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Comments on Puzzle #22505: Puzzle in a Puzzle
By Joseph Newton (Shroomyjoe)

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  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: line & color logic only  

Puzzle Description:

READ THIS: Print this out, draw it or solve it again but remove question mark. Now connect the coloured shapes with lines that do not cross over each other or through other boxes.

#1: Thomas Genuine (Genuine) on Aug 2, 2013

Pls make the rules more exact: Can the line is coloured, is it allowed touching the parts by corners of sqares. and so on.
Interesting enigma but only with well defined rules.
#2: Joel Lynn (furface1) on Aug 2, 2013 [SPOILER]
Black and red connector lines go outside the grid.
#3: Ruby Hammer (rubyqhammer) on Aug 2, 2013
Ditto #1...we are addicted to puzzles after all.
#4: Joseph Newton (Shroomyjoe) on Aug 3, 2013
It doesn't matter if it is coloured or not. They're still lines that don't cross. But if you don't use colours make sure you know where you're line is heading.

Also, it IS solvable without lines going outside the grid, furface1 so shut up.
#5: Joel Lynn (furface1) on Aug 3, 2013
Did I say something offensive, Shroomyjoe?

I am offended by your rude comment.
#6: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Aug 3, 2013
Uncalled for, Joseph!
#7: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Aug 4, 2013
Joseph...doesn't look as if you are right about the solution...unless your original instructions are wrong...

We are all assuming you want us to connect the red shape to the red shape, the blue shape to the blue shape...and so on. Without solving it as Joel suggested...there doesn't seem to be any solution.
#8: Rei (huggyrei) on Aug 4, 2013 [SPOILER]
Line from top left black, wind up and to the right, then around and under the blue, up through the middle, over the green, then down and connect to black in bottom left. This leaves a path in between the black threads for a line connecting the blue on the left, going over the green, and connecting to the blue in the middle.

Similarly, line from red on top right, underneath the middle blue boxes and the existing threads, then up through the middle, around the green, and then along the bottom until it reaches the bottom right. This leaves a gap for the gree on the right to connect to the green in the middle by going in between the red lines, underneath the blue and then up to the green in the middle.
#9: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Aug 6, 2013
huh
#10: Joseph Newton (Shroomyjoe) on Aug 14, 2013
I can create a new puzzle with the answer. HOW ABOUT THAT? I'll go and do that now.
#11: Joseph Newton (Shroomyjoe) on Aug 14, 2013
There. It's done. Search for "Puzzle in Puzzle #1 ANSWER" for the solution.

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