Profile: tinhorn

I love your puzzles but they drive me insane

I can't figure out any clue as to the loom order.

Keep it up

Gordon --

Thanks for the kind thoughts, in what has been a pretty belligerent crowd. And apologies, looks like this batch was too tough for what the crowd expected. I like my puzzles to be hard but fair, and the past 2 seem to have pushed people's buttons (though they were testsolved in under an hour).

On Loom, try finding which across piece goes at the top. Squares 2 and 4 will be covered by different down pieces. All threads alternate over/under. There shouldn't be too many (or maybe even not more than 1) across pieces that make the start of a word when covered by down pieces at 2 and 4. Then, it should be a straightforward matter of finding what the first down piece and second across piece are, and from there hopefully very straightforward the rest of the way.

If any questions, let me know.