TomTom by Freddie Hand
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Theme: Mirror Image
Author/Opus: This is the 7th puzzle from our guest contributor Freddie Hand.
Rules: Standard TomTom rules, using the integers 1-6.
Difficulty: 4.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 6:30, Master = 10:00, Expert = 20:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
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Took me a *long* time to see the break-in, but once I placed the first digit it seemed to fall into place pretty quickly.
I’m a bit curious if I was just slow to realize the beginning, or if I missed some trick… I suspect it was the former, though 🙂
Really hard, mainly the break-in (only one tricky step afterwards.) Couldn’t see how to do it without some mini-bifurcation…