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Comments on Puzzle #20881: WCP #124 Iconic American character
By Tom King (sgusa)

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#1: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jan 16, 2013

Howdy Doody?
Alfalfa?

#2: Jennifer McMahon (kalamalama) on Jan 16, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#3: valerie o..travis (bigblue) on Jan 16, 2013
i agree with jennifer, nice solve tom :)
#4: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Jan 16, 2013
i agree with travis
#5: marjorie rex (mamo) on Jan 16, 2013
I first thought Alfred E. Newman and then Howdy Doody.
Now I can see Alfalfa too! Except Alfalfa needs his "sprout" of hair sticking up.
#6: Janet (jltho) on Jan 16, 2013
I guesses Alfred E Neuman too. Nice puzzle!
#7: Jota (jota) on Jan 16, 2013
I need a hint to solve!
#8: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 16, 2013
Looks like his head got squished.
#9: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Jan 16, 2013
after initial ll:

el the 9 clue in r15 to dot c1-7, c19-25
ll
el the 3 clue in c1 to dot r11-14
ll
el the 3 clue in c25 to dot r11-14
ll
el the 2 clue in c2 to dot r11-14
ll
el the 2 clue in c24 to dot r11-14
ll
iel the 3 clue in c4 to dot r13-14
ll
no matter where the remaining 1 clue in c3 goes (either r8 or r12) r11c4 is always black
ll to finish
no guessing

great solve
#10: Ruby Hammer (rubyqhammer) on Jan 16, 2013
I solved it, but quite a bit of guessing was involved...no matter what bugaboo says. I thought of Alfred E Newman also, but would go with Howdy Dowdy for the answer.
#11: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 16, 2013
Way to go, Jennifer!
#12: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 16, 2013
Thanks, everyone!
#13: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jan 16, 2013
Congrats Jennifer, C-mon sgusa,I bet it was Howdy Doody but you went with Alfred E. Newman just so I couldn't win one of your coveted awards.lol. Nice puzzle.:)
#14: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Jan 16, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#15: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 16, 2013
Nothing to be embarrassed about, my friend. Nice image on a much larger grid.
#16: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Jan 16, 2013
i solved it, but quite a bit of "logic" was involved...no matter what rubyqhammer says

haha
#17: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 16, 2013
Thanks, bug, me, too.
#18: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 16, 2013
What? Me worry?
#19: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 16, 2013
I think it is pretty good on a tiny grid. It was really good until I had to add pixels to make it unique and solvable. I also think it is very hard. Funny how it receives a 2/2. I really don't give a sh*t about what raters think about quality, but a 2 in difficulty? C'mon. This is stupid. It IS logical and a very tough solve. It deserves well north of a 3 in difficulty. You can't solve, why do you rate it low? It should be rated high... Small penis thing I guess.
#20: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jan 17, 2013
thx for entry, tom
#21: Mitch Nelson (holy_mn) on Jan 17, 2013
I didn't think it was super difficult. I figured the 9 on r15 and everything else fell into place. The image was really good, I recognized what it was about half way through.
#22: Jota (jota) on Jan 17, 2013
Thanks Bug!
#23: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Jan 17, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#24: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jan 21, 2013
Congrats Tom K.:)
#25: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Aug 5, 2013
Cute puzzle. No guessing needed.
#26: Diana W (Aeris) on Nov 27, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#27: Tom King (sgusa) on Dec 7, 2013
Thank you!
#28: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Dec 8, 2013
Hey, you're back!
#29: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Dec 8, 2013
He is! Missed you sgusa!
#30: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 10, 2018
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.
#31: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Dec 10, 2018 [HINT]
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#32: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Dec 10, 2018
Oh, so the same as bugaboo.
#33: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Jan 3, 2024 [SPOILER]
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