Comments on Puzzle #23485: How many reindeer does Santa have?
By Heather M (auntieh)
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solvability: moderate lookahead
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quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
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#1: marjorie rex (mamo) on Jan 5, 2014
hahaha#2: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 5, 2014
can't believe I'd never heard that one before!
nice solve! no guessing needed...#3: Susan Duncan (medic25733) on Jan 5, 2014
Very well known mondegreen. Love the puzzle#4: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jan 5, 2014
I obviously need to get out more often,I've never heard this one before. Cool image Heather.:)#5: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 5, 2014
I hadn't heard it either. Funny.#6: Jota (jota) on Jan 5, 2014
So how many?#7: valerie o..travis (bigblue) on Jan 5, 2014 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#8: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 5, 2014
Very funny travis. Good old reliable Howe. Oh, how we love him.#9: valerie o..travis (bigblue) on Jan 5, 2014
:)#10: Heather M (AuntieH) on Jan 6, 2014
Thanks Travis - I'd completely missed Howe! :)#11: jewel crown (jewel) on Jan 6, 2014
Cute and clever! Thanks Heather/#12: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Jan 7, 2014
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227173/#13: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Jan 10, 2024 [HINT]
:)
Fun puzzle and pun.#14: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jan 10, 2024
Edge logic but it isn't terribly clear where to start.
You can fill in the reds. dots at C3/5 R13 are important, too, because each way logic knocks out greens in C15-20. Helper gets you to 19%.
In C1 we can chip away from R18 to R16. Helper to 42%.
R2C13 green creates a quick contradiction in R9 with C1 green and C2 a dot. Then, line logic.
Found to be solvable by line and color logic alone by blurglecruncheon.#15: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Jan 11, 2024 [HINT]
Hm. Andrew and I both used advanced logic to solve it, so I'm going to change it to say Moderate Lookahead.#16: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jan 11, 2024
Here's how I solved it:
Line and color logic got me to 7%. The puzzle is marked "Solvable by line and color logic alone," but I don't see a way forward from here without advanced logic.
I did internal edge logic on the 6 in row 19.
Line logic to 19%.
Edge logic on the 4 in column 1.
Line logic to 25%.
Column 12 had a green at row 7. Whether it's part of the 1 or the 2, row 9 has to be blank. The same logic for column 9.
In column 11, if the green in row 7 is part of the green 1 or the 3, row 4 has to be blank.
Line logic to 28%.
In column 12, if the green 1 is in the 1 or the 2, row 5 has to be a dot.
Now I'm at 29%.
Internal edge logic on the 13 in column 17.
Line logic to 42%.
In column 7, whether that green dot is part of the 1 or the 2, row 9 is blank.
Line logic to finish.
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by valerie.
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