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Title: A Regex challenge
Post by: pwhodges on 04 Feb 2014, 11:36

Each clue on the grid represents a regular expression. The row of cells it points to must match this expression exactly, where it is read starting from where the clue is drawn. There is a unique way to fill in the whole grid.

http://kottke.org/14/01/regular-expression-crossword-puzzle (http://kottke.org/14/01/regular-expression-crossword-puzzle)

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One of the rings of hexagons in the grid contains a lot of X's. Indeed, it alternates between X and a different letter if you travel around it. The other letters spell ARMORED RECON when read in the correct order and direction.

No, I haven't solved it...

Title: Re: A Regex challenge
Post by: snalin on 04 Feb 2014, 16:41

There's a lot of .* there. Not very helpful. Tempted to see how much I can solve, there's some clear starting points, but it's going to get complicated fast.