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Comments on Puzzle #33513: The North Star
By Richard Buckalew (dbx)

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  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: moderate lookahead  

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#1: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Jan 22, 2020

After about the fourth time of getting stuck, instead of doing lookahead I started guessing so I cannot determine the solvability of this puzzle.

#2: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jan 22, 2020 [HINT]
I *think* I just used moderate lookahead (it needed some 2-way logic on the top 2 rows, to get going). I really should pay better attention, now that I have the power to determine these things. :)

I'll try solving again, without using visual clues.
#3: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jan 22, 2020 [HINT]
Yep! After LL runs out, the highest column value of the top 3 rows are (nearly) all 1s 2s and 3s, so there needs to be some summation/edge logic done. I was able to mark a square in R1 C10, and the rest of the puzzle completed nicely with LL.
#4: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jan 22, 2020
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by kristen.
#5: Michael Eddy (meddy) on Jan 22, 2020 [HINT]
Tough one, definite lookahead required. Still enjoyed it.
#6: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Jan 23, 2020 [HINT] [SPOILER]
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#7: Ailsa Hebert (bazette3) on Feb 10, 2021
Loved the puzzle!!!! Only thing wrong with puzzles like this is when the last dot or box is put in and it's over.

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