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Comments on Puzzle #11203: WCP #73 Inspiration for Bob and Kate and Kilgore
By Liz P (lizteach)

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Puzzle Description:

Botticelli's Birth of Venus, which Bob and Kate admired while in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The painting is also said to be the inspiration for the fictional Kilgore Trout's novel Venus on the Half Shell.

#1: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Nov 30, 2010

Found to be logically solvable by Gator.
#2: Gator (Gator) on Nov 30, 2010 [HINT]
I used edge logic on the 12 clue on the right. Nice solve.
#3: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Nov 30, 2010
same edge logic as in comment 2 (an easy obvious place for it)
cool puzzle and fun solve
i was not familiar with the original work
#4: Jota (jota) on Dec 1, 2010
Thanks for an exquisite entry.
#5: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Dec 2, 2010
Neat image but difficult to see without the explanation. I am awed by the work and ambition it took to tackle such a complex image.
#6: Linda Martin (ilovethispuzzle123) on Dec 3, 2010
fantastic! i love how you did this in black and white - well done.
#7: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Dec 4, 2010
:) thx 4 entry, Liz
tough puz
#8: Kai-Uwe Zickerick (conzick) on Dec 6, 2010
brilliant work. had to solve it carefully pixel by pixel
#9: Liz P (lizteach) on Dec 6, 2010
Thanks, guys. It took a long time to make, and it wasn't as perfect as I wanted, but I just do puzzles that make me smile. :)
#10: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 6, 2010 [SPOILER]
Fantastic puzzle, Liz. I enjoyed the challenge. It took a while to solve, and I saw the image suddenly right toward the end. Just beautiful!

http://oaks.nvg.org/venus.jpg
#11: Byrdie (byrdie) on Dec 24, 2010
Not sure why I didn't finish this one during the contest. It was sitting in my saved folder. Sure was worth the time spent picking away at it, however. Nicely done.
#12: Bryan (Cyclone) on Jan 22, 2014 [HINT]
I also used edge logic, though I chose to use it also on the 13 at the bottom. From that point, there was always a step ahead somewhere, though sometimes difficult to find.

This was my third attempt at this one; I made mistakes on my first two attempts (on paper) and almost made one in the final phase of this attempt, but realized I was marking an 11 in R6 off too early and transitioned to online to solve the last 5x10 segment. I can finally say I'm done cracking this nut!
#13: karl (keicher) on Aug 11, 2018
fantastic puzzle.
#14: derby (Derby) on Nov 28, 2019
Wow, I love this type of puzzle that makes you work all over the board to solve. Very challenging. But totally solveable. Whenever I see this type of puzzle I wonder if the author was intentionally making it hard to solve, or whether the image just worked out that way. Either way, wonderful.

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