
-
-
1+4
-
1+5
-
1+7+1
8+1
-
Q
-
5
-
6
THE RAINBOW LIGHT
9
9
9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THIS IS THE SCENE OF THE SCENE UNSEEN

THE UNSEEN SEEN OF THE SCENE UNSEEN THIS IS THE SCENE

 

 

3
THE
33
15
6
4
MIND
40
22
4
2
OF
21
12
3
9
HUMANKIND
95
41
5
18
First Total
189
90
18
1+8
Add to Reduce
1+8+9
9+0
1+8
9
Second Total
18
9
9
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
-
-
9
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

THE DIVINE COMEDY

OF

DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)

THE FLORENTINE

CANTICA I

HELL

(L'INFERNO)

INTRODUCTION

Page 9

"Midway this way of life we're bound upon

I woke to find myself in a dark wood,

Where the right road was wholly lost and gone."

 

 

M
=
4
-
6
MIDWAY
75
30
3
T
=
2
-
4
THIS
56
20
2
W
=
5
-
3
WAY
49
13
4
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
L
=
3
-
4
LIFE
32
23
5
W
=
5
-
4
WE'RE
51
24
6
B
=
2
-
5
BOUND
56
20
2
U
=
3
-
4
UPON
66
21
3
-
-
30
-
32
-
406
163
28
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
W
=
5
-
4
WOKE
54
18
9
T
=
2
-
2
TO
35
8
8
F
=
6
-
4
FIND
33
24
6
M
=
4
-
6
MYSELF
80
26
8
I
=
9
-
2
IN
23
14
5
A
=
1
-
1
A
1
1
1
D
=
4
-
4
DARK
34
16
7
W
=
5
-
4
WOOD
57
21
3
-
-
45
-
28
-
326
137
56
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
W
=
5
-
5
WHERE
59
32
5
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
R
=
9
-
5
RIGHT
62
35
8
R
=
9
-
4
ROAD
38
20
2
W
=
5
-
3
WAS
43
7
7
W
=
5
-
6
WHOLLY
95
32
5
L
=
3
-
4
LOST
66
12
3
A
=
1
-
3
AND
19
10
1
G
=
7
-
4
GONE
41
23
5
-
-
46
-
37
-
456
186
42
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
121
-
97
First Total
1188
486
126
-
-
1+2+1
-
9+7
Add to Reduce
1+1+8+8
4+8+6
1+2+6
Q
-
4
-
16
Second Total
18
18
9
-
-
-
-
1+6
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
1+8
-
-
-
4
-
7
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

THE DIVINE COMEDY

OF

DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)

THE FLORENTINE

CANTICA I

HELL

(L'INFERNO)

INTRODUCTION

Page 9

"Power failed high fantasy here; yet, swift to move

Even as a wheel moves equal, free from jars,

Already my heart and will were wheeled by love,

The Love that moves the sun and other stars."

 

P
=
7
-
5
POWER
77
32
5
F
=
6
-
6
FAILED
37
28
1
H
=
8
-
4
HIGH
32
32
5
F
=
6
-
7
FANTASY
86
23
5
H
=
8
-
4
HERE
36
27
9
Y
=
7
-
3
YET
50
14
5
S
=
1
-
5
SWIFT
77
23
5
T
=
2
-
2
TO
35
8
8
M
=
4
-
4
MOVE
55
19
1
-
-
49
-
40
First Total
485
206
44
-
-
4+9
-
4+0
Add to Reduce
4+8+5
2+0+6
4+4
Q
-
13
-
4
Second Total
17
8
8
-
-
1+3
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+7
-
-
-
-
4
-
4
Essence of Number
8
8
8

 

 

E
=
5
-
4
EVEN
46
19
1
A
=
1
-
2
AS
20
2
2
A
=
1
-
1
A
1
1
1
W
=
5
-
5
WHEEL
53
26
8
M
=
4
-
5
MOVES
74
20
2
E
=
5
-
5
EQUAL
56
20
2
F
=
6
-
4
FREE
34
25
7
F
=
6
-
4
FROM
52
25
7
J
=
1
-
4
JARS
48
12
3
-
-
34
-
34
First Total
384
150
33
-
-
3+4
-
3+4
Add to Reduce
3+8+4
1+5+0
3+3
Q
-
7
-
7
Second Total
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+5
-
-
-
-
7
-
7
Essence of Number
6
6
6

 

 

A
=
1
-
7
ALREADY
66
30
3
M
=
4
-
2
MY
38
11
2
H
=
8
-
5
HEART
52
25
7
A
=
1
-
3
AND
19
10
1
W
=
5
-
4
WILL
56
20
2
W
=
5
-
4
WERE
51
24
7
W
=
5
-
7
WHEELED
62
35
8
B
=
2
-
2
BY
27
9
9
L
=
3
-
4
LOVE
54
18
9
-
-
34
-
38
First Total
425
182
47
-
-
3+4
-
3+8
Add to Reduce
4+2+5
1+8+2
4+7
Q
-
7
-
11
Second Total
11
11
11
-
-
-
-
1+1
Reduce to Deduce
1+1
1+1
1+1
-
-
7
-
2
Essence of Number
2
2
2

 

