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#1: Lollipop (lollipop) on Nov 29, 2011

Painstaking work, but I knew the result would be worth it, and it was. Gorgeous. I so look forward to your puzzles, marz.

wonderful

Incredible image marz.:)

Great image, difficult puzzle.

Thanks all :) I knew it was going to be a toughy, I worked for ages to make it solvable by logic alone, then when it came to solving it, I still had to do a lot of filling in of clues myself. Drove me crazy! :D

I think HE would drive me crazy!

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I did the puzzle 1/3 of the way through, messed up, erased the whole thing, tried again and saved it along the way. Took me about 8 hours of coming back to see the solution. REAL tough one, but well worth the effort. Thanks for a great image MARZ.

Thanks Ellen :)

Is that the Marlboro Man?!
Excellent work on your part, for a thoroughly enjoyable, and challenging work on our part.

Does this end your series? I can think of one or three more pieces of cowboy essentials...

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What a fitting finale to a fantastic series! This was SUCH a fun solve, and the image was so rewarding after all that work. Perfect in every way. Marie-Louise, you are the Queen of Puzzle Creators. :-)

Why thank you so much Teresa! Glad you enjoyed :)

Yes Marie-Louise this was a great series and although i wouldn't mind seeing Joseph do some more Cowboy Essentials,i would love to see you do more also. I can think of a few items remaining,and i might do some myself with your blessing i'm sure,but it's always cool to see other creators renditions of someone else's series.As for you being the Queen of Puzzle Creators,that's a tough call Marz because Teresa,Kristen,Kit E,and a few others including an up and coming Lilly,have shown us their brilliance,however your brilliance comes out so often,with every puzzle you make that you may possibly be the greatest talent Web PBN has ever seen. You will definitely be in the Hall of Fame.:)

Well, Marie-Louise has now announced this is the end of her series and that others could add to it. But to interrupt the series in the middle would be rude, in my opinion.

Look at it this way: If I start a series, I have several ideas in mind for my puzzles in that series. If I create two or three, and am working on the next one, and I like to make them really good, so it takes me all day to make, and when I am about ready to publish it, I see that someone else has just created a puzzle for MY series and the idea is the same one I have been working for many hours on, well, I may feel just a little bit frustrated.

Of course, it's perfectly all right if several people make puzzles of a common theme, like our contests or invitational challenges, but when someone is working on a series, it's just respectful to allow them to finish their series before adding to the series yourself.

If you look around, there are hundreds of series ideas just waiting to be imagined.

Speaking of imagination... No one can match YOUR imagination, Aldege, for the wild ideas you come up with for series. From the drive-in to the North Pole, I'll follow you anywhere to solve your funny, crazy series. :-D

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I don't think ANYone has been bored with your puzzles, Marie-Louise. But I understand the time issue. If you don't create too many, I hope you will stick around and solve some. :-)

Great puzzle. Like Ellen, I had to start over a couple times. I found it challenging and very creative. Usually, I find it easy to guess but this one was not initiative in that way which made it all the more challenging.. excellent image as well. Five stars!

Wonderful puzzle that was a lot of fun.

Fantastic image with great detail. Tough puzzle with no guessing.

Fantastic image Marz! As usual; you have such terrific talent and we are blessed to have you on the site. I have most of your puzzles partially completed and stored, as they often take hours to solve.

It's almost disappointing to finish it, because they are so much fun to solve.

Maybe I'll erase a corner so it stays in my stored directory. :)

Great puzzle!!

wanderful

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