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#1: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 17, 2021

Nah, the real ones have larger corner squares.

Very tough.

I did have to solve this by looking way ahead. Still I enjoyed this puzzle. Thank you

So much guessing for so little payoff.

Definitely no guessing necessary. It was extremely difficult and slow going looking all over for the next lookahead pixel but I finally made it. Didn't track my solve but didn't do anything that felt like deep lookahead. I might try a walk-thru later.

I agree with David Bouldin. It was a great solve and I really enjoyed it! Thanks!

After the initial line logic, try to place the 6 clue in R25 as far right as it could go (R25C18-23). This would make R24 invalid. Since the 6 clue cannot go there, then there is not enough room for the 5 clue to also go in R25C7-11. So the 5 clue must be in C1-5. LL.

EL on R25 makes R25C7 a dot. LL makes R25C18 black. But we also know from the previous clue that R25C23 cannot be part of the 6 clue, so R25C17 is also black.

The 4 clue in R25 is forced to the left side of the 2 2 clues in C12-13. So R25C9-11 must be part of the 4 clue. LL.

In C1 the top 5 clue cannot extend down to R8 or R9 without making C2 invalid. So R3-4C1 must be black. LL.

If the 4 clue in C7 extends down to R24, this will cause C8 to be invalid. So R24C7 is a dot. LL.

I'm going to have to stop there for now. Feel free to pick it up from here David. :)

Picking up from Gator's hint:

R1: Using EL we can determine the 4 cannot go farther right than C17. From there we can mark R1 C3-4 and R1 C14-15 black. LL.

R15: Whichever way the 3 goes, it puts a white into R16. This means the black in R16C6 is a 1 clue and we can mark R16C7 white.

R8: The 5 can't go into C21 or it causes a contradiction in R9. This marks R8 C16-18 black. LL.

R12-13: We have blacks in C11-12 in each of these rows, and 1 clues available in C10 and C13. This means either the 3 in R12 extends to C13 or the 4 in R13 extends to C14. Both of those options marks R11C14 white. Minimal LL.

C19: Whichever way the 3 goes, R6-7 C20 are white.

C10: The black in R20 is part of a 2. Whether it goes up into R19 or down into R21, R21C11 is black. Minimal LL.

R23: No matter where you place the 3, R22 C20-21 are white and R22 C23-24 are black. LL.

R12: If the 2nd 2 goes into C9, there won't be enough room for the 4 in R13. Therefore R12C7 is black. LL.

C22: If the bottom 7 extends into R16, it makes the black in R18C21 the 1 clue from C21, and the top 7 in C22 will need to extend into R8. This doesn't leave anywhere for the 4 in C21 to go. Therefore, R22-23 C22 are black. LL.

Need to stop here for now. Currently at 71%.

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