Friday Quiz: Christmas MegaQuiz 2023

[Rorthron]

Should 26D be 8 letters?

[ParadigmShifter]

That's the one!

Ok, that's round 1 complete. I'll post the fifth and final round with this next update. I'm half-cut though, so please excuse me if this goes horribly wrong...

Round 2:


Round 4:
4-3
4-4
4-6

Round 5: The Mega Crossword!

It's the final round, and it's MEGA!

43A Movie
48A Bruce Lee

4D Crystal Castles

[ParadigmShifter]

Just spotted how 20D does not reuse "Famished Prostitute Dash?" how disappointing

[Rorthron]

7D Skool Daze
10D The Birds and the Bees
20D Hungry Horace (Oddly I was thinking of your clue before you mentioned it.)

[ParadigmShifter]

It's definitely more Daily Star level than Times/Guardian anyway

I'm sure a 15x15 symmetric grid would be possible if we included BASIC keywords/tokens, peripherals, hardware terms, Z80 opcodes etc. It's just really hard with games only.

[Rorthron]

It's definitely more Daily Star level than Times/Guardian anyway

I'm sure a 15x15 symmetric grid would be possible if we included BASIC keywords/tokens, peripherals, hardware terms, Z80 opcodes etc. It's just really hard with games only.

The closest I got was this one, though the grid image is now lost:

viewtopic.php?p=10177#p10177

[ParadigmShifter]

Oh only the grid image is lost which is obviously not important

There's software they use to fit words to grids it costs a lot though I think.

EDIT: I think thinking up clues is the easy part the hard part is coming up with a theme (which would be speccy obvs) and fitting into the grid (which is very hard).

Obvs all the classics would need to be involved STONKERS JET SET WILLY HUNGRY HORACE to name a few.

[Rorthron]

Oh only the grid image is lost which is obviously not important

Think of it as an extra challenge.

[ParadigmShifter]

Maybe this might be ok (not tried it out yet)

http://crossword.piercegleeson.com/

EDIT: Nah it doesn't allow backspace lol so no drunk setting of crosswords allowed there

[Rorthron]

There's a library of premade clues here: viewtopic.php?p=23589#p23589

[ParadigmShifter]

Premade clues aren't that great... sometimes needs a flash of inspiration.

Crazy Stealth Bread

is another one of mine I remember fondly

[Rorthron]

Crazy Stealth Bread

is another one of mine I remember fondly

How many letters?

[ParadigmShifter]

3,5,4

EDIT: Obvs that make it too easy though

[Rorthron]

The Bard's Tale

I'm off to try to get some sleep.

[Rorthron]

Oh only the grid image is lost which is obviously not important

I've reverse-engineered the grid, @ParadigmShifter



The symmetry breaks down in the bottom right.

viewtopic.php?p=10177#p10177

SOLUTION

Spoiler

[GreenCard]

Update time...

Round 2:


Round 4:
4-3
4-4
4-6

Round 5:

Across:
3. Managing suns (4,7)
11. Someone who runs with long legs (7)
12. Definetly not this (8)
14. Pugilism backed by urban kudos (6,4,6)
21. In grappling you might be one of theese if you lose (6)
23. Robot-like shooter (9)
28. Arnie's says watch out for that red triangle (8)
32. A speccy game that should be on laserdisc (7,4)
33. Sir Clive was annoyed with this game (3,3,5)
34. Game of life and death given away free (8)
38. Land here on the coast whilst in battle (5,4)
40. Arnie's film/game but hotter (5,4)

Down:
1. Football date (5,3)
6. ET's attack, but they are more than normal (5,5,8)
9. The B-side was the moons of jupiter (8)
13. Vicious weather event that is cyclic (7,7)
18. Hard guy picking up mushrooms (7)
19. Throw your clog in the machine (8)
24. The sea but bigger (5)
25. A rappscallion of the armed forces (5,7)
26. A metal-like glove (7)
30. Expert in fortified homes (6,6)
34. ATV, BMX, grand prix etc...Code Masters loved these (9)
35. Jeff's camel like company (9)
37. Robert's frictionless ball (5,7)
39. Agreement with a superior politician (3,5,8)
41. Extra faster run (5,6)
45. Cornered market board game (8)

I've fixed the errors in the grid that Rorthron has pointed out. If you spot any others, please let me know.

[Oloturia]

24D Ocean?
38A Beach-Head?

[Rorthron]

3A Star Control
11A Strider
12A Street Cred Boxing

[ParadigmShifter]

45D Monopoly
35D Llamasoft
26D Gauntlet

[Rorthron]

34A Survival
40A White Heat
1D Match Day

[Oloturia]

12A Street Cred Boxing

It's definitely not Street Cred Boxing, that's 14A, maybe 12A it's Stonkers?

[Rorthron]

Sorry, I wrote the wrong number for Street Cred Boxing.

6D Super Space Invaders
25D Rogue Trooper
30D Castle Master

[GreenCard]

... maybe 12A it's Stonkers?

It definitely is!

[Oloturia]

19D Saboteur!
(sabotage is literally "throwing a sabot in a machinery" especially a loom)
1D Match Day

[sn3j]

11A Stalker
28A Predator

btw Gauntlet is 8 chars, or 6 GauntLET