Tools & crafting

Farming Plant Crop Nonogram (15×15)

This is the Farming Plant Crop nonogram — a 15×15 picture logic puzzle. Use the number clues beside each row and column to work out which squares are filled, and the picture appears as you go. Every square can be deduced; you never have to guess.

About this puzzle

Size
15×15
Difficulty
Normal
Filled squares
83 of 225
Longest run
11
Typical time
20-40 min

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How this board opens

A first sweep of the overlap rule down the rows and across the columns settles 64 of the 225 cells, about 28%, which is enough of a skeleton to work outwards from. The most generous opening is row 15, which gives up 15 cells on its own. 3 of the 30 lines are decided outright by their clues, with no room to slide. From there the board finishes on row-and-column logic alone — there is no point where you have to try a cell both ways and see which one breaks. The finished picture fills 83 cells, and the longest unbroken run anywhere in the clues is 11.

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