Giraffe 60555

I managed the first quarter of this years ago but the rest of it has defeated me ever since. I get so far and then.... It's time to ask for some guidance. Where should I be looking? What tells me there's a place where I can do a little trial and error that actually bears fruit? Help!

Support question: Is there an optimum size for the screen grab. The first is what I grabbed after cropping the excess, the second is th first reduced by 50%. Not sure how helpful either is in terms of anybody being actually able to see it.

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Hi

There are some more x's and o's you can fill in in the left bottom part that will help you a bit.

The red areas I marked cannot be dark, so you can fill in o's (row 44: there is a combination of light 1-1-2 after the initial dark 2, column 5: the dark 1 is part of the first dark 1-1 combination), the blue areas cannot be light, so you can fill in x's (column 12: the light 1 is either the first, or the second light 1 looking from the bottom, row 47: the are of 2 I marked in blue has to be part of the dark 2-3 combination)

Now take a closer look at row 44, I think you will find you can continue there now

Good luck, Maarten

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Practice makes perfect!! Every single time you get a little bit of help, you will find that finding the next step gets 'easier' (or should I say less difficult?) I know, I have been there I have had help all along the way, and every single bit of it has helped me improve my solving techniques. Still I get stuck every now and then, especially on the difficult puzzles with 4 or more colours, ebcause I still haven't figured out a method that fits my techniques...

But glad to help, and I will be here when you need some more!

Maarten