peek at solution solve puzzle
version: 2 quality: difficulty:
solvability: line logic only
Puzzle Description:
Hummer in althea bushes
#1: Mary Thomas (marleethom) on Apr 16, 2009 [HINT]
It took me a couple of days to solve this, even knowing what the result would be.#2: Jane Doe (telly) on Apr 19, 2009
So, for hints
top line, first 20 squares are blank
bottom line, first 18 squares are blank.
blank grids are #1, 47, 68, 69. Start count at upper left.
beautiful#3: Mary Thomas (marleethom) on Apr 21, 2009
Thank you.#4: Teresa K (fasstar) on Apr 28, 2009
Lovely image. I just wish it hadn't required so much guessing. I finally had to peek, several times, in order to finish it. Very pretty image though.#5: Mary Thomas (marleethom) on Apr 29, 2009
Hi Teresa I wish I had your skill at puzzle making. Sorry about the guessing. The solver was able to figure it out with the above hints. Did you use them?#6: Teresa K (fasstar) on Apr 29, 2009 [HINT]
So how would you change this to make it not require guessing?
Mary, when I have a large puzzle that is not solvable without guessing, I don't publish it until I can make it solvable. My two main tricks are to make a horizon (when it is appropriate and fits with the image) or in this case, make a border. The border can be a solid straight line, or something fancy, like the border you did on the right side (trellis?). You could try something easy like increasing the height by 5 pixels and make a solid black line border around the bottom-left-top.#7: Mary Thomas (marleethom) on Apr 29, 2009
If that doesn't work, sometimes just shifting the image up or down one line makes a difference. Or I might use the "helper" to show me where it stalls, and add pixels in the trouble spaces.
This is such a beautiful image, you might get more people to try it if it is solvable, and you will probably get better ratings too, if it is solvable.
Yes, it is supposed to be a trellis. I hadn't thought of letting the 'helper' find a stall area.#8: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Apr 29, 2009
I'm not too worried about ratings but would like people to try solving the puzzle.
Thanks for your help.
Unpublished by marleethom#9: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 2, 2009
New version published by marleethom.#10: Teresa K (fasstar) on May 16, 2009
Nice redo, Mary.#11: Deborah Eater (cricketswool) on May 22, 2017 [SPOILER]
Beautiful puzzle -- very well done! I wasn't expecting the hummingbird.#12: BlackCat (BlackCat) on May 24, 2020
Really beautiful. Looks like a tatting pattern.#13: Vaggelis Kamaris (evag7651) on Oct 6, 2021
nice picture. simple to solve.
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