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quality: difficulty:
solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
Bear face
#1: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Sep 27, 2018
that one makes me smile :)#2: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Sep 28, 2018
Grr!#3: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jan 31, 2021 [HINT]
well, i was tracking my advanced moves and they disappeared. i think i had one or two simple ones before getting pretty stuck...so here's my last advanced move from that point, in case it helps anyone:#4: Wombat (wombatilim) on Mar 30, 2023 [HINT]
- the 7 in C13 and the 5 in C15 can't BOTH go through R7. this means ONE OR BOTH MUST go through R11 AND R12. this makes C13R11 black and C14R12 a dot.
Initial LL completes 9%.#5: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Mar 30, 2023
C1: EL marks R12-15 white. LL.
R13: If the 7 goes into C3, it makes R12 invalid, so R13C3 is white. LL.
David's hint works once you're this far along. LL to finish.
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by wombatilim.#6: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Dec 31, 2023 [HINT]
Neat observation by David!
After Wombat's hint I got quick contradictions more mundanely. I tried to place the R13 7 at C13 (contradiction in R12) and R12 (the 2-3-4 in R11 must be stuffed in the first 11 columns, contradiction in C11.)
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