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#1: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Nov 25, 2011

line/color logic lets you solve all of the lower portion and a few green pixels at the top (dont forget the important dot at r10c3)

from there we can see that the 3 clue from c2 has to go somewhere in the upper section (between r4-10) but the 2 clue from c2 could go in either the upper or lower section

edge logic on that 3 clue proves that it cant go specifically in r8-10, or r7-9 (but you cant dots these places because the 2 clue could be in there) but you can get a green pixel in r6c2 (more line logic now)

here it got kind of cool... the green 3 clues in r8/9 cant both go into c3 so at least 1 of them (or both) extends into c5 (you can dot most of the rest of c5 except for r7-10)

by the exact same logic as mentioned above, at least one of the green 3 clues in r8/9 must also extend into c6 so you can dot c6r13-15

then doing edge logic on the 4 clue in c6 (just to get 2 dots in r5/6 allows line logic to solve it out

no guessing and a great solve

having now said that let me give the biggest HAHA i have given to a puzzle
this made me laugh and laugh
great overhead view

it really is a shame we dont have yellow for this one
he might need to drink a little more water to finish dont ya think?
and he looks like he has lost a little weight too

thanks for warm entry, Bran

This puzzle was so much work. I'm glad I had your hints, Bugaboo, or I don't think I could have finished it.

Brian, this is one of the funniest puzzles ever! And one of the best holiday puzzles, because it is so, um, unique. :-D

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no problem fasstar

jota i think you meant c29 instead of r29
i tried it your way and using internal edge logic on the 3 clues in c29 i get 3 dots at r4-6 and another at r15 but i still had to do 1 more bit of edge logic (this time i used it on the 4 clue in c28, getting 1 dot in r4) and it solved out with line logic

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Hilarious! Great puzzle and challenging too

I think he needs to see a doctor.

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