sun tel griddler

[rockfordill]

Two weeks running and two devilish puzzles!
Is today's puzzle do-able ? Am struggling with it.

[jellybun]

Yes I'm having trouble too. I also had problems last week and couldn't finish it, for the first time since I started it many years ago. I don't know if they are purposely making harder or whether I'm not as good as I used to be. If I crack it I'll let you know.

[dwil]

Agree. Last week's was impossible. This week's looks like it should be doable but can't make any real headway. I thought it was me.

[rockfordill]

Yes I failed to finish it last week but someone said that they had succeeded so I assume that it was just me and like you jellybun that was the first time that I had ever failed to finish it- glad to know that it is not just me - if I get a breakthrough this week I'll let you know.
thanks

[Tubbycoates]

I managed to finish last weeks. The two central columns could be logically worked out, nut It took me ages. I eventually finished it on Thursday evening!
I've made a start on this weeks, but I'm struggling. Bycounting across the rows, you can work out that some of the squares allready filled in must belong to say,a four or a five block, but I'm stuck at the moment. I'll have another try in the pub tonight and let you know!

[Ennalorac]

Have just finished it. Took nearly all yesterday evening and an hour this morning. It was just a case of plodding on very slowly to do a lot of right hand side. When about half done rest was easier.

[Tubbycoates]

Just finishing it off now. I hope I explain this clearly, but after you've filled in everything that is obvious, you can tell that the gaps between some columns must contain a dot, because the solid block won't fit. Also, to get started, if you count left and right, there are some filled in squares that must logically belong to something, i.e., one square must be part of , say, a two block. This allows you to fill in another square either left or right of it (you usually have to count again). I had to do this 6 or seven times, and eventually I got going on the bottom right. As the other person said, and I assume this is going to happen to me, it has got reasonably straitforward now.