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
L
=
3
-
4
LOVE
54
18
9
T
=
2
-
4
THAT
49
13
4
M
=
4
-
5
MOVES
74
20
2
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
S
=
1
-
3
SUN
54
9
9
A
=
1
-
3
AND
19
10
1
O
=
6
-
5
OTHER
66
30
3
S
=
1
-
5
STARS
77
14
5
-
-
22
-
35
First Total
459
144
45
-
-
2+2
-
3+5
Add to Reduce
4+5+9
1+4+4
4+5
Q
-
4
-
8
Second Total
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
-
-
-
-
4
-
8
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

3
THE
33
15
6
4
HOLY
60
24
6
7
MESSAGE
-
-
-
2
M+E
18
9
9
1
S
19
10
1
3
S+A+G
27
18
9
1
E
5
5
5
7
MESSAGE
69
42
24
14
Add
162
81
36
1+4
Reduce
1+6+2
8+1
3+6
5
Deduce
9
9
9

 

 

THE

FAR YONDER SCRIBE

AND OFT TIMES SHADOWED SUBSTANCES WATCHED IN FINE AMAZE

THE

ZED ALIZ ZED

IN SWIFT REPEAT SCATTER STAR DUST AMONGST THE LETTERS OF THEIR PROGRESS

AT THE THROW OF THE NINTH NUMBER WHEN IN CONJUNCTION SET

THE

FAR YONDER SCRIBE

MADE RECORD OF THEIR FALL

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
=
1
-
5
ADDED
18
18
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
T
=
2
-
2
TO
35
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
A
=
1
-
3
ALL
25
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
M
=
4
-
5
MINUS
76
22
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
N
=
5
-
4
NONE
48
21
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
6
SHARED
55
28
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
B
=
2
-
2
BY
27
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
E
=
5
-
10
EVERYTHING
133
61
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
M
=
4
-
9
MULTIPLED
121
49
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
I
=
9
-
2
IN
23
14
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
-
9
ABUNDANCE
65
29
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
35
-
57
First Total
626
266
59
-
1
2
3
8
5
6
14
8
18
-
-
3+5
-
5+7
Add to Reduce
6+2+6
2+6+6
5+9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+4
-
1+8
-
-
8
-
12
Second Total
14
14
10
-
1
2
3
8
5
6
5
8
9
-
-
-
-
1+2
Reduce to Deduce
1+4
1+4
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
3
Essence of Number
5
5
5
-
1
2
3
8
5
6
5
8
9

 

 

ADVENT 2216 ADVENT

 

-
-
-
-
15
THE SWORD OF WORDS
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
S
=
1
-
5
SWORD
79
25
7
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
W
=
5
-
5
WORDS
79
25
7
-
-
14
-
15
THE SWORD OF WORDS
212
77
23
-
-
1+4
-
1+5
-
2+1+2
7+7
2+3
-
-
5
-
6
THE SWORD OF WORDS
5
14
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+4
-
-
-
5
-
6
THE SWORD OF WORDS
5
5
5

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
PERMUTATIONS
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
P
=
7
1
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
2
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
3
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
M
=
M
4
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
U
=
3
5
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
6
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
7
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
8
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
I
=
9
9
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
O
=
6
10
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
N
=
5
11
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
S
=
2
12
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12
PERMUTATIONS
171
63
54
-
2
4
3
4
10
6
7
8
18
-
-
8
-
1+2
-
1+7+1
6+3
5+4
-
-
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
1
-
3
PERMUTATIONS-
9
9
9
-
2
4
3
4
1
6
7
8
9

 

 

-
-
-
-
-
PERMUTATIONS
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
P
=
7
1
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
8
-
E
=
5
2
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
8
-
R
=
9
3
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
9
M
=
M
4
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
U
=
3
5
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
8
-
T
=
2
6
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
A
=
1
7
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
T
=
2
8
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
9
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
9
O
=
6
10
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
8
-
N
=
5
11
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
8
-
S
=
2
12
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
12
PERMUTATIONS
171
63
54
-
2
4
3
4
10
6
7
8
18
-
-
8
-
1+2
-
1+7+1
6+3
5+4
-
-
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
1
-
3
PERMUTATIONS-
9
9
9
-
2
4
3
4
1
6
7
8
9

 

LETTERS TRANSPOSED INTO NUMBER REARRANGED IN NUMERICAL ORDER

 

-
-
-
-
-
PERMUTATIONS
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
=
1
7
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
S
=
2
12
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
T
=
2
8
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
T
=
2
6
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
U
=
3
5
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
8
-
M
=
M
4
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
2
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
8
-
N
=
5
11
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
8
-
O
=
6
10
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
8
-
P
=
7
1
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
8
-
R
=
9
3
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
9
I
=
9
9
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
9
-
-
-
-
12
PERMUTATIONS
171
63
54
-
2
4
3
4
10
6
7
8
18
-
-
8
-
1+2
-
1+7+1
6+3
5+4
-
-
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
1+0
-
-
1
-
3
PERMUTATIONS-
9
9
9
-
2
4
3
4
1
6
7
8
9

 

 

ADVENT TENSQUARE ADVENT

 

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1+0
1+1
1+2
1+3
1+4
1+5
1+6
1+7
1+8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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ME
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DAILY MAIL

Thursday, December 1, 2005

James Mills

HAS THIS MAN SOLVED THE GREAT TENSQUARE TEASER?

