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Wonderful! I've known what a pangram is, but I mus...

2009-09-30T20:47:06.051+05:30

Wonderful! I've known what a pangram is, but I must confess I haven't been one of those alert solvers. Time to 'alter' that ;)

Very fascinating, this post and the series you're doing in general.

Thanks for the detailed breakdown, CV Sir. 6 unuse...

2009-09-30T19:53:25.873+05:30

Thanks for the detailed breakdown, CV Sir. 6 unused letters in a grid that claims to be a pangram is inexcusable. Apparently this isn't a one-off error either, DNA's Codeword has had letters missing in the past too. Sloppy compiling at its worst.

Though the intro to Codeword says that all 26 lett...

2009-09-30T17:28:38.561+05:30

Though the intro to Codeword says that all 26 letters are used, this grid, as noted by you, is not a pangram.

The grid has 53 blackouts (31.4 per cent).

Total Across words - 14

Total Down words - 14

Words ending in S - 6

Average word length - 5

It has 116 letters.

Unused letters are J K Q V X and Y
Letters used:

A - 18 B - 2 C- 4 D - 2
E - 22 F - 1 G - 3 H - 1
I - 6 J - 0 K - 0 L - 3
M - 2 N - 10 O - 5 P - 3
Q - 0 R - 13 S - 8 T - 9
U - 2 V - 0 W - 1 X - 0 Y - 0
Z - 1

Ah Pangram is it? I've tried my hand at this witho...

2009-09-30T12:46:21.611+05:30

Ah Pangram is it?
I've tried my hand at this without any knowledge of what it was called.

Section 3 (Alphabet Soup) of this doc has an attempt at this.

@Subs: Glad you noticed the "regularly", I was hop...

2009-09-30T10:30:41.076+05:30

@Subs: Glad you noticed the "regularly", I was hoping someone would :)

Thanks, did not know of this meaning of 'pangram' ...

2009-09-30T10:23:53.196+05:30

Thanks, did not know of this meaning of 'pangram' wrt crosswords.

"many letters are regularly found missing". Hah.