tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021428689430150770.post2854385863027244947..comments2024-03-26T13:58:15.513-07:00Comments on Aries Puzzles: May FREE RGAndrew J. Rieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030414487910874355noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021428689430150770.post-79256074718191242652020-05-28T10:51:21.474-07:002020-05-28T10:51:21.474-07:00As for difficulty, you're correct that the WSJ...As for difficulty, you're correct that the WSJ Rows Gardens are equivalent to the Harder difficulty level here - I think the blooms are randomly ordered in WSJ, not alphabetically ordered, but they're still not listed in grid order as the Easier/Easiest versions are on this site. <br /><br />As far as cluing difficulty, I'd say that mine are going to be a little more challenging than the WSJ, though your mileage may vary. I've found that gauging difficulty for a Rows Garden really fluctuates from solver to solver, much more so than a standard crossword. Andrew J. Rieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030414487910874355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021428689430150770.post-69059326930938914412020-05-28T07:50:19.284-07:002020-05-28T07:50:19.284-07:00What do you suggest as a general equivalent in dif...What do you suggest as a general equivalent in difficulty to the kind of Rows Garden puzzles you see in places like the WSJ? "Harder" seems to be the same kind of rules those puzzles are presented in, but I'm finding them to be much easier than these on average...Glennhttp://glenncrossblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com