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#1: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Mar 22, 2010 [HINT]

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there's only one place that the 6 on the right frames the 2,2's. what makes it work is the 1 on the extreme right has to fit. then the top can be done ...etc etc

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i concede Gator ..there is 2 places one could put the 6 on the right side ....sorry

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Thank you for this very hard but solveable puzzle. It contributed greatly to my pbn education! :)

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I believe I fixed the error! let me know

I solved this with only logic ... (eventually).

Thanks for taking the time to fix it!

Well, I seem to have solved a previous version, or so it tells me.

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I don't see any logical way to solve this one.

How do you get rid of the check mark?

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Gator... there are only 2 places c-17 could be,,, one leads to nada, the other r-5 does it ALL.

We have to wait for a higher authority, but me solved it.

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Well, you all may be right but my son (who, being a biased mother, I think is extremely good at logic) and I did a lot of guessing that proved to be correct so we solved it in the end. I don't see any way out of guessing more than once on the top (main) part. The bottom 5 and 7 work with line logic. But, I like the result and did haver fun solving.

Re #28: Actually you can see all past versions of any puzzle. (Except for really old puzzles - we didn't always have versions).

The easiest way is to go to the "peek at solution" thing. If there are multiple versions then there will be a link on the page to the older versions.

You can actually play old versions too, if you open the puzzle in a new page (so there is no menu sidebar) and edit the URL to add "&restore=1&version=2" to the end of the URL.

thanks jan! i keep learning new things about the site. thank you for all of the thoughtful details and features!

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cool, Vaggelis

I would like to alleviate any confusion that may have come about from the comments and five existing versions. All the hints that were published are valid and reliable so long as you are solving version 1, 3, or 5. They are all the same. 2 and 4 are different from each other and from all odd numbered versions. So all the hints that sensei, Gator, and Jan had posted for version 1 will also help with version 5.

hmmm it might not have been a good puzzle but it sure made for a great discussion. :-D

I did have to guess a couple of times, but it was a fun solve and a fun image.

Sometimes in my solving I "guess", but it's not a random guess - I peer at the pic with different mental constructions of a line or angle, and I'm often (okay, occasionally!) correct. Does anyone out there understand what I'm trying to say?

Yes. It's prediction based on a perceived pattern. It's still considered guessing, because your not placing pixels where they must go as determined by logic. But it is an educated guess.

I'll often call that "face" logic or "arm is attached at the shoulder" logic or what-have-you.

But what if it's not? ;)

There's a gruesome puzzle idea!

Marz did that with her "in pieces" series. There wasn't too much blood...

Logically solvable, no guessing required.

Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by gator.

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