No wonder the puzzle was so hard, the song that I was taught with switches things up from the 9th day, which is: 9 drummers druming, 10 pipers piping, 11 ladies dancing, and 12 lords a leaping
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Hi guys, I've been working on a Christmas-tree-shaped Hokuro puzzle (I've posted two of those, newly invented grid deduction puzzles before). Maybe it fits in the series?
Are winter-themed puzzles technically close enough to count or should they be strictly Christmas-themed? Just bouncing around some ideas right now to see if anything substantial will come out of them lol
sweet! I'm thinking about a cryptic crossword (idk if someone's already going that route, though I wouldn't be surprised) but I won't put my name down just yet based on how long it usually takes for me to make one
Just got so freaked out by Jafe posting Day 3's puzzle when it was only 8:49pm here. Wondered how it had suddenly got so late! (Before remembering Australia time...)
@Jafe If you haven't already, would you mind checking my link to see if it's right? I think I got it, but that's a lot of little dots for some old eyes.
I always try to set up the online solvers when I can. It may be stupid, but I just hate how my answers look when I do them in Paint, and my handwriting is even worse.