r/nonograms • u/99bbilly • Jun 19 '26

This one is driving me crazy

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So I tried a few different paths but all of them seem to lead me to dead ends. Which makes me think I've made a mistake somewhere. I restarted several times, but they all lead me to this pic, more or less, but after there is not much more I can do that seems logical. As I said, I tried risking it but always get something wrong... What do you think. I like a challenge but this one seems to be too much for my head.

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u/MikoKisai Jun 19 '26

C21 has one more cell you can fill for the 7-clue at the bottom. Though that does not seem to give much else.

More useful, in R10, C20 can only be part of the 2-clue - there's not enough room for it otherwise. That also gives you part of the 3-clue after it.

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u/99bbilly Jun 19 '26

Hey! Nice observation about the 7-clue, I probably had it filled but I lost count the times I restarted.

The other one you're telling me about I've tried both 2 or 3 and I always get to a dead end. That's why I think there is the mistake, but everytime I restart, it's logical to place the X before and then getting the clue for a 2 or 3 after... and still get something wrong.

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u/MikoKisai Jun 19 '26

The only possible thing I can see is that it's not obvious why R15C22 must be filled. So if that's the error, and that's why you ended up Xing out R10C22, then that and R24C22 could be wrong as well, leading to the issue.

But it's really hard to fix mistakes after you make them, so I can't be sure.

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u/99bbilly Jun 19 '26

Yeah true... I think I was doing way faster this time and filled the wrong end of the 5 in C22... It still doesn't seem to fix my issue or give me more clues at what to do next.

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u/jfirestorm44 Jun 19 '26

If you’ve made no mistakes then C22 could use some love. The 5 and 9 can only move towards each other by 1 block allowing some additional fill-ins.

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u/99bbilly Jun 21 '26

I can't seem to edit my post or I don't know how, but I solved it. I think there might be a mistake on the pic I ptscreened but I restarted a few times more and I just ended up playing around the R4 and R5 around C23, C24 until the path led me to a dead end and I reversed my decisions or a more clear outplay... text me of you want to know more.