Congratulations Riyadh. Hours of fun await me at your expense.

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Consider it as 23:59 on 24th.

Puzzle 11
"Create a Minesweeper puzzle with a unique solution in the 9x9grid"
Do we agree that the instructions to solve a Minesweeper include a given number of mines to find ? As in Puzzle 6 for exemple
A grid could have multiple solutions without that number of mines, but when it is given as an instruction, the solution can become unique
The grid I submitted needs that number to have a unique solution

Create a classic Minesweeper puzzle in which the number of mines is not given.

Created a Minesweeper puzzle with a unique solution in the 9x9grid

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puzzle 12. is it acceptable if two words partially overlap? eg 0L6ARANCE if so how many times will the 6 count?
stefano

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Hi Stefano,
This is unacceptable. There must be at least one empty cell between two words.

Puzzle 12

Can two vertical words touch but not intersect each other?

Puzzle 2

Can we draw circle such that some its squares were outside the grid?

No, the squares should be inside the grid.

Puzzle 12
Can two vertical words touch but not intersect each other?
Besides, I hope there are more details about how to create a crossword to make it clearer.

When is the contest ending exactly? because if that is anytime later than Midnight IST in the night from the 23th to 24th of april (in 3h20), i won't be able to submit answers after that

If that is the case, do i send an email to logicmasteradmin@gmail.com as if the website was down?

Ya you can but let us know in the mail why you're unable to submit answers.

The most obvious reason would be that everyone who started this contest before the end time was extended has had a countdown clock that expired a few hours ago and for us the LMI platform says the contest is over. (When the end of the contest was extended, the submission deadlines for those who had already started the contest did not get extended).
(As for myself I don't care because I finished everything I wanted to do, assuming no further surprises about previously unexplained rules that change the nature of any puzzles).-- Denis

Edited by auroux 2023-04-24 1:56 AM

Oof I genuinely missed that the countdown clock and the end time setting are differently coded for this contest. We will try to reset it but yes we will accept submissions via email for now. Thanks for pointing this out.

The timer issue is now fixed and submissions can be made till the actual contest end.

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Congratulations to Denis, Valentin and Paul!

Thank you Riad for what was a very nice (and challenging) contest as usual.
And sorry I wrote some grumpy messages about unclear rules for the optimizer puzzles, it was frustrating in the moment but in retrospect it wasn't such a big deal.
Denis