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Slig, I don't know how to reach you other than here.

Today's hardest puzzle (#110 @ 2024-03-23) says that "Theodore's favorite player is Italian".

The list comprises of the following players: Di Stefano (Argentina then Spain), Maradona (Argentina), Ronaldinho (Brazil), Ronaldo (Brazil or Portugal, depends on who the game speaks about), Rooney (England).

That's roughly what I don't like with your implementation: the grids cannot be solved by themselves. Some external knowledge is required, and in this case, the knowledge is incorrect. Basically, the hint here should say: "Theodore's favorite player is <whoever the AI thinks is Italian>".

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slig|1 year ago

Hi again Oliver! Just got your email and I'll reply there you tomorrow as well. Thanks for the feedback.

>The grids cannot be solved by themselves. Some external knowledge is required

I introduced this kind of feature in another custom made puzzles, such as one about blood types ("the universal donor is ...") and I got a lot of praise for it and I thought it could be extended to another themes. But I can see that it might be too broad and uninteresting. Will revise this.