An exceedingly ingenious constructor andsolver of fascinating puzzles, mathematical and otherwise.
After thesolver has demonstrated to his satisfaction that it cannot be done in accordance with the conditions as he at first understood them, he should carefully examine the wording in order to find some flaw.
It is clear that very few men can be left throughout in their cells undisturbed, but I will leave the solver to discover just how many, as this is a very essential part of the puzzle.
The solver should, however, first of all bear in mind that in making his calculations he need only consider the four villas that stand at the corners, because the intermediate villas can never vary when the corners are known.
Of course it immediately occurs to the solver that every LIVE or EVIL is worth twice as much as any other word, since it reads both ways and always counts as 2.
I am afraid, however, it is only after considerable study and experience that the solver is able to get such a grasp of the various "areas of disturbance" and methods of circulation that his judgment is of much value to him.
The rather perplexing point that the solver has to decide for himself in attacking this puzzle is whether the shaded numbers (those that are shown in their right places) are mere dummies or not.
There was a trap for the solver in the words "seven times older than little Johnnie.
After the acutesolver has noticed this point, it is for him to determine which method is the better one--for the two to be together at the count or to separate.
But they are not arranged in any order of difficulty--and this is intentional, for it is well that the solver should not be warned that a puzzle is just what it seems to be.
He is no meresolver of arbitrary ideal puzzles in general.
The mathematician is not, like the solver of chess problems, merely displaying his skill in dealing with the arbitrary fictions of an ideal game.
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