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Comments on Puzzle #31611: Bear
By Josh Morency (josh_morency)

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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:

- 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.
#4: Wombat (wombatilim) on Mar 30, 2023 [HINT]
Initial LL completes 9%.

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.
#5: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Mar 30, 2023
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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