NONOCROSS / LEVEL 43

Nonocross Level 43 Answer: Rain

The answer to Nonocross level 43 is Rain, shown in the solved 8 × 8 grid below. Compare the picture and clues with your puzzle.

8 × 8 grid · 36 filled cells · 28 empty cells

Rain: solved grid

Nonocross level 43: Rain solved grid8 rows and 8 columns, with 36 filled cells. Row and column clues accompany the board; the same solution is available as text below.246881 1 11 1 11 12144151641313
FilledEmpty36 filled cells28 empty cells

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

4 grids satisfy these clues. The stored Rain picture is shown; 8 cells vary between valid grids.

Row and column clues for level 43

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 12
Row 24
Row 36
Row 48
Row 58
Row 61 1 1
Row 71 1 1
Row 81 1
Column clues
ColumnFilled groups
Column 12 1
Column 24
Column 34 1
Column 45 1
Column 56
Column 64 1
Column 73 1
Column 83

How to start Nonocross level 43

Fill row 4 from its clues

Row 4 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 4

Column 4 has clue 5 1 on 8 cells. Across every placement that fits this line, fill positions 2–5. Count top to bottom, then compare those cells with the crossing clues.

Why level 43 has more than one valid grid

The 8×8 clue set for Rain allows 4 valid grids. Of its 64 cells, 8 vary across those grids; the remaining 56 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 43

Show the text solution

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

···■■···
··■■■■··
·■■■■■■·
■■■■■■■■
■■■■■■■■
·■··■··■
■··■··■·
··■··■··

Source and verification

The stored Rain grid matches every archived row and column clue. Exhaustive enumeration found 4 valid grids.

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

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