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Very tricky - got to the point where I had to find a specific X and then everything fell into place.

Very good

This gets mine! Great one, thanks!

Unique subject matter! Nice job.

Was very tough for me. Used up the hints and still made some guesses. Nice, hard puzzle. Thanks.

So tough, may be I cheated unaware of a guess.

I had to guess once. That sucks.

I got stuck on this one, finally tried a hint. The hint had no logical basis, this one is not solvable without a hint.

I'll take another look at it. Did you have to use recursion?

ok, done, no recursion either.

Whew! That was definitely one of the most difficult puzzles I've ever done! I had to use two hints, and I don't think I would have finished the puzzle without them. On the plus side, I think I learned a few new techniques!

The same mistake again. Finally...

Very very difficult for me! Needed hints, but thanks to them I think I've learned something new, too.
Good time!

Good one, thanks, It is all very logical, but it is still quite a challenge for a small puzzle. You have to keep searching for the next square which allows you to move on. Apt image.

that was really hard. I had to keep taking breaks.

That was quite a workout. Hard to develop some new techniques!

200923 specky

A very good puzzle.

This stumped me for longer than any other puzzle yet. To keep it very vague: there was an opportunity for the Overlapping technique that I missed for AGES.