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quality: difficulty: solvability: line logic only
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 Nov 11, 2019
Al please tell me more about this! ;-)#2: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Nov 18, 2021
Fun to solve but can't understand the story. No guessing.#3: Lollipop (lollipop) on Feb 12, 2022
Long time since I last used Aldège's beard logic. I too am sorry the story is lost.#4: Ailsa Hebert (bazette3) on Nov 20, 2022
Loved the solve....thanks! Awesome puzzle...really had to work at it, which is what I like.#5: Wombat (wombatilim) on Mar 2, 2023 [HINT]
R30: EL puts blacks in C4-5, C9-11, and C13. LL solves the rest.#6: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Mar 2, 2023
Found to have a unique solution by wombatilim.#7: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Mar 2, 2023
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by wombatilim.#8: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jun 13, 2024 [HINT]
Standard LL, then these two trickier LL moves get you the rest of the way:#9: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jun 13, 2024
- whether the black in C14R9 is the first 1 clue or the first 2 clue, C14R11 is always a dot.
- whether the black C17R11 is part of the 3 clue or a one clue, C17E12 is always a dot.
Found to be solvable by line logic alone by dbouldin.#10: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jun 13, 2024 [HINT]
there was another tricky bit of LL that I found after the standard ran out, but it didn't end up getting you very far and it didn't end up being necessary, but it was interesting so here it is:
- C19R8 is always a dot...whether either of those blacks are part of 3 or 4 :)
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