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quality: difficulty:
solvability: moderate lookahead?
Puzzle Description:
On Me. Screenshot from the official music video for Take On Me. How's that for an A-Ha moment?
#1: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Sep 25, 2017 [SPOILER]
I had to add a lot more black than there was in the reference picture, but you can compare the puzzle image with the link below.#2: Aldege Cholette (Aldege) on Sep 26, 2017
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1368&bih=796&q=take+on+me+aha&oq=take+on+me+aha&gs_l=img.3..0l9j0i8i30k1.8059.11212.0.12456.14.14.0.0.0.0.142.1136.11j3.14.0....0...1.1.64.img..0.14.1130....0.gY5eVo87U8U#imgrc=uKBBZabLpqn4pM:
Also, I believe I was able to do this with line and edge logic alone, but I also don't entirely trust my advanced logic skills, as I am still learning and getting better at it. If it needs guessing, so be it, but I recommend trying edge logic whenever you get stuck just to place even one or two more pixels to get you going again.
Great likeness Aurelian. One of my favourite bands. :)#3: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Sep 26, 2017
My all-time favorite video!#4: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Sep 26, 2017
Yeah, the video was so artistically done, and the storyline is both funny and exciting. I love when the waitress thinks she skipped out on the bill.#5: Wombat (wombatilim) on Sep 29, 2017 [HINT]
IEL C51 will let you get the 5 started, conveniently in a place that will also start the 3 in C50. LL.#6: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Sep 29, 2017
R19: You can use some IEL to nudge each of the 8 clues a little: R19C30 must be blank, R19C12 must be black, and then R19C18 must be black. LL.
Out of time for today, need to pick this one up later.
I'm surprised Teresa (or anyone else) hasn't commented on the "aha moment" pun yet. I had her in mind when I made it.#7: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Sep 30, 2017 [SPOILER]
Ha! I didn't even think of that. At the start of solving, I thought of "Take...these broken wings", but I soon realized it was going to be a face, and I quickly had my A-Ha moment. :)#8: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Sep 30, 2017
Fun fact: the band chose that name because it had the same meaning in Norwegian as in English.
Cool, now I know a word in Norwegian. :)#9: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 1, 2017
:D#10: Wombat (wombatilim) on Oct 3, 2017 [HINT]
Continued from #5#11: Teresa K (fasstar) on Oct 3, 2017
R21: Regardless of which way the 6 clue near the right side extends, the black in R22C43-44 are part of the 5. LL.
R42-43: You can use some IEL to get these moving; you need to go back and forth between the two for a bit. LL.
IEL R39 can solve the rest of that row.
LL solves from there. No deep lookahead needed.
Good pun. I didn't get it until I saw the image.#12: Vaggelis Kamaris (evag7651) on Nov 1, 2017
solved. some reverts at the end. nice picture.#13: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Apr 18, 2018
Just too large to finish. Too much up and down to keep track of where I am.#14: Velma Warren (Shiro) on Aug 24, 2019
Nice. I rated it hard only because at the end I had to guess 3 or 4 times. Otherwise, it was a bit tedious but average hard.
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