Pentominous by Elyot Grant
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Theme: Q
Author/Opus: This is the 3rd puzzle from guest contributor Elyot Grant.
Rules: Standard Pentominous rules.
Difficulty: 3 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:00, Master = 4:15, Expert = 8:30
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
Note: Follow this link for other Pentominous puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Pentominous to get started on. More Pentominous puzzles can be found in the Plenty o’ Pentominous series by Grant Fikes and Murat Can Tonta and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
Very clever, fun break-in. Unfortunately, I accidentally bifurcated a large part of it, by overlooking a possibility at some point an running into a contradiction much later. 😀
Oh this was damn hard. 30:26. Will surely check out the walkthrough video for this !
Very hard puzzle. Nice break-in. I have to watch the solution video to solve this puzzle.