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Comments on Puzzle #26507: Eats, shoots, and leaves
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(This puzzle was recovered from the 2016 database crash. Description not available.)

#1: Mishkin Nairobi (rmr02) on Nov 25, 2018       classify

Very well done puzzle. Not only is it a wonderful image, but it is a poser all the way to the end. Completely solvable by logic, but challenging nonetheless. Thank you.
#2: derby (Derby) on Mar 30, 2022       classify
Agree with first comment. This is an excellent puzzle.
#3: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Apr 3, 2022       classify
A wowza, indeed!
#4: Wombat (wombatilim) on Oct 15, 2022 [HINT]       classify
After line & color logic:

R19: There are two places for the 4 to go. If it is placed in C21-24, it causes a contradiction in R20, so it must go in C12-15 instead.

LL solves the rest.
#5: Vaggelis Kamaris (evag7651) on Nov 1, 2022       classify
solved by logic. nice.
#6: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 10, 2023       classify
Found to have a unique solution by valerie.
#7: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 10, 2023       classify
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by valerie.
#8: Valerie Mates (valerie) on May 10, 2023       classify
(I flagged this as Moderate Lookahead based on Wombatilim's comment. I haven't tried solving it myself.)
#9: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on May 11, 2023 [HINT]       classify
The color logic here is tricky and interesting! But it is possible to fill in all the green with color logic.

I got to 95% with the area bounded by C13/23 and R12/24 mostly unfilled in.

Then, as Wombatilim mentioned, finding the 4 in R19 works quickly.

Also you can show that if the 4 in R15 is not in C21-24, the 3 in row 16 has nowhere to go. But this takes a bit longer.

But just to verify things...

...oh, and also to mention that the book of the same title, which is in some ways just about grammar, is very funny indeed!
#10: Courtenay Footman (Courtenay) on Dec 2, 2024 [SPOILER]       classify
Either the picture or the title is wrong. The picture is describing "Eats shoots and leaves", not "Eats, shoots, and leaves". If the title is the latter the panda should be holding a gun and walking away! (As he is on the cover of Lynne Truss's the book.)

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