Japanese crossword «Cheshire cat»

oof.

I've been asking Charl to create a more difficult puzzle. Be careful what you ask for! This is the third most difficult puzzle (size 40x40 and below)--or the first most difficult if you exclude black and white. Go for it, hard core puzzlers!

I'm curious if anyone's done it. I find almost nothing to work with.

Not easy to start, but an interesting finish.

If you check the statistics you can see how many times it's been solved. As of Feb. 16th--the day after it was posted--it had been solved 352 times with an average solution time of 42 minutes.

i absoluetly loved solving this!

Yes, this is challenging, but definitely solvable. I just did it in 32 minutes. I was doing it from the top down, and for the longest time I was wondering what kind of animal it was. The result is rather creepy, but a very well designed puzzle for sure. Thanks for this, Charl!

Fun, but creepy! :)