ANSWERS: Fronts Off 2

So you know how almost every week on these answer posts (starting with the one for puzzle #200), I open with a picture that I made on DeviantArt, even though there's next-to-no overlap of DA users and puzzle enthusiasts? Well, I failed to come up with a drawing inspired by one of the clues for "Fronts Off 2", but to make up for it, I've instead created a BONUS PUZZLE! It's a pretty easy 10x10 Picross puzzle (look at other posts with the "Picross" tag for instructions on how to solve one of these) that depicts an object mentioned in one of the clues from that aforementioned puzzle:

I've also made this Picross available in the free Steam game Picross Touch (which I've talked about before). Just search for "Plunger" in the game's Workshop mode, and it should be right there. Now with that out of the way, here are the whopping twelve people that have solved "Fronts Off 2"!

• Grant Fikes ****
• Chris Hendricks ****
• Pavel Curtis ****
• Stephen Staver ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Patrick Jordan ****
• Mom ***
• Dan Simonds ****
• Debbie Benford ****
• Lynn Sweeney ****
• Joe Bernard ****

Now head below the break for the answers as well as multiple solver comments!

ANSWERS: Picross Words 3

It's been thirteen days since I've posted my birthday puzzle ("Picross Words 3"), and eight people since then have successfully solved it, as you can see in the list below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Tyler Hinman ****
• Mom & Alex Milton ****
• Lynn Sweeney **
• Dan Simonds **

Now head below the break for the answers, as well as some videos and solvers' comments!

PUZZLE #184: Picross Words 3

PUZZLE #184

PICROSS WORDS 3

It's my birthday today! To celebrate, I'm going to give you guys a present: a picture-logic puzzle! The last time I made a Picross puzzle on this blog was quite a while ago (102 puzzles ago, to be exact), so I'll hope you'll enjoy this gift, and be sure to read the directions!

The numbers outside each row and column reveal how many groups of black squares there are in that line, all in order, and how many black squares there are in each group (So for example, "5 1" means there are five consecutive black squares followed by a single black square). If there's more than one number in that line, that means they're separate from each other and there's at least one empty square between them (Empty spaces could also be found at the start or end of a line). In case you're stuck or don't know what to do, you can always get some tips, tricks and techniques through this link.

As an added twist, the grid has been filled out by letters; once the Picross has been solved, the letters that have been colored in, when read up and down and then left to right, will spell out a hint that will lead you to the FINAL ANSWER.

The FINAL ANSWER is one of my all-time favorite television shows

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!

ANSWERS (And Contest Results!): Picross Words 2

I think my second "Picross Words" puzzle has proved too difficult for my usual solvers, since only five people have managed to solve it within the past two weeks or so, as you can see below:

• Eric Maddy ****
• YYW ****
• Grant Fikes ****
• Edderiofer He ****
• Sam Levitin ****

Since the number of solvers for this Contest Puzzle is so low, I'll only be rewarding one of these solvers, and that solver is... Edderiofer He! Congratulations on winning a Picross book or video game of your choosing!

Now with that out of the way, head below the break for the answers!

GREATEST HITS MONTH! Puzzle #82: Picross Words 2 (CONTEST PUZZLE!)

GREATEST HITS MONTH!

AND A CONTEST!

PUZZLE #82

PICROSS WORDS 2

It's the last week of Greatest Hits Month, and even though my birthday was a couple of days ago, I'm still in the mood to celebrate, so I'm creating another Contest Puzzle! Since this week's puzzle is a slight Picross variant, the prize for winning this contest is a Picross book or video game of the victor's choosing! There will only be one randomly-selected winner for this contest, though I might reward a second winner if the number of solvers for this puzzle is high enough! If you don't want to enter this contest, you can still solve this puzzle and opt out of the contest. Now with all the rules out of the way, let's get to the directions!

The numbers outside each row and column reveal how many groups of black squares there are in that line, all in order, and how many black squares there are in each group (So for example, "5 1" means there are five consecutive black squares followed by a single black square). If there's more than one number in that line, that means they're separate from each other and there's at least one empty square between them (Empty spaces could also be found at the start or end of a line). In case you're stuck or don't know what to do, you can always get some tips, tricks and techniques through this link.

As an added twist, the grid has been filled out by letters; once the Picross has been solved, the letters that have been colored in will spell out a hint that will lead you to the FINAL ANSWER.

This week's FINAL ANSWER is a title

Click on the picture for a larger grid

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured that one out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!

ANSWERS: Picross Words

Boy, my first Picross puzzle on this site proved to be quite a popular one, as thirteen of you have solved it within the past thirteen days, and you can look at the complete list of solvers below:

• Grant Fikes ****
• Eric Maddy ****
• Brad Eldredge ****
• Yossi Fendel ****
• Sam Levitin ****
• YYW ****
• Lynn Sweeney **
• Adam Weaver ****
• Edderiofer He ****
• Debbie Benford **
• Punjit Sharma ****
• Dan Simonds *
• John Davis ****

Now just head below the break for the answers to this puzzle, along with comments some of my solvers have made!

PUZZLE #64: Picross Words

PUZZLE #64

PICROSS WORDS

Well, it's the 64th puzzle on Redhead64's Obscure Puzzle Blog, so to celebrate, I'm going to do something a little different. You see, many years before I started this blog, I made a few puzzles on a site called Griddlers.net, where you can solve and create your own Picross puzzles (You can still solve my puzzles through this link). So as a way of returning to my puzzle-making roots, I've decided to create another Picross puzzle and post it on this blog!

The numbers outside each row and column reveal how many groups of black squares there are in that line, all in order, and how many black squares there are in each group (So for example, "5 1" means there are five consecutive black squares followed by a single black square). If there's more than one number in that line, that means they're separate from each other and there's at least one empty square between them (Empty spaces could also be found at the start or end of a line). In case you're stuck or don't know what to do, you can always get some tips, tricks and techniques through this link.

As an added twist, the grid has been filled out by letters, though they don't mean anything yet, so just ignore them while you proceed to solve the puzzle.

Once the Picross has been solved, you should get a picture of a video game character. Read the letters that have been shaded in, left to right and up and down, and you'll get a sentence that will reveal this week's FINAL ANSWER: The character's name, and the video game that the character originated from.

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured that one out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!