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Comments on Puzzle #8129: Red in Tooth and Claw
By Joe (infrapinklizzard)

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Puzzle Description:

Inca jaguar

#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 20, 2010 [HINT] [SPOILER]

Lots of color logic.

There's some smile logic on the tongue.

It was very necessary to keep track of not only what was definitely white, but also to keep in mind the pixels that just can't be red or just can't be black.

Near the end I used some mega-smile logic to get the top outline - since all the black clues across the top are 1s.

Then some smile logic on the cheeks (the black 8|3|1|2|1 on each side cannot be next to each other due to the horizontal black 1s)

At the end, there are on each side a block 7 rows by 4 columns left with only red clues. I did internal edge logic on the 3 and the rest solved with line logic.
#2: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Mar 20, 2010
Excellent solve.
#3: paul dahmer (paul) on Mar 21, 2010
wonderful to have a logic puzzle with no guessing.
#4: Al LaPointe (kancamagus) on Mar 24, 2010
what a blast - took a while, but most definitely worth it!
#5: Teresa K (fasstar) on Mar 25, 2010 [HINT]
Ah, such a beautiful image. So intricate to solve, I enjoyed the challenge. I did get the color logic and figured out the 1's on the black outline, but at the very end I had to guess at the last red lines on the left and right sides. That was a little too hard for me to look ahead.
#6: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Mar 26, 2010
Found to be logically solvable by Gator.
#7: Gator (Gator) on Mar 26, 2010 [HINT]
Beside the color/smile/alternating smile logic, I ended up using some edge logic on the red towards the end (3 clue in columns 5 and 26). Very fun to solve.
#8: GabrielMyCat (gabrielmycat) on Sep 10, 2010 [SPOILER]
The lower half of the puzzle threw me a bit because it looks slightly like a bird with eyes, beak and the smile! Took me a while but fun fun fun!!!!
#9: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Sep 11, 2010
Thank you, all. It's nice to see older puzzles showing up again in my inbox.
#10: derby (Derby) on Feb 1, 2019
I enjoyed this puzzle.
#11: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Feb 1, 2019
Thank you, derby. It's nice to see (really) older puzzles showing up again in my inbox.

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