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Comments on Puzzle #35077: Back to the Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
By Belita (belita)

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Puzzle Description:

MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with. From the Latin mens, a fact unknown to that honest shoe-seller, who, observing that his learned competitor over the way had displayed the motto "Mens conscia recti"[a mind conscious of integrity], emblazoned his own front with the words "Men's, women's and children's conscia recti."

#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 30, 2021 [HINT]

After a small amount of LL
EL 13 r1 places it
LL/CL finishes red and most of black
EL 5 c4 places it
LL to finish
#2: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Apr 30, 2021
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.
#3: Jane Butcher (jane-o) on Apr 30, 2021
Thank. you!
#4: Tonia Bergh (tonia) on May 1, 2021
Hahaha! Thanks for the interesting puzzle and the Bierce quote, Belita!
#5: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on May 3, 2021
I absolutely LOVE Ambrose Bierce. This quote is new to me, and hilarious!
#6: Michael Eddy (meddy) on May 4, 2021
I did it the same way as Joe.

Fun solve, and I too love Ambrose Bierce.
#7: BlackCat (BlackCat) on May 5, 2021
Great fun. Good illustration. No guessing.

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