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Comments on Puzzle #24071: 36 Queens puzzle puzzle.
By Joe (infrapinklizzard)

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  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: line & color logic only  

Puzzle Description:

Since we have only 5 colors (including white), this puzzle is incomplete. Can you choose 6 of the white (dotted) pixels and return them to the unknown state to make every row, column and 45 degree diagonal have only one pixel of each color?

#1: Jota (jota) on Mar 24, 2014 [SPOILER]

R1C1 Unknown C4 Dot
R2C1 Dot C6 Unknown
R3C3 Unknown C5 Dot
R4C2 Dot C5 Unknown
R5C2 Unknown C6 Dot
R6C2 Dot C4 Unknown

Fun!
#2: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Mar 24, 2014
Fun to solve.
#3: marjorie rex (mamo) on Mar 24, 2014
can I do what,now? :0
#4: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Mar 25, 2014
i'm going to have a Molson and just go with Jota's work.
#5: Susan Duncan (medic25733) on Mar 26, 2014
Sounds like a plan Tom
#6: Jill Tallmer (Yidl) on Jun 24, 2016
Nifty
#7: Kathy Roth (clyde) on Jun 24, 2016
The second part was interesting.
#8: Vesta Snover (~Dessa~) on Jun 24, 2016 [HINT] [SPOILER]
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#9: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 25, 2016 [SPOILER]
It's been so long that I don't know if I missed the diagonals, or did it on purpose to give the question a kick. There are also two greens and two reds at 45 degrees to each other.
#10: Gator (gator) on Apr 28, 2017 [SPOILER]
Notice how if you focus on the black and blue parts and rotate them all 90 degrees clockwise, then they will fill in every dot space which will satisfy the question. :)

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