This is a Friday International Borders puzzle.
Puzzle 140
What’s with this weird clue layout? And… 5 colors? This looks like a holiday gift gone wrong…
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December 26, 2009 at 4:19 am |
That was a cute and timely puzzle. Kinda tough, but I’m not the most experienced at these.
December 26, 2009 at 4:44 am |
It is a Friday puzzle of a type I don’t post too much of, and I know you’re not the only one that had trouble with it. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment.
January 28, 2011 at 2:44 am |
At first I was wondering if the clues were supposed to be in the shape of a gift with a bow or something.
Then I solved it, and everything made sense
The interaction between the regions in the bottom right actually threw me off until I realized that a black square can separate two squares in the same region… under very special circumstances.
By the way, BRAVO. You should be proud of this one.
January 28, 2011 at 2:47 am |
I am. Glad you enjoyed it too.
September 5, 2011 at 6:52 pm |
I seem to be getting a very quick contradiction.
Doesn’t the configuration near the purple cricle force the 2 to be purple, or else the purple dot is either trapped or the square above the 3 is black and useless, and then there is no way to resolve the 1 sandwiched between 3 colors??
September 5, 2011 at 7:30 pm |
There is no rule saying a region has to contain two or more grid squares.