Fillomino (Restriction) by Prasanna Seshadri
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic
Author/Opus: This is the 58th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.
Rules: Standard Fillomino rules. Also, only polyominoes of size 1, 2, and 3 can be used.
Answer String: For each cell in the marked rows/columns, enter the area of the polyomino it belongs to. Start with the 1st column, followed by a comma, followed by the 5th column.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:30, Master = 3:30, Expert = 7:00
Solution: PDF
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Additional note from 2021: We renamed this puzzle variation to “Restriction” to be more consistent across the site and with our new editorial style.
17:04 I really underestimated the difficulty of this one, (“How hard can it be with only three possibilities for every cell?”). Not too far into the solution, I spent a long time overlooking a fairly simple deduction, (so wandering all over the gird looking for something without making any progress).
So that’s a nice puzzle that makes me think, “That step was so easy. Why didn’t I find that earlier?!”.
10:08.I worked out the step that you are alluding right before starting the puzzle in my mind.I knew that the puzzle was a question of searching for cells which will have bayl bar bs bar,gjb be guerr
6:15