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quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
...The new TV was to big for the old cabinet so a man fixed it by cutting out the one side.
#1: Wombat (wombatilim) on May 3, 2017 [HINT]
Smile logic to finish#2: Norma Dee (norm0908) on May 3, 2017
Funny. Necessity is the mother of invention.#3: Belita (belita) on May 3, 2017 [SPOILER]
He could make a real business for himself. Thrift stores are full of TV cabinets that are too small for modern TV's. Call it the new asymmetrical look, and he could have a hit!#4: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 4, 2017
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by gator.#5: Gator (gator) on May 4, 2017 [SPOILER]
It is a thing. :)#6: Teresa K (fasstar) on May 4, 2017
http://www.diamondcase.com/Knowledge/Knowledge_HTML/Retrofit_and_Modify_Old_and_Existing_Furniture_For_Flat_Panel_TVs.HTML
Hehehe. Fun puzzle, Travis. By any chance, is this a real life situation and do you just happen to know the "man"?#7: Aldege Cholette (Aldege) on May 4, 2017
I admire your brilliance Travis,but I just can't picture how this would look in ones living room. :)#8: Michael A Rodgers (marodgers) on May 22, 2017
I solved this puzzle with only line logic. It did not require a look ahead.#9: valerie o..travis (bigblue) on May 23, 2017
thanks everyone for your comments :)#10: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Mar 18, 2021
great link gator :)
teresa, it almost was but a friend called me over when hubby was out and we pushed the old one right out the front door and just watch it break up and it went down the steps :)
A very clear illustration. Gave me a chuckle.
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