Comments on Puzzle #18740: Metallic Male
By David (Havenstrom)
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: 
difficulty: 
solvability: moderate lookahead
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
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#1: Minnie Fuerstnau (m.fuerstnau) on May 24, 2012
Interesting idea and fun solve; thanks!#2: Teresa K (fasstar) on May 24, 2012
Pretty cool puzzle, Gustaf.#3: bugaboo (bugaboo) on May 24, 2012
after initial line logic:#4: Jota (jota) on May 24, 2012
el the 11 clue in r1 to dot c2-7 (you can get more dots on the right side of this row as well but they are not necessary)
ll
el on the 17 clue in r2 to dot c2-6
ll to finish
no guessing
No guessing indeed!#5: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 28, 2012 [HINT] [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#6: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jul 17, 2012
Found to be logically solvable by gator.#7: Velma Warren (Shiro) on Dec 21, 2019
Interested.#8: Paul B (butterp) on Apr 19, 2024 [HINT]
After all the previously posted hints on edge logic, etc., I was afraid I was missing something. This puzzle seemed almost trivial to solve assuming symmetry. Was I wrong to assume symmetry?#9: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Apr 19, 2024
Paul, it's not "technically" a logical solving technique, but we* still do it all the time. :) It makes life a lot easier.
*a few of the solving purists may not, but I don't always have the time or spoons to find a logical next step forward.
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