Comments on Puzzle #26446: WCP #171 -
By Ron Jacobson (shmily999)
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: 
difficulty: 
solvability: moderate lookahead
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
(This puzzle was recovered from the 2016 database crash. Puzzle creators, please edit this puzzle and put the real description here!)
#1: Jota (jota) on Jan 4, 2019
Couldn't solve w/o guessing. Help!#2: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Mar 9, 2023
Found to have a unique solution by valerie.#3: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Mar 9, 2023
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by valerie.#4: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Mar 9, 2023 [HINT]
Hm. It *is* logically solvable. I wish I'd kept notes! I used:#5: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Mar 9, 2023 [SPOILER]
* edge logic on the 10 in column 1
* a little internal edge logic on the 6 in column 8 (I'm not sure that bit was needed)
* color and edge logic on the 6 in row 3 combined with a step or two of mild lookahead
* and the last bit was careful color logic on the red and black 2s in rows 5 and 6.
Any idea what this is a picture of? Two bugs, on Mars, holding hands, under a zap of red-and-black lightning? I'm not sure what the black loop in the top left corner is.
Ron, I hope you will come back and tell us!
Oh! I looked up what WCP 171 was, and it was MARS. So I think the bugs must be Martians?
Hm.
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