Ted Clarke within a whisker of Immortality

The ultimate in word weaving . . . but 'nonsevent' could make it a non event

" IT is, more fiendish t.han any Countdown conundrum, more rriind-bogglingly frustrating than the most cryptic of crosswords.
The idea is to fill a grid with ten words, each containing ten letters, which read the same across as down.
Known as a tensquare, the puzzle has been around for centuries and has stumped anyone who has ever tried to solve it - even those armed with a computer program.
But now a retired aircraft design engineer from Cornwall claims to have ­ cracked it well, almost.
Ted Clarke, 79, has come up with a solution which - by his own admission - is not perfect,.but comes closer than. any other that has so far been found.
He has achieved it by including one word - nonesevent- which is now the subject, of a heated-debate among word puzzle experts around the world.
Mr Clarke, says nonesevent means an event occurring on. the nones - the ninth day before the Ides of March in the
ancient Roman calendar.
Unfortunately, it does.not;appear in any dictionary. 'Finding the perfect ten­square is so extraordinarily difficult that it is widely accepted that the boundaries of. language liave to be stretched a little,' Mr Clarke said yesterday.
'They. say that anyone who comes with the perfect solution will be immortalised.
'Well I don't. claim to have made nyself immortal, but I think I have come withiin a whisker of it - and certainly closer than
anyone else',
'Others have done it by pushing together names such. as Kevin Brown, or repeating .the same words twice.. But no one has ever created a tensquare using ten different recognisable words, and possibly they never will.

'Not perfect, but it's the best yet'

Ross Eckler, editor of Word Ways magazine,in the United States, and New Zealander Jeff Grant, a Scrabble fanatic who has spent the past 30 years trying to crack the problem, have accepted all Mr Clarke's words besides nonesevent.
Six of the words can be found in various dictionaries. These are discussing; incantator, scarlatina, carnitines, unlikeness and itinerates.
Two others - satinweave and grassnest - are technically two words, but are often used as one these days. Satinweave is a
type of fabric and grassnest is a bird's nest made of grass.
The remaining word, statewren, is also a little dubious. According'to Mr Clarke, it refers to a number of wrens which are
the symbols of American states, such as South Carolina.
Puzzle expert Tony Augarde, who compiled the Oxford Guide to Word Games, said Mr Clarke's is the best tensquare he has ever seen. 'It's not .perfect, but it's the best yet,' he added.
'Some of the words in Mr Clarke's square are not well known -put it. depend,s on your definition of what language is.'Mr Clarke has pushed the boundaries of language, but who is to say what is a word and what isn't?'
The first word squares were con­structed in ancient Greece as far back as 600BC and are the forerunners of the modern crossword.
A five-word square was found carved, on stone in the ruins of Pompeii, dating from tlie first century AD.
The game was developed in England in the19th Century to include 'across' clues an in 1913 the first crossword was published in the New York World newspaper, Word squares using more than six letter words are extremely difficult to construct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A numberof seven-word squares using recognisable 'Words have been created, but squares using eight or nine-letter words. require the use of obscure or archaic words and a computer program.
Other tensquares have been created in the past, but have fallen short of the ideal that foreign words should not be used in an English-language puzzle.
Thus, one tensquare that used the French phrase ses tunnels - with the words run together - and the German verb amputieren, was frowned upon.
Another possible disqualification in the eyes of purists is that words must not be too tortuously contrived. ­
Mr Clarke, who has four grandchildren and two great grandchildren, lives with his 74-year-old wife Margaret in the village of Mawgan Porth, near Newquay.
He has been a fan of word puzzles since he was a boy and over the past decade has built up a computer database of more than 70,000 words.
He uses a spiecal program to search the millions of combinations for possible solutions.
Once he finds one that comes close, he tries to find obscure words that might fill in the gaps.
John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, said: 'As far as I can see, all potential tensquares have a few wobbly words in them. This seems to be no exception, but I'm not a word square expert.

 

Many of the words in the puzzle above, such as 'discussing' and 'unlikeliness' need no explanation. But some of the others may be a little less familiar...

INCANTATOR: Person who ritually recites magic words or sounds

SCARLATINA: Technical name for scarlet fever

CARNITINES: A nutrient found in the liver and muscle

STATESWREN: According to Mr Clarke, it refers to a number of wrens which are sy mbols of American states

SATINWEAVE: Type of fabric

ITINERATES: Verb meaning to move from place to place

GRASSNESTS: Birds nests made,of grass

 

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"Can you come up with the perfect tensquare"

?

 

1
D
=
4
10
DISCUSSING
124
43
7
2
I
=
9
10
INCANTATOR
115
43
7
3
S
=
1
10
SCARLATINA
98
35
8
4
C
=
3
10
CARNITINES
112
49
10
5
U
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3
10
UNLIKENESS
129
39
7
6
S
=
1
10
STATESWREN
144
36
7
7
S
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10
SATINWEAVE
119
38
3
8
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10
ITINERATES
120
48
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9
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10
NONSEVENT
133
43
10
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10
GRASSNESTS
141
33
10
55
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1235
407
56
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11
11
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1
Essence of Number
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THE TIMES

Saturday December 3 2005

It's still beating the best brains, but can you crack world's most difficult puzzle?

