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Comments on Puzzle #8099: Hang the Expense [Advanced Logic]
By Joe (infrapinklizzard)

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#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 19, 2010 [HINT] [SPOILER]

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#2: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Mar 19, 2010 [SPOILER]
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#3: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Mar 20, 2010
I liked the puzzle .... did edge logic on right side making the 4,5,3 agree! Staircase was the only probability. The grooms face had only 2 possibilities. One worked, the other didn't.
#4: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Mar 20, 2010
What a unique image. Tough puzzle because so unexpected image. Great. Did use 2 small guesses.
#5: Francie (eicnarf) on Mar 20, 2010
I like how your puzzles convey so much with a simple line.
#6: Jan Wolter (jan) on Mar 21, 2010
Nice image. I didn't quite work my way all the way through Joe's long description of solution techniques, though I noticed he'd covered most of the failed techniques I tried before peeking. His final solution technique seemed to me to be on the bleeding edge of what you can reasonably ask from a solver. I feel like adjusting a few pixels here and there might result in a puzzle that wouldn't require quite so much of a high wire act to solve.

On the other hand, there is definitely a subset of solvers who love this kind of thing more than anything else, and Joe seems to be one of them. I'm all for people making the puzzles they love.

I didn't end up with any strong feelings on the solvability of this puzzle, so I'm not going to make a ruling. Folks can vote their opinions, or if Gator has a strong opinion, he can make a ruling.
#7: Merili (merilinnuke) on Mar 21, 2010 [HINT] [SPOILER]
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#8: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Mar 21, 2010
I like that phrase, Jan, "... on the bleeding edge of what you can reasonably ask from a solver."

I think that sums up this puzzle nicely.
#9: Gator (Gator) on Mar 24, 2010 [HINT]
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#10: Jane Doe (telly) on Apr 2, 2010 [SPOILER]
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#11: Teresa K (fasstar) on Apr 3, 2010 [SPOILER]
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#12: Jota (jota) on Nov 20, 2010
I LOVE THIS PUZZLE !!!
#13: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz71) on Nov 2, 2011
Excellent puzzle Joe, love it!
#14: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Aug 5, 2012
Found to be solvable with deep lookahead by gator.
#15: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 7, 2018
Once is was obvious that the unsolved portion was her gown, a few guesses helped to solve a nice image.

Having attended several weddings before my own, where I sat looking around and thinking what a waste for such a short period of time. The money could have been used for so many better things. So I had a very small wedding and was very happy with it and no regrets.
#16: derby (Derby) on Mar 25, 2019
Good puzzle. I didn’t see the image till the end. I do not think any guessing is required.

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