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Set #99

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Four puzzles that stay the same for good: play them in any order, stop when you like, and come back to finish.

About the puzzles in this set

Hidden Word

Five letters and six tries. The answer can be any word of the English answer list, and the strict rule is on: every letter you have found must be used again in your next guess.

A round tile tells you where its letter is not, as well as that it is in the word — do not put it back in the same place.

Skyscrapers

A 6 × 6 grid in which the heights 1 to 6 appear once in every row and once in every column. 11 of the 24 edge clues are printed, and 4 towers are already standing.

There are 2 clues of 1 on the edge: the tallest tower stands in the cell right next to each of them.

Golf

Seven columns of five cards, 16 cards in the stock and one on the pile. The solver cleared this deal in 51 moves, turning 16 of the stock cards.

Starting card of the pile: the 8. Look for a long up-and-down run before turning a stock card — the stock has no second pass.

Four in a Row

Light to move and win within 4 moves, whatever the other side replies. Key ideas: quiet move, diagonal line.

The first move may look quiet. Check which empty cells would complete a line for you; a threat directly above another threat is often what decides the position.