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Comments on Puzzle #15761: A nice guy
By Lilly Johns (LJohns315)

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  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: moderate lookahead?  

Puzzle Description:

My brother, Collin

#1: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Sep 6, 2011 [SPOILER]

And handsome too.Nice tribute to your brother Lilly.
#2: bexie (becinaus) on Sep 7, 2011 [HINT] [SPOILER]
well done lilly, not sure if i had to guess or use advance logic on the left eye and the right neck. But did really enjoy solving it. :)
#3: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz71) on Sep 7, 2011
He looks like a nice guy Lilly :)
#4: Lilly Johns (LJohns315) on Sep 7, 2011
Thanks, everybody.
#5: Teresa K (fasstar) on Sep 7, 2011 [SPOILER]
Collin must be pretty special to get a portrait! Handsome guy.
#6: Lilly Johns (LJohns315) on Sep 7, 2011
Thanks, Teresa.
#7: Wombat (wombatilim) on Mar 26, 2012 [HINT]
Once line logic gets you stuck:
- Take a look at the remaining clue in C4 (R17-20). You can eliminate R17C4 because it would cause a contradiction in C6.
- Regardless of whether or not the 4 clue in R5 goes in the first group of 4 open spots, R6C12-13 are white.

The last empty area in R30-36 C30-34 is the only area where I'm not sure whether the logic is advanced enough to count as "guessing." Taking a look at the available clues, I could tell the remaining blacks had to be in a zig-zag pattern starting in the upper left of that area, but I'm not sure this one meets our standards for either edge logic or look-ahead.
#8: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Apr 6, 2018
Great image. Very tough solve. Did have to guess at the end.

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