Comments on Puzzle #27807: A Symbol of Our Times
By Brian Bellis (mootpoint)
peek at solution solve puzzle
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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: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Jan 10, 2019
The formerly used symbol used by the artist formerly known as Prince.#2: Jota (jota) on Feb 5, 2019
Cool!#3: Lollipop (lollipop) on Nov 10, 2019
I recognized it immediately even though I've never listened to him. He made his mark.#4: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 29, 2022
Found to have a unique solution by infrapinklizzard.#5: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 29, 2022
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.#6: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Dec 29, 2022 [HINT]
After LL (NB: c10 can have the top three clues placed by LL)
EL 5 c8 limits it to [r1-7]. Therefore c8r3-5 must be black
LL
The far right middle can be solved with smile logic. The 4 in c18 cannot go all the way up nor down without causing a conflict in c20 because of the crossing 2s. Thus c18r6 & r11 must be white
LL
Now use the same idea on the 5 in r13:
If it were to go all the way left, then it would force both pixels under it in r16 to be black, causing a conflict. Therefore r13c8 must be white
LL to finish
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