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2:22 am
trueheart11
done...greens
3:52 am
moedog
aw, dangit
3:52 am
moedog
gonna have to start over - after sleeping :)
4:34 am
e84
ah -finally done
5:23 am
MrOoijer
very hard
6:02 am
angieplumptit
Cold as a grave diggers knees.
6:03 am
angieplumptit
Cold as a dead Inuit's nose
6:04 am
angieplumptit
Cold as a dead celibate's ...well, you know. Cold
6:27 am
Andy
Did you just save 15% on your auto insurance?
6:27 am
narrativium
he saved a lot more than that, he sold his car
7:12 am
franebrown
used greens again
7:29 am
yul
expert! but I have to go and vote against Putin.
7:44 am
Poochie
PlumpyWumpy!
8:25 am
angieplumptit
Yes,old doggie?
8:39 am
rain_cloud
start....
8:49 am
UnikeTheHunter
Go.
8:50 am
spreadeagle
Go get 'm Hunter, I'm at 14 filled, went green, now I'm just staring at the screen......
8:51 am
UnikeTheHunter
Yea, it seems to start easy.
8:52 am
spreadeagle
The 1's and 2's are gimmies
8:52 am
UnikeTheHunter
Congrats, Ypsi.
8:52 am
ypsigirl
woot woot 5 big ol points
8:52 am
ypsigirl
I spent much time staring at greens on this one
9:05 am
UnikeTheHunter
Eleven. Going green.
9:13 am
UnikeTheHunter
14 and stuck.
9:14 am
angieplumptit
Manageable with the Steinhammer back tap in caps lock
9:14 am
UnikeTheHunter
No. 13 and stuck.
9:18 am
spreadeagle
Still at 14, getting a headache, will try again later. I refuse to guess!!
9:21 am
UnikeTheHunter
Oh, I'll go get started on my day.
9:51 am
gman
Also stuck at 14, even with greens. Did anyone get this without guessing??!
9:53 am
eyeman
finally.... 5 pts.
9:53 am
eyeman
I guessed, gman
9:54 am
smooth_pappa
good morning! start
10:06 am
smooth_pappa
done
10:06 am
smooth_pappa
used greens and 1 guess
10:14 am
Inge
done with greens and guesses and restarts!!!
10:21 am
gman
smooth_pappa you are one fast mutha! I assume you use autofil. If not are you of this planet??
11:29 am
Zugzug7
ok. I'm done. No doubt about it. I guessed 3 times. I think this one was beyond me but glad its over.
11:37 am
brittlefish.com
go
1:10 pm
brittlefish.com
sheesh. finally. g+r autofill plus two dead end guesses, then a guess followed by another guess that both worked out. yikes.
3:44 pm
sandbox74
wow... I need an aspirin after that one
5:24 pm
itzie
I managed to guess right twice and didn't ever have to start over. I was lucky, I guess.
5:26 pm
drwho
Difficulty score 76.
6:05 pm
jawilke
go... no greens
7:40 pm
Jamsicle
Woah!! I've *never* guessed at a puzzle before, and I took 2 guesses like others, and did it. wild...
7:43 pm
spreadeagle
Okay, I'm back after taking a LONG break. I've read the comments and Jawilke is the only one that (maybe) seems to have solved this puppy without guessing. Does anybody have any tips for the rest of us on how to solve this without guessing? I really HATE guessing.......
8:29 pm
Andy
I had to guess twice.
8:53 pm
K.Elisabet
One guess for me, which looked like it was leading to a non-unique solution, so I went the other way and everything fell into place easily
9:42 pm
hokie carla
76! Is that the highest we've seen?
9:43 pm
hokie carla
I did trial & error (that just sounds better than guessing :-) ) once.
10:11 pm
drwho
No, 76 is not the highest. We've had a 77, a 78, 2 94s and a 101.
11:02 pm
moedog
once more into the breach..
11:16 pm
moedog
oh man, i don't like this at ALL
11:28 pm
jinglebells
To solve without guessing, look at the two-value boxes and how they affect the rest of the row/column.
11:30 pm
jawilke
spread, I don't know how far you got before guessing, but I never really "guess" on the board. I usually solve them by narrowing down to pairs and triples (by crosshatching, hidden/naked/pointing pairs) and try to find the pair with the most information game. Then I solve that path depth first in my head until I come to a solution or an inconsistency. I can apply XY chains and other advanced strategies, but it usually requires me to use greens or scratch paper to see the candidates.
11:31 pm
jawilke
*gain, not game :)
11:32 pm
jawilke
And also, this one was haard. Ty Dr. God!
11:46 pm
moedog
is this what whiplash of the brain feels like?
