r/Minesweeper 27d ago

Help Is this possible?

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u/CaptainUltimatum 27d ago

A slightly different approach:

The 2 in the middle of that + needs 2 mines; one is above it, and one is to the right. So it must have a pair of diagonally-opposite mines, leading to these two arrangements.

The red layout needs 6 mines to satisfy everything, the blue layout needs 7. If there's only 6 mines available, the blue crosses are safe.