Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
01-06-2019, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 4
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Faster and faster
The short answer to getting faster times solving puzzles on this site is lots of repetition.
If you are new to the site and you compare yourself to the record times, you will probably be...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
01-04-2019, 09:35 AM
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Views: 474
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Forum: Logic Puzzles and Brain Benders
12-22-2018, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 851
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Forum: Comments, Bugs and Feature Requests
11-13-2018, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,936
From the Puzzle Baron's logic puzzle tutorial...
From the Puzzle Baron's logic puzzle tutorial concerning Trial and Error:
"First off, a disclaimer. Trial and error is never, never, NEVER required to solve any Puzzle Baron brand logic puzzle!...
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Forum: Comments, Bugs and Feature Requests
11-12-2018, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,936
A 4x5 easy in 72 seconds.
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A 4x5 easy in 72 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSQK27-ii3I
Pause it on the completion page so you can read the stats.
The clues are machine generated. There are only a handful...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
02-10-2018, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,720
"Quiz Show"
The solution in the back of the...
"Quiz Show"
The solution in the back of the book is wrong. The solution shown on page 211 shows Estrella with 150 points and Chandler with 200 points.
Clue 8 says that Estrella had more...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
01-02-2018, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,719
Starting with your clue and the previous grid...
Starting with your clue and the previous grid state..
let's add a couple restrictions for Corey and Bolero. We add that Corey cannot be associated with the Kalinka song, and Bolero cannot be...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
01-02-2018, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,719
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
01-01-2018, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,719
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
11-26-2017, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,001
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
11-11-2017, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 28,439
The short answer is "Yes."
If B and C are...
The short answer is "Yes."
If B and C are in the same category, the process is trivial.
Suppose A, B, and C are in separate categories.
Find all the elements of the C category that are...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
11-07-2017, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 11,170
Looking at loofadawg's awesome graphic in the...
Looking at loofadawg's awesome graphic in the first post we will process clue 1 visually.
D2 and B4 must be in either row A4 or in the same row as C3 (restatement of clue 1).
So the A4 row is...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
10-25-2017, 04:23 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 11,170
That is a great example because you have both...
That is a great example because you have both types of either or clues.
Clue 11 gives you the X at Pete/Kip which produces the "transitive" Xs (your yellow squares) at Sep 29/Kip and Rosa/Kip when...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
10-24-2017, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 11,170
For each extra X (e.g. A5C3) that fall in the...
For each extra X (e.g. A5C3) that fall in the shaded areas of AC and DB, you have the possibility of getting two more Xs.
An X in A5C3 allowed you to eliminate A5D2 and A5B4, for example.
(Do...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
10-24-2017, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 11,170
Thinking through the logic is a good exercise,...
Thinking through the logic is a good exercise, but if you want to do these clues quickly, use carpboy's advice: process the clue visually.
BTW - that's a nice puzzle diagram for explaining this...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
10-22-2017, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 28,439
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Forum: Comments, Bugs and Feature Requests
09-02-2017, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 13,181
Neither/Nor clues
Look at slide # 5 for a rationalization for all three entities being separate.
http://logic-puzzles.org/how-to-solve-a-logic-puzzle.php?t=neither-nor-clues
It is the convention for this site,...
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Forum: Comments, Bugs and Feature Requests
08-15-2017, 06:31 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 23,390
Nice catch Krakodil. That 73 sec record is...
Nice catch Krakodil. That 73 sec record is bogus. The server was having problems in early 2014, and in this post:
http://www.logic-puzzles.org/forum/showthread.php?t=423
you will read that...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
07-15-2017, 04:26 PM
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Views: 5,814
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
07-01-2017, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,797
Missing clue?
When I looked at this one a while back, it looked to me like there was a missing clue.
http://www.logic-puzzles.org/forum/showpost.php?p=4087&postcount=10
If you add the eighth clue as...
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Forum: Questions About Logic-Puzzles.org
07-01-2017, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,797
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Forum: Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles - The Book!
03-04-2017, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 22,976
The "It's Knot as Easy as It Looks" puzzle on...
The "It's Knot as Easy as It Looks" puzzle on page 147, seems to be missing a single negative relation. Without this relation, I got two solutions just like mat100 way back in 2012.
This is a 4x5...
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Forum: Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles - The Book!
03-04-2017, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 22,976
The "Island Cruise" puzzle on page 138 seems to...
The "Island Cruise" puzzle on page 138 seems to be missing a negative relation. The existing clues produce a result with a lot of open cells, but with just one more negative relation, the puzzle can...
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Forum: Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles - The Book!
03-04-2017, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 22,976
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Forum: Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles - The Book!
03-04-2017, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 22,976
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