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#2Thu, Jan 2, 2025

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hard20 x 20
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A free nonogram (picross) puzzle, fresh every day. Use the row and column number clues to fill in the correct cells.

About puzzle #2

Nonogram #2 appeared on Thu, Jan 2, 2025 as hard difficulty on a 20x20 grid. Its solution fills 223 of 400 cells — 56% density, a balanced picture with roughly as much ink as empty space. The clues break down into 77 runs across all rows and columns. The longest single run is 17 cells, in row 7, and the busiest line is row 11 with 4 separate runs to place. Like every daily here, it has exactly one solution reachable by logic alone.

Clues for puzzle #2

Each clue lists the lengths of the filled runs in that line, in order, with at least one empty cell between runs. A clue of 0 means the line is empty.

Row clues (20 rows)
LineClue
11
22
33 1
41 3 3
54 8
616
717
817
94 13
102 9 2
112 3 5 2
122 3 8
133 3 8
141 4 8
153 9
164 4 2
175 4 3
187 7
196 6
202 3
Column clues (20 columns)
LineClue
11
25
39 3
44 1 4
54 1 4
65 7
75 8
815
97 1
107
118
1211 3
1317
1415
1517
1612 3
176 4 4
184 9
1913
206