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This new puzzle type needs a name {OVERLAPPED EDITION}
This is my contribution to the 'This new puzzle type needs a name' series, started by @Stiv.
I believe I have invented a new type of puzzle...
What is its name?
Penpa+ link
A little advice..
Even ...
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Another pseudo-IQ question
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #2: IQ Puzzle Parody
People keep asking me if there's anything between me and my good friend Ingrid Deduction... Well, it's... complicated... We go ...
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Not a sudoku, but still fun?
Context:
I was trying to solve some of the puzzles on this site, when it occurred to me to make a puzzle variant myself.
I immediately could construct one with my additional rule. Making an ...
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This new puzzle type needs a name {EXTREME EDITION}
A companion puzzle to the 'This new puzzle type needs a name' series, and inspired in part by @JeremyDover's answer to a recent question.
Usually, puzzles in this series comprise a mash-up of two ...
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A Grid with some Green Cells
So a friend wanted me to try out the reverse-puzzling riddle he created. It consisted of a 4x4 grid with a digit in each cell and a single closed loop drawn along the edges of its cells. Also some of ...
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This new puzzle type needs a name {6}
I believe I have invented** a new type of puzzle...
What is its name?
Begin by solving the Fillomino puzzle:
Rules of Fillomino (adapted from Nikoli)
Fill in all empty cells with numbers under the ...
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This new puzzle type needs a name {5}
I believe I have invented a new type of puzzle...
What is its name?
Colour-blind-friendly version available here.
Begin by solving the 9x9 sudoku; each of the 9 symbols ...
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This new puzzle type needs a name {4}
I believe I have invented a new type of puzzle...
What is its name?
Begin by solving the 16x16 sudoku; each of the digits 1-16 must appear exactly once in each row, column and thick-bordered 4x4 ...
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This new puzzle type needs a name {3}
I believe I have invented** a new type of puzzle...
What is its name?
** Well, 'adapted' an existing one, really...
Colour-blind-friendly version available here. Those without colour-blindness ...
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Another new puzzle type needs a name
For an example of how this type of puzzle works, see here...
I believe I have invented another new type of puzzle...
What is its name?
Colour-blind-friendly version available here.
Begin by ...
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This new puzzle type needs a name
I believe I have invented a new type of puzzle...
What is its name?
Colour-blind-friendly version available here.
Begin by solving the 16x16 sudoku; each of the digits 1-16 must appear exactly ...
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My God, it's full of stars!
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids
My dear friend, unknown to us, may have relocated again. He sent me imagery and constellation maps indicating that a distant red ...
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I am an island (ysaujdiolkiun)
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids
I received an envelope containing two drawings and no return address. I would recognize that handwriting anywhere - my dear friend ...
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Desert Irrigation Project
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids
My dear friend researches and designs canal irrigation systems in a remote desert. He's been missing for two weeks. Members of ...
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