NONOCROSS / LEVEL 40

Nonocross Level 40 Answer: Cherries

The answer to Nonocross level 40 is Cherries, shown in the solved 8 × 8 grid below. Compare the picture and clues with your puzzle.

8 × 8 grid · 33 filled cells · 31 empty cells

Cherries: solved grid

Nonocross level 40: Cherries solved grid8 rows and 8 columns, with 33 filled cells. Row and column clues accompany the board; the same solution is available as text below.31 11 11 12 2882 225141211234142
FilledEmpty33 filled cells31 empty cells

The border marks cells that vary across valid grids; it does not mark mistakes.

2 grids satisfy these clues. The stored Cherries picture is shown; 4 cells vary between valid grids.

Row and column clues for level 40

This 8×8 board has 8 row clues and 8 column clues. Read rows from left to right and columns from top to bottom.

Row clues
RowFilled groups
Row 13
Row 21 1
Row 31 1
Row 41 1
Row 52 2
Row 68
Row 78
Row 82 2
Column clues
ColumnFilled groups
Column 12
Column 25
Column 31 4
Column 41 2
Column 51 1 2
Column 63 4
Column 71 4
Column 82

How to start Nonocross level 40

Fill row 6 from its clues

Row 6 has clue 8 on 8 cells. Its groups and required gaps use the whole line, so its only arrangement is ■■■■■■■■, read left to right.

Use the overlap in column 2

Column 2 has clue 5 on 8 cells. Across every placement that fits this line, fill positions 4–5. Count top to bottom, then compare those cells with the crossing clues.

Why level 40 has more than one valid grid

The 8×8 clue set for Cherries allows 2 valid grids. Of its 64 cells, 4 vary across those grids; the remaining 60 have the same state in every valid grid.

The highlight marks cells the clues alone do not decide. It does not mark mistakes in the stored picture. Use the displayed solution to reproduce that picture.

Text solution for level 40

Show the text solution

■ means filled; · means empty. Each line is one row, from top to bottom.

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■■■■■■■■
■■■■■■■■
·■■··■■·

Source and verification

The stored Cherries grid matches every archived row and column clue. Exhaustive enumeration found 2 valid grids.

This verifies the archive, not a replay of the current app.

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