By Simon de Bruxelles

"COMPUTERS and the inter­net have transformed the world of word puzzles, turning a previously solitary pastime into a communal brainstorming activity.
But computers were no use to Ted Clarke, a retired engineer from Cornwall, whose ten-square acrostic word puzzle, published in The Times on Thursday, took seven years to compile using pencil and paper. Described as the world's most fiendish puzzle, as addictive as the most cryptic crossword, it is the ideal companion for the numerical Su Doku.
Since Mr Clarke's word square, the largest in any language, was published he has been inundated with e-mails of congratulations from around the world. Although some experts dispute at least one of the words, most agree that it is the "best attempt" yet at a ten­letter word square.
One expert in word' games has estimated that 900 nine-letter word squares have been compiled, but Mr Clarke's is the first with ten that does not include proper names or for­eign words. Mr Clarke, 79, said: "For me getting it published in the The Times was better than winning the lottery."
Readers who enjoyed the challenge of trying to fill in the blanks now have the chance to have another go. We have gathered a selection of word squares ranging in size from three by three to eight by eight against which to test your wits.
To give you a helping hand we have left some of the letters in situ. On Monday we will be publishing a nine-letter square. For the largest square we have also provided some crossword clues."
Samurai Su Doku, Books, page 28

 

6
SUDOKU
91
19
1
9
CROSSWORD
134
44
8
10
CROSSWORDS
153
45
9

 

 

THE TIMES

Thursday December 1 2005

NEWS

Page 3

'Su Doku' word game that baffled Ancient Greeks took an expert 7 years to crack - you've got 10 minutes (and a little help}

A Cornish engineer claims to have completed the 10-letter acrostic that foxed a computer

A BRITISH engineer claims to have solved a puzzle that has counfounded some of the world's best brains since the time of the Ancient. Greeks.
Ted Clarke, 79, believes that he has devised the largest acros­tic square - ten letters by ten, spelling out the same words
horizontally and vertically ­in the English language.
However, his claim to have come up with the "best yet" solution to the conundrum of the ten-square puzzle does not satis­fy some experts. They say that because one of his words does not appear in any dictionary it should be disallowed.
Like the immensely popular numbers puzzle, Su Doku, which The Times introduced to Britain, the. acrostic word square is based on a grid. The words must read the same hori­zontally and vertically and there must be no misspellings or leftover letters.

One of the most famous acrostics was found scratched on a wall in the ruins of Pompeii: It reads:

ROTAS

OPERA

TENET

AREPO

SATOR

" It is unique in that it not only reads the same up .and down and left to right, it also spells out a passable Latin sentence translated as "the sower Arepo holds the wheels at work".
Mr Clarke, a retired aircraft engineer from Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, has been fascinated by word puzzles since he was a boy. He made.thec::laim to have completed the ten-word acros­tic in Word'sWorth, the puzzle magazine that he publishes.
He said: "Over the years people have been trying to con­struct bigger and bigger squares. People have made them from fantastic words that no one could find. Some have done it using names of cities and people names. These have been eschewed."
Mr Clarke is still seeking the "perfect" solution using non­compound words, but says that may be impossible. "Most ex­perts agree that it can't be done, but this is the closest we' ve got to it so far."
The challenge proved too much for a crossword-solving computer program, so he com­pleted his square "by hand". He said: "1' d leave it running all night looking for ten-letter words that would fit, but 1'd come down in the morning and it wouldn't have one."
His claim to have constructed the world's first ten-letter square is supported by Tony Augarde, author of the Oxford Guide toWord Games. Mr Augarde said; "It's not perfect but it's the best I've seen. Previous attempts used words that no one one had heard of or tautonyms, words that repeat the same sound like orang-utan, which made it easier.
"Some of the words in Ted Clarke's square are not well known and he has pushed the boundaries of language, but who is to say what is a word and what isn't?"
Other experts believe that Mr Clarke has "pushed the boundaries" too far with the word nonesevent. According to Mr Clarke the word, perhaps more correctly nones-event, is an event that takes place during a period of the month known as the nones by the Ancient Romans, rather like the Ides of March.
Ross Eckler, an expert from New Jersey, and Jeff Grant, an Australian who has spent the past 30 years trying to crack the problem, say that the puzzle is still waiting to be solved.
Roger Millington, author of The Strange World of Cross­words, who has traced the origins of the acrostic to Ancient Greece, wrote that the creator of the first accepted ten-letter square would achieve "a lifetime of immortality". Mr Clarke said: "I am not claiming immortality yet, but this is the closest we've got to solving this puzzle."

