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#1: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 13, 2013 [HINT]

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By the way, Aldege, I attempted to make this in "Aldege's style." ;) Strayed a bit to make it solvable...

Didn't finish, I'm afraid. I know some people enjoy the advanced "guessing games" but I'm afraid I'm not one of them.

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Wow Tom,this could be a remake of "Planet Of The Apes". Maybe my nickname should be monkeyboy. Glad you joined in on the fun,thx sgusa.:)

Thanks for a Royal entry! I enjoyed solving very much! I first placed most of the bottom rows with edge logic and then the eight on C18.

thx Tom

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lol it does doesn't it?

The face kept getting wider as I attempted to make it solvable...

Double post...

Hmm, I placed the ears using edge logic, though I suppose the ear on the left side was using visual logic, since I matched the ear on the right. It was a pretty easy solve after that :)

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It is now trending north of 3. I solve every puzzle that I create. I don't guess. Many forget the first step in this solve, back-to-back ones or the possibility which allows you to do the first step. If it is a 1,2, and there is a mark in the 3rd column, you can always dot behind it. It is either a one (negating row 2), or a 2 with a one behind it (again negating row 2). Same goes for anything with a 1, number starting it. If row or column 3 is marked, then row or column two will be dotted.

Tom, you need to remember that there are people like Karl out there who deliberately mess with the ratings, sometimes high, sometimes low, so you can't pay attention to the ratings.

It is marked deep lookahead.

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Two different logical solutions without deep lookahead.

Started with a logical guess that the top 13 ran between the two 5's (because this married up well with the checkerboard of the next 4 rows). After that, it all fell into place. It helps to know that Aldege has a beard.

Thanks, Gaynor. Sorry that it looks so "monkey-like"

aldege.

Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.

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I couldn't figure it out without a DEEP lookahead...but then, I've never been a moderate type person lol. I loved chewing on this one. Thanks Tom, for creating it for us...and thank you Jota, for the detailed explanations of how one can solve it. I love this place.

No problem, JoDeen, but while my name starts with a jota, it then continues with an o and an e. ;)

LOL! BTW We haven't seen sgusa for a long time.

Lol...sorry Joe. Sheesh...trying to keep everyone straight and not having a mind picture on which to hang your names, plus having your "handle" names thrown in there too, plays havoc with my brain. I'll try to be more careful in the future. ;)

Just think of me as a giant infrapink lizard, and you'll be sure to recognize me the next time you see me.

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