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A fun and simple Nonogram... ...with a cipher
Even though it wasn't part of the original question, in the comments OP gave out this invaluable nugget of information:
Since the nonogram was definitely difficult enough to warrant such trickery, ...
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Another puzzle combination (feat. Kakuro)
Well, that's an unusually neat Kakuro solution:
Presumably the other puzzle is something that involves
Yep, apparently it's called
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A Hokuro, but with a twist!
Solved nonogram (black denotes filled cells, grey denotes empty ones):
Hokuro with colourings included (grey denotes "black" cells this time, white denotes empty ones):
Filling in single ...
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A 6x6 table with nothing filled out?
The completed grid:
Where do we start?
Let's start solving:
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A Hidato, but with no given numbers? #2: 5x5
First we solve the nonogram
There are
Then we see that only one of the
Then the two
Since the yellow
Now the yellow
Finally the red
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Filling in an 8x8 minesweeper grid with mines (Day 8: Not a single mine)
The completed grid:
Solve path:
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A 4x4 sudoku shouldn't be that hard, right? Right?
Since brute force and programming is not allowed, let us start thinking:
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A 10x9 Hidato puzzle with a cipher
The intended answer is probably:
The solved grid looks as follows. Red cells show interchangeable numbers which could partially be filled in by decoding the cipher.
To solve the grid, start with ...
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What is the next logical step I can take when solving the Nov. 30 2023 Sudoku in the Wisconsin State Journal?
There are a number of techniques that are available at this stage. The first one that jumped out to me was a:
Looking at:
We see that:
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Filling in an 8x8 minesweeper grid with mines (Day 10: Double Neighbors)
The completed grid:
The solve path:
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Feedback on a themed Nonogram/Hidato puzzle combo with a cell color gimmick
Nonogram solution:
Hidato solution:
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Filling in an 8x8 minesweeper grid with mines (Day 9: Complex mines)
Plot twist!
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