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Upper left corner is row 1 col 1.
If r12c13 is filled in:Then (green) r12c9 through r12c12 must also be filled in, r11c10 through r11c13 must also be filled in, r9c9 and r9c10 must also be filled in.
Then (blue) r11c14 can’t be filled in. Thus col 14, rows 12 through 15 can’t be filled in.
Then (orange) r12c7 and r12c8 must be filled in. Thus r11c7 must be filled in, but this breaks the clue “4 1” for row 11.
Conclusion: r12c13 is NOT filled in.
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Upper left corner is row 1 col 1.
If r12c13 is filled in:Then (green) r12c9 through r12c12 must also be filled in, r11c10 through r11c13 must also be filled in, r9c9 and r9c10 must also be filled in.
Then (blue) r11c14 can’t be filled in. Thus col 14, rows 12 through 15 can’t be filled in.
Then (orange) r12c7 and r12c8 must be filled in. Thus r11c7 must be filled in, but this breaks the clue “4 1” for row 11.
Conclusion: r12c13 is NOT filled in.
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Upper left corner is row 1 col 1.
If r12c13 is filled in:Then (green) r12c9 through r12c12 must also be filled in, r11c10 through r11c13 must also be filled in, r9c9 and r9c10 must also be filled in.
Then (blue) r11c14 can’t be filled in. Thus col 14, rows 12 through 15 can’t be filled in.
Then (orange) r12c7 and r12c8 must be filled in. Thus r11c7 must be filled in, but this breaks the clue “4 1” for row 11.
Conclusion: r12c13 is NOT filled in.
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Upper left corner is row 1 col 1.
If r12c13 is filled in:Then (green) r12c9 through r12c12 must also be filled in, r11c10 through r11c13 must also be filled in, r9c9 and r9c10 must also be filled in.
Then (blue) r11c14 can’t be filled in. Thus col 14, rows 12 through 15 can’t be filled in.
Then (orange) r12c7 and r12c8 must be filled in. Thus r11c7 must be filled in, but this breaks the clue “4 1” for row 11.
Conclusion: r12c13 is NOT filled in.
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Upper left corner is row 1 col 1.
If r12c13 is filled in:Then (green) r12c9 through r12c12 must also be filled in, r11c10 through r11c13 must also be filled in, r9c9 and r9c10 must also be filled in.
Then (blue) r11c14 can’t be filled in. Thus col 14, rows 12 through 15 can’t be filled in.
Then (orange) r12c7 and r12c8 must be filled in. Thus r11c7 must be filled in, but this breaks the clue “4 1” for row 11.
Conclusion: r12c13 is NOT filled in.
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Early on, I felt like I was on track for a great score. I tied my all-time fastest score, which I''m happy with. It will be tough for me to break 26 seconds.
Crossclimb #315 | 0:26 and flawless
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 Today's avg 1:16
🏅 I’m smarter than 95% of CEOs today!
🏅 Top 5% of all players!
🏅 I’m in the Top 10% of my company today!
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Then there's the clue to 37 Accross, "Scrub spots, for short". SPOILER... Stop reading if you don't want the answer. SPOILER... The answer is "ORS". Even knowing the answer, it took me a minute to figure out the connection to the clue. I guess it's fair, but I thought it was an extremely difficult clue.
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I tried the Wall Street Journal Feb 19, 2025 crossword. Got about 75%, but then stuck.
There's many clues where either you know the fact or you'll never get it (e.g. "Chief of the Iowa tribe until 1834"). I suppose this is fair for a challenging crossword.
There's many 2-word answers that aren't flagged in the clue. Is this fair or just lazy writing?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/case-by-case-wednesday-crossword-february-19-0dff8e91
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I have another free logic puzzle from Dell Penny Press for you in a PDF. I printed it and solved it with a pencil; it's nice to get away from the screens for a while.
I'd categorize this one as harder than it looks at first, but not as impossible as it seems at second. 😉
https://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/free-puzzles/penny-daily-variety/20250207_puz_pvar.pdf
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Sweet, another new personal best time in #Crossclimb.
Crossclimb #289 | 0:34 and flawless
Today's avg 1:39
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m smarter than 95% of CEOs today!
🏅 Top 5% of all players!
🏅 I’m in the Top 10% of my company today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.This makes up for my subpar time in Queens today.
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Back on top again! One second faster than my previous all-time best, with all the best tags. I'm especially proud as word puzzles are not usually my strong suit.
Crossclimb #283 | 0:36 and flawless
Today's avg 1:54
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m smarter than 95% of CEOs today!
🏅 Top 10% of all players!
🏅 I’m in the Top 10% of my company today!
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I discovered a website that has a huge library of Nonogram puzzles that you can play online and print on paper for offline play.
They take user submissions (and they pay submitters) - cool. However, when reading about that, the FAQ gave me the distinct impression the website owners don't investigate plagiarism claims, and in fact they tacitly encourage stealing from other sources as that's mostly how they have such a huge library of puzzles.
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From a new best to a possible new worst. I struggled to get the 5 words, then I couldn't get one of the final 2 words. I resorted to using two hints, which I almost never do. After seeing the final solution, I realized I almost had it without hints.
Crossclimb #282 | 6:41
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 3️⃣ 🔽 🔼 🪜
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New best performance in #CrossClimb today. I have to celebrate my wins.
Crossclimb #281 | 0:37 and flawless
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔽 🔼 🪜
🏅 I’m smarter than 90% of CEOs today!
🏅 Top 10% of all players!
🏅 I’m in the Top 10% of my company today!
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Crossclimb is a word #puzzle game on LinkedIn. The words in ladder vary by one letter, but they aren't given to you in the correct order. Set the order after getting them.
My strategy is move on quickly when stuck. Then the other words are hints.
Personal best today!
Crossclimb #274 | 0:49 and flawless
Fill order: 1️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 2️⃣ 🔽 🔼 🪜
🏅 I’m smarter than 90% of CEOs today!
🏅 Top 10% of all players!
#AreYouSmarterThanaCEO
lnkd.in/crossclimb. -
I tried #Chessguesser today after long absence. Today's puzzle is tricky IMHO, although in hindsight, I can see the logic of the moves.
I ended with the classic Wordle-type scenario where I essentially got the solution, but I didn't have enough turns left to go through every possible choice for the last square. Thus, I ended up with my first Chessguesser failure so far.
Chessguessr #952 X/5
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Dell Penny Press publishes free puzzles daily on their website, which is pretty awesome. Here's a link to the logic puzzle from a few days ago that I just solved with pencil/paper. It's nice to get away from the screen for a few minutes to solve something like this the old fashioned way.
https://www.pennydellpuzzles.com/free-puzzles/dell-daily-variety/20250116_puz_dvar.pdf