Kaidoku #64 & Easy (If You Know How)

Kaidoku #64 (PDF) | Java applet | JPZ (get Crossword Solver)

How often do you have a straight gimme in a Kaidoku? Pretty rarely, right? Generally you have to hunt around to try to figure out where something might be a Q, or what might be a vowel. If you have a four-letter palindrome, the middle two letters pretty much have to be OO or EE (can you think of any exceptions?) If your word starts with a double letter, your possibilities are limited, but even then there’s generally more than one option. I can only think of two cases off the top of my head where the letter pattern is such that the word pretty much has to be one thing. One is if you have a six-letter palindrome (what does that force the word to be? Remember, PULL-UP doesn’t work because it’s hyphenated). The other is the situation we have in today’s puzzle. If that weren’t enough, the Q is pretty obvious. Oh, and there’s a word starting with a double letter too. If you haven’t yet dared to try these puzzles out on paper, give this one a go! I bet you’ll be surprised how well you do.

That’s it for today! See you Thursday.