peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
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#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Aug 21, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#2: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 21, 2012
thx a bunch Norma#3: Joel Lynn (furface1) on Aug 21, 2012
No guessing. Cute puz, Sensei.#4: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 21, 2012
There used to be a really large model of this in front of a house in Northern Virginia. I think it came from Baltimore, and was returned there when the house was sold and the property redeveloped.
thx Joel & for info also#5: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Aug 21, 2012
I loved this puzzle, Tom. Thanks!#6: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 22, 2012
:) JD#7: valerie o..travis (bigblue) on Aug 22, 2012
:)#8: Jota (jota) on Aug 24, 2012
Victor? ;-)#9: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 24, 2012
yesssss Jota :)#10: Tom King (sgusa) on Aug 24, 2012
Great puzzle, Tom! Very recognizable and I liked the level of difficulty.#11: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 25, 2012
thx tom#12: Bryan (Cyclone) on Mar 11, 2013 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#13: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 11, 2013
Bryan - "moderate look-ahead" encompasses edge logic, smile logic, two-way logic, et al. -- basically anything that isn't a one-line logic (line logic) or basic color logic.#14: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 11, 2013 [HINT]
They require a bit of "looking ahead", if only a little. Edge logic, for example requires
step 1 - placing the hypothetical clue
step 2 - extending the crossing clues
before you can see if the extended clues conflict.
Easy, but still looking ahead, so "moderate look-ahead".
If it requires more than 2-3 steps before you can tell there's a conflict, (but still is within a reasonable amount) then it becomes deep look-ahead.
There are some puzzles with a unique solution that therefore have a Logical solution, but would take so much mental bookkeeping that it would be beyond any person's capacity. Those get classified as guessing as we are people, not computers.
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#15: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 31, 2013
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.#16: Vaggelis Kamaris (evag7651) on Nov 30, 2019
easy#17: Velma Warren (Shiro) on Jan 18, 2020
Cute. Neat version.#18: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Jan 14, 2021
Cute but I had to guess alot. Must have started out wrong.#19: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Apr 2, 2024
This reminds me of a puzzle I made...#9502. Tom's is cuter though :)
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