 

 

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THE
33
15
6
7
PERFECT
73
37
1
6
NUMBER
73
28
1
2
OF
21
12
3
4
GODS
45
27
9
7
LETTERS
99
36
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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5
TEN
39
12
3
2
SQUARE
81
36
9
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ELEVEN
63
27
9
5
SEVEN
65
29
2
3
ONE
34
16
7
3
TWO
58
13
4
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
WORD
60
24
6
5
WORDS
79
34
7
8
LANGUAGE
68
32
5
9
LANGUAGES
87
42
6
-
-
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-
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7
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74
38
2
8
LANGUAGE
68
32
5
15
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70
7

 

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The Arithmetic of Allized page 15 (973-eht-namuh-973.com)

The Arithmetic of Allized page 14 (973-eht-namuh-973.com)

The Arithmetic of Allized page 13 (973-eht-namuh-973.com)

www.973-eht-namuh-973.com/coloured site/second button/9.htm

 

Fingerprints of the Gods 

Page 275

"Working from this rounded-up figure, the Osiris myth is capable of yielding a value of 2160 years for a precessional shift through one complete house of the zodiac.  The correct figure, according to today's calculations, is 2148 years.The Hipparchus figures are 2400 years and 2347.8 years respectively.  Finally, Osiris enables us to calculate 25,920 as the number of years required for the
fulfilment of a complete precessional cycle through 12 houses of the zodiac."

Page 276

"Hipparchus gives us either 28,800 or 28,173.6 years.  The correct figure, by today's estimates, is 25,776 years.  The Hipparchus calculations for the Great Return are therefore around 3000 years out of kilter.  The Osiris calculations miss the true figure by only 144 years, and may well do so because the narrative context forced a rounding-up of the base number from the correct value of 71.6 to a more
workable figure of 72"
The scribe writ 2 + 8 + 8 is 18 and then writ 2 + 5 + 7 + 7 + 6 is 27 and then writ 1 + 8 is 9 and 2 + 7 is 9.
Andfffffffinally writ  1+ 4 + 4 is 9  followed by 144  x 360 = 51840 and left it that that.

"All this however, assumes that Sellers is right to suppose that the numbers 360, 72, 30 and 12 did not find their way into the Osiris myth by chance but were placed there deliberately by people
who understood - and had accurately measured - precession."

Osiris enables us to calculate 25,920 as the number of years required for the
fulfilment of a complete precessional cycle through 12 houses of the zodiac."

25920 ÷  432  iz     60

25920 ÷  360  iz     72

25920 ÷    54  iz     48

25920 ÷    45  iz   576

25920 ÷    30  iz   864 

25920 ÷    18  iz 1440

25920 ÷    12  iz 2160

25920 ÷      9  iz 2880

25920 ÷      8  iz 3240

25920 ÷      6  iz   432

25920 ÷      5  iz 5184

25920 ÷      4  iz 6480

Page276

"An example was given in Chapter Thirty-three - the Norse myth of the 432,000 fighters who sallied forth from Valhalla to do battle with "the Wolf'.  A glance back at the myth shows that it contains 
several permutations of 'precessional numbers ". 
Alizzed said to the scribe do it scribe, do it once and for all, just do it. And so the far yonder scribe did it. 
4 + 3 + 2 is 9 and 4 x 3 x 2 is 24                                    and  2 + 4 = 6  x nine is 54
                                              24 x 9  is 2160                 and  2 + 1 + 6 is 9
 

" Likewise, as we saw in Chapter Twenty-four, ancient Chinese traditions referring to a universal
cataclysm were said to have been written down in a great text consisting of precisely 4320volumes."
                                                                                                                             4+3+2 
"Thousands of miles away, is it a coincidence that the Babylonian historian Berossus (third centuryBC) ascribed a total reign of 432,000 years to the mythical kings who ruled the land of Sumer before the flood?  And is it likewise a coincidence that this same Berossus ascribed 2,160,000 years to the period 'between creation and universal catastrophe?"  2,160,000. divide by nine, and rule said ZedalizZed

216 ÷ 9  =   24  and  2 + 4  = 6

216 ÷ 3   =  72  and  7 + 2  = 9

Sumer x 432 = 2160  

Thus writ the far yonder scribe

 

Fingerprints of the Gods

Page 276/7

"Do the myths of ancient Amerindian peoples like the Maya also contain or enable us to compute numbers such as 72,  2160, 4320, etc." 
  The scribe writ  9        9        9    Az in an emergency
 
"We shall probably never know, thanks to the conquistadores and zealous friars who destroyed the traditional heritage of Central America and left us so little to work with.  What we can say, however, is that the relevant numbers do turn up, in relative profusion, in the Mayan Long Count calendar.  Details of that calendar were given in Chapter Twenty-one.  The numerals necessary for calculating precession are found there in these formulae: 1 Katun = 7200 days; 1 Tun = 360 days; 2 Tuns = 720 days;" 
                        =  9                             =    9                                 =  9      5
6 5 Baktuns  = 720,000 days; 5 Katuns = 36,000 days; 6 Katuns = 43,200 days; 6 Tuns = 2160 days; 15 
                   = 9                                    =  9                                =  9                             =  9 
15 Katuns  = 2,160,000 days.
                  =  9

Once more for the children  scribe, said Zed Aliz Zed who then  qqquick as you like, did take a W,
and  the scribe, and the scribes pen, and magiked up before your very eyes more coincidences than enough.

