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Here are our best Region Division puzzles of 2019, selected from the 45 web posts in this category based on your FAVE votes:<\/i><\/p>\n

We had two favorite Pentominous (Borders) puzzles. The first, from Murat Can Tonta, was an amazingly beautiful 12-clue puzzle<\/a> with each pentomino letter appearing in “Alphabetical Order” in the grid. That this solves uniquely as a Pentominous puzzle is a true grandmaster’s touch. <\/p>\n

\"Pentominous<\/p>\n

The other Pentominous (Borders)<\/a> that was a best of 2019 was from Grant Fikes, and had a more involved logical solve that went around the grid.<\/p>\n

\"Pentominous<\/p>\n

Guest contributor Michael Tang brought our favorite Cave<\/a> puzzle of 2019 with another fun logical solving theme to discover.<\/p>\n

\"Cave<\/p>\n

We had a few surprises in store last year, including a hidden January connection to the 2019 MIT Mystery Hunt when some Fillomino (Cipher)<\/a> puzzles by Tim Marsden (anagrams to Mastermind) were posted in January. These puzzles were actually by Dan Katz, and linked as a final step in another puzzle, Connect Four<\/a>, from that Hunt. This hardest Cipher puzzle, with full top and bottom rows, was a favorite of 2019.<\/p>\n

\"Fillomino<\/p>\n

Overall, our best region division puzzle of 2019 went to John Bulten’s Fillomino<\/a> with some trademark Bulten-Aha moments to go from a seemingly impossible puzzle to something with a logical path. <\/p>\n

\"Fillomino<\/p>\n

All of these best Region Division puzzles are collected in this PDF file<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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