2019-05-01_Games_World_of_Puzzles

56 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES^ | may 2019

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1 2 6 9 6 5 5 4 3 4

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4

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2 3 8 8 7 5 3

Figure 1

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1 2 6 9 6 5 5 4 3 4

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2 3 8 8 7 5 3
Figure 2
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Figure 3
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Figure 4
These eight puzzles feature a unique blend of logic and art. The numbers are all you need to determine which squares
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The numbers outside each row and column tell you how many groups of black squares there are in that line and, in
order, how many consecutive black squares there are in each group. For example, 4 5 9 2 tells you that there will be four
groups that will contain, in order, 4, 5, 9, and 2 consecutive black squares. The fact that the numbers are separated tells
you that there is at least one empty square between them. (There may also be empty squares at the ends of lines.) The
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squares wide, the sixth and seventh rows each have the number 8. No matter how you place eight consecutive black
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than one number in it. In the sample, the third column contains the numbers 1 6. The single black square and the fol-
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eighth squares of the column will be black (Figure 3). Figure 4 shows the completed picture. ANSWERS, PAGE 78
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816
151222
141223
141224
1331221
1482
141
141
22
1312
1311
1345
132131
13143
1311
71
72
2211
1421
11221
1411
492
2212
83
1221
811
1221
1022
1251
5112
8
8
6
1 2 2 1 1 1
8 8 3 1 1 1
8 8 1 1 1 1 1
8 8 1 1 1 1 1
4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1
2 1 4 5 4 2
1
1
2
3
8
3
3
2
2
1
1 1 1 1 1 1 2
1 3 2 3 2 1
1
2
1
9
2
2
2
4
1
2 3 1 1 2 2
1 2 1 3 1 1 2
3
2
3
1
6
2 2 1 1 2 2 1
1 2 2 2 2 1
6
2
1
2
2
3
6
5
4
3
3
8
10
28
3210
511
5102
51033
2824
1725
2544
36
452
95
174
14
115
66
46
2154
536
122
41
124
417
1122
3111
111
12121
22122
23221
6332
108
109
4
1
4
1
1
4
7
2
1
4
4
1
2
2
8
2
1
4
4
2 3 3 5 1 1 3
5
2
3
3
3
4
5
2
4
9
3
5
10
2
3
2
6
10
2
5
4
2
10
8
3
10
8
3
10
8
3
8
7
2
5
2
3
1
2 5 2 2 3 1
3
6
6
2
2
3 2 2 4 1 5
2
5
2
1
4
1
4
2
1
3
3
6
2
4
3
2
3
4
2
5
4
1
1