Page 277                                        Number of letters

 

  1 Katun      =   7200          days    Katun  5        7 + 2         = 9               1              1 +            41
  1 Tun         =   360            days     Tun         3        3 + 6         = 9     x 2 =  2              2 +             +
  2 Tuns       =   720            days     Tuns        4        7 + 2         = 9     x 3 =  6              3 +            41
  5 Baktuns   =   720,000     days     Baktuns  7        7 + 2         = 9     x 4 = 24             4 +              +
  5 Katuns    =   36,000       days     Katuns     6        3 + 6         = 9     x 5 = 120           5 +            72
  6 Katuns    =   43,200       days     Katuns     6        4 + 3 + 2   = 9     x 6 = 720           6 +              + 
  6 Tuns       =   2160          days     Tuns        4        2 + 1 + 6   = 9     x 7 = 5040         7 +            36
15 Katuns    =   2,160,000  days     Katuns     6        2 + 1 + 6   = 9     x 8 = 40320       8       =
_______________________________________________________________________________

41                                      +                         41             +            72               +             36     =     190 

           1 Katun      =   7200          days          7 + 2           = 9 
           1 Tun         =   360            days            3 + 6          = 9 
           2 Tuns       =   720            days            7 + 2           = 9 
           5 Baktuns   =   720,000     days            7 + 2           = 9 
           5 Katuns     =   36,000       days            3 + 6          = 9 
           6 Katuns     =   43,200       days            4 + 3 + 2    = 9 
           6 Tuns        =   2160          days            2 + 1 + 6    = 9 
         15 Katuns     =   2,160,000  days            2 + 1 + 6    = 9 

7 + 2 + 3 + 6 + 7 + 2 +7 + 2 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 2 +2+ 1 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 6
  7 + 2 =  9 
     9 + 3 = 12
       12 + 6 = 18
           18 + 7 = 25 
               25 + 2 = 27 
                   27 + 7 = 34
                       34 + 2 = 36
                           36 + 3 = 39
                               39 + 6 = 45
                                   45 + 4 = 49
                                       49 + 3 = 52
                                           52 + 2 = 54
                                               54 + 2 = 56
                                                   56 + 1 = 57
                                                       57 + 6 = 63
                                                           63 + 2 = 65
                                                               65 + 1 = 66
                                                                   66 + 6 = 72

 
Page 277 

Fingerprints of the Gods 

    2 x7 = 14
               14 x 7 = 98
                           9 x 8 = 72
  AlizZed said to the scribe. scribe
we will have to pull out all the spots. 
36 x 72          = 2592                   9 x 9 = 81
36 x 2161      = 77796                 9 x 9 = 81
36 x 432        = 15552                 9 x 9 = 81
72 x 432        = 31104                 9 x 9 = 81
72 x 2161      = 155592               9 x 9 = 81
432 x 2161    = 933552               9 x 9 = 81

1 x Katun       x     72        =      360    ÷        99             =     3. 6363636
1 x Tun          x   360        =    1080    ÷          3             =   360
2 x Tuns         x     72        =     576    ÷         8              =    72

2 x Tun          x     72        =      432   ÷          3             =  144
5 x Baktun     x     72        =    2160   ÷          3             =    72
5 x Baktuns   x     72        =    2520    ÷         7              =  360
 
6 x  Katun     x    432         = 12960   ÷      360             =    36 
                                              12960    ÷        72             =  180
                                              12960    ÷        18             =  720
                                              12960    ÷          9             =  144
 
 

6 x  Katuns    x    432       =  15552   ÷     360               =  432
                                              15552    ÷       72               =  216
                                              15552    ÷      54                =  288
                                              15552    ÷        3                = 5184
Reight scribe said Zed Aliz Zed .The scribe being someat of a nut writ  as  follows. Tun x Tuns x Katun x Katuns xBaktuns
3 x 4   is  12
                             12 x 5 is 60
                                            60 x 6 is  360 x 7 is  2520
2520 ÷ 14 = 180
 

And  Tun x Katun x Baktun.      And  Katun x Baktun x Tun.      And  Baktun x Tun x Katun.
                 is 3  x  5                                             is 6 x 5                                        is 6  x 3
                   is 15  x  6                                           is 30  x 3                                      is 18 x 5
                        is 90                                                  is 90                                            is 90

Thus writ large the far yonder scribe 

 

 

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Page 277 2 + 7 = 9 + 7 + 6 = 14

"Nor does it seem that Seller's 'code' is confined to mythology.  In the jungles of Kampuchea the temple complex of Angkor looks as though it could have been purpose-built as a precessional metaphor.  It has, for example, five gates to each of which leads a road bridging the crocodile-infested moat that surrounds the whole site.  Each of these roads is bordered by a row of gigantic stone figures, 108 per avenue, 54 on each side (540 statues in all) and each row carries a huge Naga serpent.  Furthermore, as Santillana and von Dechend point out in Hamlet's Mill, the figures do not 'carry' the serpent but are shown to 'pull' it, which indicates that these 540 statues are 'churning the Milky Ocean'.  The whole of Angkor 'thus turns out to be a colossal model set up with true Hindu fantasy and incongrousness' to express the idea of
precession." note 14
Kampuchea 9  x  Angkor 6   is  54
So said Alliz zed .Thus writ the Scribe
 

