Comments on Puzzle #415: Non-brown Betty
By Susan Spitz (punchy sue)
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solvability: line & color logic only
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: line & color logic only
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#1: Jan Wolter (jan) on Apr 16, 2006
I have been able to confirm that this has only one solution, but I haven't yet been able to get to the solution by logic alone. There's a big rectangle in columns 23 through 32 and rows 16 through 30 within which I can't get very much. Outside of that I can get everything.#2: Susan Spitz (punchy sue) on Apr 17, 2006 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#3: Jan Wolter (jan) on Apr 18, 2006
I went back to it and I agree. It can be solved by logic alone. Your hint helped.#4: Mark Conger (aruba) on Apr 25, 2006
An excellent puzzle. Thanks.
A great puzzle! It took me a couple of tries, because I had the checker turned off. I believe you when you say it took a long time to design - all those fiddly bits! Very impressive.#5: Bobbie Hall (koalaobo) on Jul 23, 2006
Excellent puzzle with challenging bits all the way through.#6: Gitte Olesen (granny40) on Oct 27, 2007
When are you going to design another puzzle?
Nice :o)#7: Arduinna (arduinna) on Nov 6, 2007 [HINT] [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints and spoilers#8: Diana Reese (Diana60) on Aug 1, 2008
Great Puzzle. Tried it twice#9: Zuzana (Mori.1) on Aug 21, 2008
Really challenging, I have been able to solve it using logic alone, but it took me nearly an hour. Nice one!#10: Beth (Shasta) on Nov 12, 2008
Very nice-took a while but never totally frustrating-just the way I like them. Thanks#11: Deana L (ffswife) on Mar 31, 2009
Another one I started forever ago, and ended up had to start completely over.. very nicely done. And like Mark said... lots of fiddly bits. :)#12: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Jul 8, 2009 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#13: Byrdie (byrdie) on Dec 10, 2009 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#14: Ailsa Hebert (bazette3) on Feb 8, 2010
Loved it!!!#15: Vaggelis Kamaris (evag7651) on Sep 26, 2010
tried it three times, finally I solved it!!! excellent puzzle, it can been solved by logic alone. Great work.#16: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jan 21, 2011
From the title, I now have "Who-oah Black Betty (bam-a-lam)" stuck in my head.#17: BlackCat (blackcat) on Jan 26, 2013
Very tough, very rewarding puzzle. I was able to do it all by logic. Even when I realized what the image would be it took a real stubborn effort to finish it. Very fun.#18: derby (Derby) on Apr 9, 2019
Very difficult, I am glad above comments say it can be solved with logic. I couldn’t do it with logic, but was able to get with some trail and error. Excellent image.#19: Velma Warren (Shiro) on Feb 16, 2020
Lovely puzzle. I knew who it was early on, but I still had to guess once. This is one of the best I've seen on this subject.#20: Shrek4fun (Shrek4fun) on Mar 28, 2022 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#21: Kathy Roth (clydie) on Dec 4, 2023
Beautiful puzzle! One of the best on the site.#22: Rich Raczkow (old fogey) on Nov 13, 2025 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#23: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Nov 13, 2025
Helen Kane is rumored to have adopted that style from Baby Esther Jones. It's all very scandalous!
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