Japanese crossword «Elephant»

Interesting perspective :D

What a fabulous puzzle! A real challenge and insoluble without that one different-colored gray square. An unusual angle. So funny! I got a belly laugh!

I must be missing something. I can only get 7 squares under the line with ten and 7 under the line with eleven, along with the one darker square. I do not see how I can fill in anything beyond this without guessing.

Nice work, Vigil. It was a tough one. Once I started adding in Xs it became a little bit easier. Most of it seemed to be worked from the edges inwards.

colours 1 and 3 too similar. pointless having one square of that darker colour. fun angle, simple to do.

I found a few more on the 2nd from the right. I'm going to try it again to see if I can do it without the hint I used. It's the first time I've ever used a hint!

Really well done, very challenging and a lot of fun!

Very difficult for so small a puzzle

[I started by counting and that just confused things, so I started over. I suggest trying to solve the light gray squares, putting in only the darker gray needed to mark the light ones' location (and the very dark gray, which is there to help with the solution). Start with the left and right margins.]

LOVE IT. And quite a challenge. You know when you start a puzzle and right away wonder how there could possibly be enough information to solve it that it's going to be a good one!

Well, I'd be hard pressed to call this "rewarding..."

Funny! But i had to guess at least 5 times..

Wonderful! :D I absolutely loved it! I restrained myself to use only logic deduction to solve it and I finally did! Took me some time but how rewarding it is in the end! Thank you so so much for such a great puzzle!

I thought it was a bow of some sort till I read the title. Amusing angle. After the obvious starting points I worked my way with the light grey squares and filling in Xs. It's tough but you can do this without hints. Great mental workout!

Hardest puzzle I've done yet and so satisfied that I solved it without a hint. It required extra thinking ahead and "if/then" lines of reasoning that most puzzles don't, so it definitely exercised my brain! Funny ending too. Thanks!

bravo !!!

Very clever & a nice challenge thank you :))

I loved this because it required some logical thinking without being tedious.

Great tip from Sheryl Hill. The light squares only go half way down. Very enjoyable puzzle.

I've never been able to solve such a hard one before, it was kickass tho! thank you for this

Such a fun puzzle, I usually only play color puzzles but this puzzle has changed my mind.

Good work, very challenging, love the image.

Challenging and interesting :) good work

Good one, difficult but solvable. Multi-color is easier than black and white because of extra moves.

So fun! Solvable but you have to think about it.

Awesome!

Very challenging, but rewarding as well.

Haha! Surprisingly challenging. The one dark square really is key, but it is solvable without guessing.

I relished the challenge of this one! Bravo! And it's a cute little elephant patootie.

Hihi! And good challenge!

I really liked the challenge of this puzzle. My grand kids had to tell me it was the tail end.

An excellent and challenging puzzle. You have to use every available clue in order not to start guessing

challenging and cute ^^

Haha :D

Did it twice, a few weeks apart. Challenging and fun both times. Cute and unexpected picture.

difficult!

Elephant

Absolutely loved this! Great fun! Thanks!

I tried doing this puzzle without X's. I did not succeed.

Difficult, but worth it

Awesome pic :)
Maybe I got lucky but it wasn't THAT hard...