"The same may be true of Java's famous temple of Borobudur, with its 72 bell-shaped stupas, and perhaps also of the megaliths of Baalbeck in the Lebanon - which are thought to be the world's biggest blocks of cut stone.  Long predating Roman and Greek structures on the site, the three that make up the so-called 'Trilithion' are as tall as five-storey buildings and weigh over 600 tons each.  A fourth megalith is almost 80 feet in length and weighs 1100 tons.  Amazingly these giant blocks were cut, perfectly-shaped and somehow transported to Baalbeck from a quarry several miles away.  In addition they were skilfully incorporated, at a considerable height above ground level into the retaining walls of a magnificent temple.  This temple was surrounded by 54 columns of immense size and height.
5 + 4 + 0  =  9         1 + 0 + 8  = 9         7 + 2  = 9
 
Java  4   x  Borobudur  9  =  36
Borobudur 9   x  Java  4   x 72 bell-shaped stupas  =  2592
                                                                                   2  x 5 x 9 x 2
Baalbeck  8   x  Trilithion 10  =  80                             10  x 9
                                                                                            90 x 2 
                                                                                               180
Baalbeck  8   x  Trilithion 10  x  54columns of immense size and height   = 432 
 
 

Page 277/9.

In the subcontinent of India (where the Orion constellation is known as Kal-Purush, meaning Time-Man), we find that Sellers's Osiris numbers are transmitted through a wide range of media in ways increasingly difficult to ascribe to chance.  There are, for instance, 10,800 bricks in the Agnicayana, the Indian fire alter.  There are 10,800 stanzas in the Rigveda, the most ancient of the Vedic texts and a rich repository of Indian mythology.  Each stanza is made up of 40 syllables with the result that the entire composition consists of 432,000 syllables...no more, and no less.  And in Rigveda I:164 (a typical stanza) we read of 'the 12-spoked wheel in which 720 sons of Agni are established.'
12-spoked wheel x 720 sons x Agni
12 x720                                                                                         Kal -  Purush 
is 8640                                                                                          Kal  x Purush
8640  x Agni                                                                                     3 x 6
is 34560 is                                                                                       is 18
34560  ÷ 360  = 96 
                          9 x 6 =  54                                          10800  bricks  x  Agnicayana
                                                                                 is 18000 ÷  99  =  181.81818 
34560 ÷ 180  = 192
                       1 x 9 x 2  = 18                                      10800 stanzas  x  Rigveda
                                                                                                              is 75600 ÷ 7 7  = 981.81818
Rigveda  x Vedic x 18  = 630
Rigveda  x  Agnicayana  =  70
Rigveda  x Agni  x Vedic  =  140 
Rigveda  x Agni  x Vedic x18  = 2520
 
 

Vedic     x  432000  = 2160000
Vedic   x     10800   =    54000 
Agni   x     10800    =        432
Vedic x           18     =         90 
Agni x           18      =        72 
342 x 18 =  7776 ÷ 360  = 216

Enough now of adding to deduce scribe said Zed Aliz Zed ,time to move on . 
 
                                                                   Thus writ the far yonder scribe 

Once more for the children said Alizzed .
Once ag'in   the scribe writ ,  Fingerprints of the Gods

Page 279. 2 x 7 = 14 x 9 = 126

In the Hebrew Cabala there are 72 angels through whom the Sephiroth (divine powers) may be approached, or invoked, by those who know their names and numbers.  Rosicrucian tradition speaks of cycles of 108 years (72 plus 36) according to which the secret brotherhood makes its influence felt.  Similarly the number 72 and its permutations and subdivisions are of great significance to the Chinese secret societies known as Triads.  An ancient ritual requires that each candidate for initiation pay a fee including '360 cash for "making clothes", 108 cash "for the purse", 72 cash for instruction, and 36 cash for decapitating the "traiterous subject".    1 x 8 x 7 x 2 x 3 x 6 = 216 
Cabala  6 x Sephiroth 9  = 54 
Thus in modern Singapore, candidates for Triad membership pay an entrance fee which is calculated according to their financial circumstances but which must always consist of multiples $1.80 $3.60, $7.20, $10.80 (and thus $18, $ 36, $72, $108.00, or $360, $720, $1,080, and so on.)The scribe writ 9 + 9 
+ 9    +   9           +            9  +   9 + 9  +  9       +        9   +   9   +   9 
Just do it for't  laugh scribe said ZedAlizZed.
And so the far yonder scribe tears streaming down 't face did it, doing it for't laugh, and writ eleven
times nine is 99.
 

