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Comments on Puzzle #22297: Start position
By Thomas Genuine (Genuine)

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  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: moderate lookahead  

Puzzle Description:

Let's snooker!

#1: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jun 30, 2013

Blotted clues changed by Genuine
#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jul 19, 2013 [HINT]
This is a perfect example of summing.

Add up all the remaining across black clues = 4 + two blots
Add up all the remaining down black clues = 4

therefore the blots in r1 & r25 cannot be any longer than they are and c24r1 & 25 are white.

Then LL to finish
#3: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jul 19, 2013
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.
#4: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Oct 2, 2021
Fun to solve. . No guessing. Good illustration

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