NONOCROSS / LEVEL 55

Nonocross Level 55 Answer: Hedgehog

The answer to Nonocross level 55 is Hedgehog, shown in the solved 10 × 10 grid below. Compare the picture and clues with your puzzle.

10 × 10 grid · 55 filled cells · 45 empty cells

Hedgehog: solved grid

Nonocross level 55: Hedgehog solved grid10 rows and 10 columns, with 55 filled cells. Row and column clues accompany the board; the same solution is available as text below.1 1 1 11 1 1 16 142 1 41 4 1 13 1 1 11 581 11212322172211351122611213
FilledEmpty55 filled cells45 empty cells

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

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

Row and column clues for level 55

This 10×10 board has 10 row clues and 10 column clues. Read rows from left to right and columns from top to bottom.

Row clues
RowFilled groups
Row 11 1 1 1
Row 21 1 1 1
Row 36 1
Row 44
Row 52 1 4
Row 61 4 1 1
Row 73 1 1 1
Row 81 5
Row 98
Row 101 1
Column clues
ColumnFilled groups
Column 11 2
Column 21 2 3
Column 32 2 1
Column 47 2
Column 52 1 1
Column 63 5
Column 71 1 2
Column 82 6
Column 91 1 2
Column 101 3

How to start Nonocross level 55

Fill row 6 from its clues

Row 6 has clue 1 4 1 1 on 10 cells. Its groups and required gaps use the whole line, so its only arrangement is ■·■■■■·■·■, read left to right.

Use the overlap in column 6

Column 6 has clue 3 5 on 10 cells. Across every placement that fits this line, fill positions 2–3, 6–9. Count top to bottom, then compare those cells with the crossing clues.

Why level 55 has more than one valid grid

The 10×10 clue set for Hedgehog allows 2 valid grids. Of its 100 cells, 4 vary across those grids; the remaining 96 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 55

Show the text solution

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

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

Source and verification

The stored Hedgehog 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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