Shock Sensitivity Training

by George Barany and Friends

This "mid-week level" puzzle was commissioned by 58-Across for their January 2016 newsletter. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about the puzzle itself, by clicking here for our "midrash" (coming by January 15, 2016).  

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. The puzzle was drafted by yours truly and checked by Barbara Barany, Ralph Bunker, John Child, Noam Elkies, Ben Geisbauer, Martin Herbach, and Ken Leopold, as well as by Jennifer Laaser, Alyssa McKenna, and Haley Phillips who are members of 58-Across.

If you want to tell others about this particular page, refer them to
http://tinyurl.com/shocksensitivitypuz

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

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