Friday Puzzle #58 - Camping Criss-cross
The USPC is coming up and one of my favorite puzzle types on it is the variety criss-cross. I don't construct enough word logic puzzles considering how much I enjoy them, so I thought I'd give this puzzle type a shot this week with an idea I had to combine a Tents puzzle with a word puzzle. Consider it practice for those getting ready for the August test.
Rules: In this grid there are some trees and some tents. Each tree must have exactly one tent connected to it in a vertically or horizontally adjacent cell, and similarly each tent must be connected to exactly one tree in a vertically or horizontally adjacent cell. Trees can touch each other, but no two tents can touch, not even diagonally, because campers apparently aren't very social people. The numbers along the left/top of the grid indicate the total number of trees in that row/column in the solution. The numbers along the right/bottom give the total number of tents in that row/column in the solution.
There are a number of words/phrases given beneath the grid, each containing either a hidden TREE or a hidden TENT. Enter all of these words/phrases into the grid crisscross style (words appear either across or down and all words formed by consecutive letters appear in the word list) so that all words interconnect. Enter one letter per cell, except for the TREEs and TENTs which collectively go into one cell. Each hidden TENT or hidden TREE will connect to one of the given trees or tents in the grid. Words will only cross at letters (not at TREE or TENT). None of the given trees or tents in the grid are parts of any words; letters can be on opposite sides of a given tree or tent without violating the crisscross rule of not forming any additional words.
Rules: In this grid there are some trees and some tents. Each tree must have exactly one tent connected to it in a vertically or horizontally adjacent cell, and similarly each tent must be connected to exactly one tree in a vertically or horizontally adjacent cell. Trees can touch each other, but no two tents can touch, not even diagonally, because campers apparently aren't very social people. The numbers along the left/top of the grid indicate the total number of trees in that row/column in the solution. The numbers along the right/bottom give the total number of tents in that row/column in the solution.
There are a number of words/phrases given beneath the grid, each containing either a hidden TREE or a hidden TENT. Enter all of these words/phrases into the grid crisscross style (words appear either across or down and all words formed by consecutive letters appear in the word list) so that all words interconnect. Enter one letter per cell, except for the TREEs and TENTs which collectively go into one cell. Each hidden TENT or hidden TREE will connect to one of the given trees or tents in the grid. Words will only cross at letters (not at TREE or TENT). None of the given trees or tents in the grid are parts of any words; letters can be on opposite sides of a given tree or tent without violating the crisscross rule of not forming any additional words.