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solvability: moderate lookahead
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#1: valerie o..travis (bigblue) on Jan 5, 2014
scorpio...whoa, i'll wait for the experts on this :)#2: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 5, 2014
I agree with travis since the only other "m" looking one is Virgo and that was done already.#3: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 5, 2014 [HINT]
both the 9 and the 8 can't go down to r13....ie, at the very least one must reach up to r5, making c4r5 a black. ll almost finishes from there (a lil smile at the end)#4: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jan 5, 2014
beware of limp necked giraffe up ahead.:)#5: Jota (jota) on Jan 5, 2014
You crack me up Al!#6: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jan 5, 2014
LOL,thx Jota.:)#7: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jan 5, 2014 [HINT]
I had to use T&E on the 4 in C15. Luckily I guessed right the first time.#8: Bryan (Cyclone) on Jan 5, 2014 [HINT]
I used edge logic twice or thrice. Not too bad. I had to think about where to crack the puzzle. I might have used another technique, but nothing "deep".#9: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jun 24, 2014
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by jan.#10: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jul 19, 2014 [HINT]
#11: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jun 20, 2016 [HINT]
I agree with Kurt for the first part, but note it's only a pseudo-smile at the end. The 1 in c9 can only go in one position without conflicting with c7.
Another way to do the second part is with summing. (Always a good technique to keep in mind with blots.) The remaining horizontal clues add up to three unplaced pixels; the remaining vertical are one + a blot.
Therefore the blot must be extended two more pixels. then the last pixel goes in with LL.
agree not smile logic. i like joe's summing it's a good approach. i finished with two-way though...#12: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Sep 2, 2017
whether C7R14 or C9R14 is black, C9R13 is a dot
:)
Had to guess twice. Odd on such a small puzzle. I obviously got started wrong.#13: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on May 29, 2020 [SPOILER]
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