May 14 hard solving guide
I posted the strategies and notation helper here.
Very nice puzzle. If you are completely stuck, read step 1 but then stop and enjoy solving it. The next major breakpoint is step 8.
- >!The 1c>10 and 2c10 can only contain 4/5/6 so the 1c1-2c>10 and 1c1-2c10 in theory are two of 1-[4/5/6] but the 1-4 doesn't exist so the 1-5 and the 1-6 are booked on these borders.!<
- >!With the 6-1 booked, the standalone 1c6-1c<3 is the 6-2, there's no 6-0.!<
- >!2c7 in theory is 1+6/2+5/3+4. The standalone 2c7 is the 3-4 because the 1-6 is booked and the 2-5 doesn't exist.!<
- >!There are three doubles, the 2-2, the 4-4 and the 5-5. One is in the standalone 2c=, one is on the right of 3c=, one double remains.!<
- >!2c10 can be 4+6/5+5. When it's a whole domino then it's the 5-5 because the 4-6 doesn't exist.!<
- >!So if the horizontal 2c10 is a whole domino then it's the 5-5 and then the 2c= under it needs a double but there's none left so the horizontal 2c10 is two dominos, one goes left into the top vertical 2= the other goes down into the bottom vertical 2c=.!<
- >!This makes the bottom vertical 2c10 a whole domino, that's where the 5-5 is.!<
- >!If the 3c= is the 4-4 then it's finished with the 4-5 as there's no more 4s but if there's no more 4s then the 2c10 is 5+5 and on the top vertical 2c=-2c10 border you'd need another 5-5 which means the 3c= is 2s.!<
- >!Place the 4-4 in the standalone 2c=.!<
- >!Place the 2-2 to the right end of the 3c=.!<
- >!Finish the 3c= with the last 2-? the 2-0.!<
- >!Place the 0-5.!<
- >!The 1c6-2c= can't be the 6-5 as you'd again need another 5-5 so it's the 6-3.!<
- >!Place the 3-5.!<
- >!2c7 again is 1+6/2+5/3+4 but the only 1 is from the 1-3 and the 3 can't be in 1c<3 or 2c10, there are no 2s so it's 3+4.!<
- >!Place the 3-1 to the 2c7-1c<3 border, the 1 can't be in 2c>10.!<
- >!Place the 4-5 on the 2c7-2c>10 border, this could've been the previous step as 5 can't be in 1c<3.!<
- >!The 5-1 is too low, place the 6-1 on the 2c>10-1c1 border.!<
- >!Place the 1-5 on the 1c1-2c10 border.!<
- >!Finish with the 5-6.!<