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Comments on Puzzle #30877: Restored 25865: I Can't Get You Out of My Head
By Joe (infrapinklizzard)

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  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: moderate lookahead  

Puzzle Description:

We go together like Ophiocordyceps unilateralis and Camponotus ligniperda.

#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Feb 13, 2018 [SPOILER]

Just in time for Valentine's Day (again!), we have the timeless story of obsession and betrayal. The story of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, the one who wants to reproduce and can't live without the object of their desire, and Camponotus ligniperda who is driven to distraction and the ends of their wits.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis

https://www.google.com/search?q=zombie+ant&tbm=isch
#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Feb 13, 2018 [HINT]
after ll/cl finishes all but one block of green

el 3 c8 = r22-23 w

ll to finish
#3: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Feb 13, 2018
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.
#4: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Feb 13, 2018
I had Kylie Minogue stuck in my head for the entire solve, but there's nothing quite like a mind-controlling fungus!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPwtJ89jes4
#5: robert svanberg (tango) on Feb 13, 2018
Beautifully drawn depiction of this macabre love affair. For some reason I can't stop humming the song "If I were a carpenter"
#6: Lollipop (lollipop) on Feb 14, 2018
Fun solve with a *great!!!* title, description, and comment #1, not to mention the wiki link. Thanks, Joe. Thanks also to tango, for making me laugh out loud when I finally got his reference.
#7: Gaynor Sorrell (gesorrell) on Feb 15, 2018
Great V Day post! I don't like much Restoration comedy, but this was a fun one.
#8: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Feb 18, 2018
Don't get it and find the design awkward. One guess near the end.
#9: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Feb 18, 2018
I'm not surprised, BlackCat. I'm not surprised.

Thanks to everyone else!
#10: Mike Ross (Mikey223) on Feb 23, 2018
that was challenging. fun as well. thanks.
Just followed up on the links...fascinating!
Now the pic makes sense! wonder if PBN is doing
the same between our ears.....
#11: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Feb 23, 2018 [SPOILER]
WebPBN unilateralis is telling me no. And to do more puzzles.
#12: Koreen (mom24plus) on Mar 1, 2018
The things one learns on this site! May I just say, "Ewwww." Thanks, I think, for the info and interesting puzzle, but I gotta wonder... What on earth impressed you to do this the FIRST time, let alone, RESTORE it?! (hehehe)
#13: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 1, 2018
I can't get it out of my head.
#14: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Mar 1, 2018
:D
#15: Mike Ross (Mikey223) on Mar 2, 2018
lol

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