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Comments on Puzzle #15253: Oh my, oh my, my deer.
By Tom O'Connell (sensei69)

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  version: 3    quality:   difficulty:   solvability: moderate lookahead  

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#1: Avgvstvs (Avgvstvs) on Jul 21, 2011 [HINT]

I still haven't found a way of logically solving this puzzle. Edge logic gives you some blank squares on C14 and a black square on C1 (seeing which are the square the 5 can occupy). Also, affirmation logic gives you a dot on C7R20 - no matter where the 6 on R20 goes, that square is a dot. So, this gives you just two places where that 6 can go: either C1-6 or C8-13.

I've seen also that the 6 on R20 can't have the 7 on R15 above it; this means that, if the 6 is at left on its row, the 7 is at right; if the 6 is at the right, the 7 occupies left side of its row. I've come to this conclusion thinking about how the 7 on R15 and the 1 on R14 work in relation to the 6 on R20. The sucessive 2s on C6-10 lead to contradictions.

After that, I couldn't solve the puzzle without guessing where the 6 goes. Line logic solves the rest.
#2: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jul 21, 2011
New version published by sensei69.
#3: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jul 21, 2011
New version published by sensei69.
#4: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jul 21, 2011
Avgvstvs is right...my oversight, sorry!
#5: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Jul 21, 2011
comment 1 was nearly identical to what i was going to write

for version 3 after initial line logic i used edge logic on the 3 in c19 to get 1 black pixel and then it solved out with line logic
no guessing
#6: Jane Doe (telly) on Jul 21, 2011
no guessing now, as bug said.
nice puzzle sensei
#7: Avgvstvs (Avgvstvs) on Jul 21, 2011 [HINT]
I'm sorry, Tom, but now this puzzle is a bit frustrating. I think you could make it solvable while preserving it's original difficulty.

The whole point was in the affirmation logic on R20. I still think you could maintain it and slightly change something else.
#8: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 21, 2011
I'm sorry Tom i tried both versions and i can't get very far,nice image though.
#9: Jota (jota) on Jul 22, 2011
Nice solve Tom! No guessing.
#10: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Jul 22, 2011
I liked it...edge logic needed on the right edge and after that it solves itself. Nice, Tom.
#11: annalivia (annalivia) on Jul 23, 2011 [SPOILER]
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#12: Trish (tryingmysoul) on Jul 23, 2011
Liked it, Tom. I've been missing your puzzles.
#13: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jul 24, 2011
Fun little puzzle. I like the way it solved.
#14: paul dahmer (paul) on Jul 26, 2011
easy puzzle - what is all the comments about???
#15: Avgvstvs (Avgvstvs) on Jul 27, 2011
Comments are about previous versions of the puzzle, paul. If you haven't seen them, you'll not understand the comments.
#16: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jul 28, 2011
Found to be logically solvable by gator.
#17: Velma Warren (Shiro) on Jul 30, 2019
Had to guess at least once.

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