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Comments on Puzzle #22061: Present #3 for my Niece.
By Tom O'Connell (sensei69)

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  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: moderate lookahead  

Puzzle Description:

#1: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 1, 2013

This is a toughie!
#2: valerie o..travis (bigblue) on Jun 1, 2013
nice solve tom :)
#3: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 1, 2013
thx Trav ... guess you figured out the 7
#4: Thomas Genuine (Genuine) on Jun 1, 2013 [SPOILER]
what is this?
#5: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jun 1, 2013 [SPOILER]
Very cool,thx for the tire swing uncle sensei.:)
#6: Ruby Hammer (rubyqhammer) on Jun 1, 2013
i solved it, but the last 10 spots or so were guessing. Cute pic.
#7: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jun 2, 2013 [HINT]
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#8: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 2, 2013
thx Kurt
#9: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 2, 2013 [HINT]
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#10: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 2, 2013 [HINT]
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#11: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jun 2, 2013
I didn't say that it wasn't deep look-ahead(with the 7 particularly), just that there wasn't guessing....
#12: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jun 2, 2013
Tom, we've seen so many puzzles and can simply "see" some things. Sometimes we forget to count steps and many are unsure as to what exactly constitutes one step. The logic works, but I think Joe's right on the 7. It takes more than 2 steps to get there. I don't think the smile or pseudo-smile is deep though. if you start to place the 2 at the top of the 4 empty spaces available, you easily see the coming contradiction with the remaining two 1's in the c next to it. I'd imagine most seasoned solvers recognize it as a smile immediately
#13: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 2, 2013
Kurt, thanks for replying. All I said was I agreed with your statement about r2-c9. It is true that after all these years we do gain super powers with our eyes to see the next moves. lol I am glad you SEE the smile logic as I do.
#14: Jota (jota) on Jun 4, 2013
Cool solve, uncle Tom.
#15: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jun 7, 2013 [HINT]
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#16: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 8, 2013 [HINT]
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#17: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jun 8, 2013
no smile logic in my solve tom :)
#18: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 8, 2013 [HINT]
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#19: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jun 8, 2013
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.
#20: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 9, 2013
thx Joe
#21: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jun 9, 2013
at some point i'll have to go back though this and follow your solve, joe. glad i could be of assistance.
#22: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Aug 14, 2017
No place above does anyone say what this is.
#23: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Aug 14, 2017
check #5 blackcat :)
#24: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 15, 2017
yeppers
#25: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Aug 19, 2017
This is evidence that BlackCat reads the comments, but there's still no evidence s/he comes back to read replies.
#26: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Aug 20, 2017
"Niece" is misspelled, in the title. ;)
#27: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 21, 2017
thx K
#28: Velma Warren (Shiro) on May 19, 2019
Did a lot of guessing for such a small puzzle.
#29: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 19, 2019
Valerie: here is a puzzle that I don't own where I determined the solvability and it has since become voteable again.
#30: Valerie Mates (valerie) on May 21, 2019
Joe - Thanks for letting me know. I need to cycle back to looking at what's causing that.

Just a note that I don't see most puzzle comment threads, especially if the puzzle is bigger than 20x20. It's only luck that I saw this comment at all. The best way to reach me is with e-mail, or the e-mail form on my website. Another option is to leave a comment in the WebPBN Facebook group -- those reach me quickly too.
#31: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on May 22, 2019
well if luck brings you back here some day, know that you are loved
#32: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Nov 25, 2021 [SPOILER]
How did your niece like the noose?
was it a nice niece noose?
#33: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Nov 26, 2021
David, you too are loved!
#34: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Mar 16, 2023
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by wombatilim.

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