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Reight scribe, said Zed Aliz Zed time to take a walk a walk said the scribe a walk where  to
Depends on your point of view scribe said  Zed Aliz Zed , either up or down the garden path.
"Q. What  did  you  see on  your  walk?
                        4  x  3  x 3  x 3  x 2  x  4   x  4
                              12   36  108  216  864   3456
A. I  saw  two  pots  with  red  bamboo.
                        1 x 3   x  3  x  4  x  4   x  3   x   6 
                              3       9     36    144   432     2592
Q. Do  you  know how  many  plants  there  were?
                        2 x 3   x  4   x  3   x   4    x   6    x   5    x   4
                             6       24     72      288     1728   8640   34560
A. In  one  pot   were  36   and    in     the     other   72  plants,   together  108.
                      2  x 3  x  3   x  4      x     3   x   2  x   3    x   5      x      6     x     8
                             6     18      72         216   432    1296    6480      38880     311040
Q. Did  you  take  home  some   of    them     for      your      use?
                      3  x 3   x  4  x   4    x   4   x  2   x   4    x   3   x     4    x     3
                            9      36    144     576  1152   4608   13824   55296   165888
A. Yes, I  took home 108 plants...
                      3 x1 x 4  x  4       x       6
                           3    12    48              288
Q. How can you prove that?
                      3  x 3 x 3  x   4   x  4
                         9   27    108   432
A. I   can   prove   it   by   a   verse.
              1 x 3   x   5   x  2  x 2 x 1  x  5
                           3      15     30   60  60    300
Q. How does this verse run?
                      3  x  4   x  4  x  5  x  3
A. The  red bamboo  from  Canton    is        rare          in         the       world.
                     3 x 3   x   6    x    4     x    6    x   2    x   4      x      2    x    3      x    5
                      9       54       216     1296   2592   10368    20736    62208    311040
               In  the  groves  are  36  and  72.
                2 x 3  x  6    x    3     x    3 
                      6     36       108       324
               Who  in   the  world  knows  the  meaning       of       this?
                   3  x 2  x 3   x   5    x    5   x  3    x   7      x     2    x    4
                         6    18      90       450   1350   9450    18900     75600
                When   we   have   set   to   work     we     will      know      the     secret.
                     4   x  2   x  4   x  3  x  2   x  4    x   2   x   4      x    4    x    3     x     6
                              8      32    96   192    768   1536   6144    24576   73728    442368
 
Reight scribe said Alizzed, further little numbers for your delectation and delight .
Reight ZedAlizZed said the scribe barely not able not to suppress a laugh.

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2 x red x bamboo  =  36

red x bamboo is 18 x Canton  is 108 x world  is  504

"In one pot were 36 and in the other 72 plants, , together 108."
36  + 72  +  108  =  216

Yes I took home 108 plants
36  + 72  + 108  + 108 
    108    216     324 

In the groves are 36 and 72
36  + 72  + 108  + 108  + 36  + 72
    108    216     324     360    432
 

36  x 72  = 2592
36  x 72  x 108  = 27 99 36 
3 x 6 x 7 x 2  x 1 x 8 
18  x 7 
     126 x  2
           252  x  1
                  252 x  8
                       2016
3 x 6 x 7 x 2  x 1 x 8 x 1 x 8 
18  x 7 
     126 x  2
           252  x  1
                  252 x  8
                      2016 x 1
                          2016 x 8
                             16128
 

"In  the groves are   36   and  72"
  2  x 3   x  6  x  3 =108  x 3  = 324
                                              324 + 36 
                                                = 360 +72
                                                        =  432
 
 

3 x 6 x 7 x 2  x 1 x 8  x 1 x 8  x 3 x 6 x 7  x 2
     18  x 7 
        126 x 2
            252 x 1
                252 x 8
                    2016 x1
                       2016 x8 
                         16128 x3
                            48384 x6
                             290304 x7
                              2032128 x2
                                is 4064256

 

 

 

 

Thus writ the scribe 

Page 280

Finally returning to India, let us note the content of the sacred scriptures known as the Puranas.  These speak of four 'ages of the earth', called Yugas, which together are said to extend to 12,000 'divine years'.  The respective durations of these epochs, in 'divine years' are Krita Yuga = 4800; 
Treta Yuga = 3600; Davpara Yuga = 2400; Kali Yuga = 1200.
Upon reading this Alizzed immediately didn't take up the rosary and start counting
Yuga                 = 12000 divine years        x         360 = 4320000
Krita Yuga        = 4800 divine years  x         360 =1728000
Treta Yuga        = 3600 divine years x         360 = 1296000
Davpara Yuga   = 2400 divine years       x         360 = 864000
Kali Yuga          = 1200          divine years      x        360 = 432000
 
 

Count ye the letters scribe said Zed AlizZed  of yonder Yugas and  in addition go forth and multiply
And so the scribe counted.and in addition went forth and multiplied 
 
 

KritaYuga        TretaYuga         DavparaYuga         KaliYuga
   5  +  4               5  +  4                    7    +   4              4  +  4
       9          x           9              x             11         x           8 
 9 x 9 is 81 
         81 x 11 is 891 
            891 x 8 is 7128
and 
7128÷ 72 
           =  99 
                9+9 
                 is 18
                  9 x 9 
is  81
              and 8 + 1 equals Nine
Azin the them and the Thou

                  So writ the scribe of that that was said by the Zed Aliz Zed 

Krita 5 x Yuga 4 x Treta 5  x Yuga 4 Davpara 7 x Yuga 4 x Kali 4 x Yuga 4 
          5 x 4                                                                                               4 x 4
            20 x 5                                                                                        4 x 16
             100 x 4                                                                                  7  x 64
                400 x 7                                                                             4  x 448
                 2800 x4                                                                         5 x 2240 
                  11200 x4                                                                    4 x11200
                    44800 x4                                                                 5 x 44800
                    1 7 9 2 0 0                                                              1 7 9 2 0 0
 
                                       Thus writ the very far yonder scribe 

 

 

 

WOMAN FOR ALL SEASONS 1980

 

SUN EARTH MOON

 

 

 

 
 
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