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Comments on Puzzle #7458: What i want for christmas
By MaryJane Anderson (o-so-clever)

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Puzzle Description:

A new Ipod nano. the ones that records videos and stuff. thats what i want for christmas. "santa" please please please.

#1: ant (agrest272) on Dec 20, 2009 [HINT] [SPOILER]

blue dot in R2C20 will probably make the right half solvable. hope you get it!
#2: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Dec 20, 2009
I couldn't solve the right side logically. Any hints, anyone?
#3: Gator (Gator) on Dec 21, 2009 [HINT]
Not from me. I'll look at it again some more later, but I would "guess" this one will take some guessing to finish out.
#4: MaryJane Anderson (o-so-clever) on Dec 21, 2009 [HINT] [SPOILER]
ok. ya that far side is hard. heres a clue. how do you listen to an ipod?
#5: Gator (Gator) on Dec 21, 2009 [HINT]
Sorry, no "visual" logic allowed for me. :)
#6: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 21, 2009 [HINT]
Ant, I already had a blank dot in R2C20. Did you mean a blue in R2C21? That got me started on that part.

Of course we could guess what goes on that side, MaryJane. We just couldn't determine it logically. Maybe some black on the ear pieces could have made it solvable.
#7: ant (agrest272) on Dec 21, 2009 [HINT]
Sorry, I meant that if the puzzle was modified so that R2C21 was a blue dot instead of a blank, this one might be logically solvable. I couldn't solve this one as it is without guessing.
#8: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 21, 2009
Okay, that makes sense.
#9: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 22, 2009
Found to require some guessing by Gator.
#10: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 22, 2009
New version published by o-so-clever.
#11: Tom Siebert (tsiebert) on Dec 22, 2009
I must be defining "guess" differently, because I thought there was none whatsoever required. There was some experimenting on the right side, but no more than has been needed on some other puzzles that didn't claim to require guessing.

The only testing that was needed was the 6-blue in C28. Once you find the one and only place it can go, the rest falls into place pretty easily.
#12: Merili (merilinnuke) on Dec 24, 2009
the new version definitely doesn't require guessing
#13: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 24, 2009
Thanks, Mary Jane. Maybe Gator will reclassify this one.
#14: MaryJane Anderson (o-so-clever) on Dec 26, 2009
k glad that helped. and i actually got it for Christmas.
#15: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 27, 2009
Found to be logically solvable by Gator.
#16: Gator (Gator) on Dec 27, 2009 [HINT]
Using edge logic on column 28, this version is now solvable. Thanks for fixing it MaryJane. :)
#17: Sallie Wilbur (sarriemom) on Dec 30, 2009
Nicely rendered! I think this might be your best puzzle so far, Mary Jane. :)
#18: MaryJane Anderson (o-so-clever) on Jan 7, 2010
Thank you.
#19: Fran (rmm) on Jan 8, 2010
I like your use of the red bow. I don't like your use of blue textures :D

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