Fillomino by Grant Fikes
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic
Author/Opus: This is the 162nd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.
Rules: Standard Fillomino rules.
Answer String: For each cell in the marked rows/columns, enter the area of the polyomino it belongs to. Enter just the last digit for any two-digit number. Start with the 3rd row, followed by a comma, followed by the 8th row.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:20, Master = 2:00, Expert = 4:00
Solution: PDF
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6:28 Several times while solving I found myself pausing for a fairly long time wondering how to make progress before realizing that I was staring at some trivial deduction that I just hadn’t noted.
It was a nice, smooth puzzle, and just my own blindness that kept me hesitating in my progress.
02:33. What the heck happened to my solving skills
A nice puzzle, unusually harder than usual for a Monday. Or perhaps just less obvious deductions. I also like the amount of hidden polyominoes.
5:31.Nice puzzle
4:02 clever puzzle