Puzzle Description:

#1: Jota (jota) on Sep 26, 2018

Cute

Clearly a New World monkey, as evidenced by its prehensile tail. ^_^

Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.

This was voted line logic only. Note that the Create-Puzzle's solver can find all line-logic solvable puzzles.

Line logic is when you use the clues from only one line at a time, without referencing ANY crossing clues. This puzzle is not LLS.


After line logic runs out,

deep edge logic 3 c6 (vs c3): if it were to go all the way up it would not leave enough room for all the 1s in c3. So c6r1 must be white

LL to finish

Who needs a prehensile tail when you have opposable thumbs?
https://iso.500px.com/snow-monkey-iphone-photo/

I solved it by summing. After line logic, looking vertically at the bottom two rows of columns 3, 4, and 5, we know each of those has a 1 there, for a total of 3 squares filled in. Then looking horizontally at rows 6 and 7, we know that in those rows there are four squares filled in. So the fourth square must be in one of the bottom two rows of column 6. If the square was in the bottom row, the row above it would have to be blank, which would put a gap in column 6's 3. Since there can't be a gap there, then the filled-in square must be column 6 row 6, and the square below it must be blank. Then line logic to finish.

(This is the first time I have ever used summing entirely on my own, so I am pleased!)

Very nice

I knew that, if C3 has 3 1s, then 1 of those has to go in either R3 or R4. If it goes in R4, that splits the 3 in C6, so it has to go in R3.

There's generally more than one way to skin a...banana?

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