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You got lucky and picked the right one 
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EEPhil
Number 28
Even picking prpr's "only" inference, I needed a second one! That was my first choice, which needed two more.
Anyway, I still don't think inferences make it difficult. If you hadn't posted that it was difficult, I'd have said it was easy!
F1 seemed to require two more. A4, for me, also required F1
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Did I say it was difficult? Kurosus are not difficult, just some are more difficult than others (and never in accordance with their star rating).
EEPhil
Number 28
Implied by the use of "!". (?)
No, they're not difficult. The i-newspaper's "binary" is similar, but 10x10 0s and 1s is more challenging - requiring inferences every time. They don't give them a star rating.
The i's Futoshiki puzzles are too easy.
prpr
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I'm outraged...
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At last, an interesting Kurosu with justified rating. I've stopped looking at them as a routine, but this caught my eye:
Well, at least it had me scratching my head for a few seconds! Only requires one inference... if you pick the right one.
Well, at least it had me scratching my head for a few seconds! Only requires one inference... if you pick the right one.
EEPhil
Number 28
It puts an X in A1 and correctly fills a blank space
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Today's Countdown, final numbers puzzle:
100 75 50 25 8 2 with a target 555
I made 554, the contestants got 554 and 556. Rachel didn't get it, but the voice in her ear said it wasn't impossible, but no solution got declared before the end credits. I had to use an on-line solver. I think you'd have to be some kind of genius or savant to get it in 30s.
100 75 50 25 8 2 with a target 555
I made 554, the contestants got 554 and 556. Rachel didn't get it, but the voice in her ear said it wasn't impossible, but no solution got declared before the end credits. I had to use an on-line solver. I think you'd have to be some kind of genius or savant to get it in 30s.
( ( (50 + 2) * 100 * 8 ) + 25 ) / 75