The Little Pigsby Farm
Creative Computing, 1975.
This little cross number puzzle has been around for some time. I've
seen it presented in more than one place, but haven't seen it for a while.
I was completely stumped on where to start with this one until I really
read what the Across and Down hints were trying to say. Good luck!
The farm known as Little Pigsby has been in the possession of the Dunk Family
for several centuries. One of the fields is rectangular and is known as Dog's
Mead. Below are a number of clues to figures relating to the property which
must be written in the appropriate places in the framework. When completed
'2 down' will give the square of the age of Mrs. Gooby, Farmer Dunk's
mother-in-law.
Clues
The year of this puzzle is 1939.
4840 sq. yds. equal 1 acre.
4 roods equal 1 acre.
20 shillings equal 1 pound sterling.
Across
1. Area of Dog's Mead in square yards.
5. Age of Farmer Dunk's daughter Martha.
6. Difference in yds. between length and breadth of Dog's Mead.
7. No. of roods in Dog's Mead times (x) '8 down'.
8. Year when Little Pigsby came into possession of the Dunks.
10. Farmer Dunk's age.
11. Year of birth of Mary, Farmer Dunk's youngest child.
14. Perimeter in yds. of Dog's Mead.
15. Cube of Farmer Dunk's walking speed in M.P.H.
16. '15 across' minus (-) '9 down'.
Down
1. Value in shillings per acre of Dog's Mead.
3. Age of Mary.
4. Value of Dog's Mead in pounds sterling.
6. Age of Farmer Dunk's first born, Ted, who was twice as old as Mary in
1935.
7. Square of the no. of yds. in breadth of Dog's Mead.
8. No. of minutes it takes Farmer Dunk to walk one and 1/3 times around Dog's
Mead.
9. See '10 down'.
10. '10 across' times (x) '9 down'.
12. One more than the sum of the digits in '10 down'.
13. Length of tenure in years of Little Pigsby by the Dunks.
I give up, show me the Answer