Let's Make a Deal!

by George Barany, Ben Geisbauer, and Chuck Tomlinson

This "mid-week level" puzzle (15x19) was released on May 22, 2014, a date of particular significance to the puzzle's honoree (pictured to the right). After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about him by clicking here.

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. Click here for an alternate version of the puzzle, here for the puz file, here to download it as an ipuz file, here for interactive play, and here for the solution. Click here for the original beta version of the puzzle, here for the puz file, here to download it as an ipuz file, here for interactive play, and here for the solution. We thank Noam Elkies, Todd Gross, Brent Hartzell, Martin Herbach, and Alex Vratsanos for beta testing the puzzle, including to make sure it could be solved by those not knowing its honoree and to minimize some "crosswordese" that had populated two earlier versions.

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http://tinyurl.com/makeadealpuz

More puzzles here (all) and here (tributes).

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