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- PUZZLERS Challenge.
- Copyright (c) 1991, by Dennis J. Yelton.
- All Rights Reserved.
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-
- Ok, so you've finally solved a 7x7 Quilt puzzle and you think
- you're pretty smart, right? Well, let's not be so hasty. The REAL
- challenge isn't just to solve the puzzle, but to solve it in as few
- moves as possible. It turns out that any 7x7 Quilt, no matter how
- thoroughly it's scrambled, can always be solved well within the
- "Genius" range. So how close did you come, Sherlock? Think you can
- do better? Well, that's what the Challenge Puzzle is all about.
- This is the 7x7 Quilt puzzle obtained when loading the file
- CHALLENG.PZL from the FILES menu.
-
- You are hereby challenged to solve the Challenge Puzzle in WELL
- under the 171 moves required by the "Genius" version of SOLVE. Yes,
- it CAN be done. In fact, it can be done with a vengence! But you may
- require a little help, so the following Clue Poem is provided for your
- assistance. Within the poem are all the clues needed to conquer the
- Challenge Puzzle with embarassing ease. Of course, you first have
- to unlock the mysteries of the poem. But once you do, you'll be
- astonished at the result!
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- CLUE POEM:
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- CAN IT BE DONE?
-
- by
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- D. J. Yelton
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- They say it can not be done,
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- Though fools are bound to try,
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- Adrift in rudderless ships
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- On endless seas so dry.
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-
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- They say it's like the ether,
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- A hole that will not fill,
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- A torrent without limit,
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- Transcending human skill.
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-
-
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-
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- But some could not ignore it,
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- Like feathered shaft it came,
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- Pointing forever upwards,
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- To heights of greatest fame.
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- The learned among them knew
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- A skeptic's often right,
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- But reckoned like their fellows
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- There'd been an oversight.
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-
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- From Alpha to Omega,
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- From Hercules to Zeus,
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- They boldly tried to scorch it,
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- But only cooked their goose.
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- Much later came the Great Ones,
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- Courageously they fought.
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- But they each succumbed in turn,
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- Till all t'was left was naught.
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- Now we KNOW -- it CAN'T be done,
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- The rules are much too strict.
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- But if they're too restrictive,
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- Perhaps they should be fixed.
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-
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- So if you have the patience,
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- Look closely and you'll see
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- A number and procedure
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- To solve the mystery.