Clues by Sam

#CluesBySam - Sep 18th 2026 (Hard)
Less than 15 minutes
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Sigh. The clue said “row 4” but i thought it was about row 5.

I had multiple mistakes, too, mostly related to bad counting.

Sometimes it’s nice to have an easy one…

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 28th 2026 (Easy), in 03:36
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I made a mistake yesterday, but somehow, today’s just flowed.

#CluesBySam - Sep 29th 2026 (Medium)
02:52
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Dang, you’re fast!

#CluesBySam - Sep 29th 2026 (Medium)
Less than 8 minutes
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Still going…

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 30th 2026 (Medium), in less than 9 minutes
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#CluesBySam - Sep 30th 2026 (Medium)
Less than 8 minutes
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Sigh. I read “… in my row” about one of the row two clues. It actually said “my … in row three”. Dyslexia for the win.

And apparently, “All of the criminals in column 4 are connected” does not imply “there are two or more criminals in column 4”. Or at least, when I made a deduction based on that, it told me it was premature.

Criminals are connected absolutely does mean “there are at least 2 criminals”. If you’ve found a situation where you think that information should be sufficient and you were refused then there was an error.

No, the rules clearly say that a “group” of one person counts as being “connected” to itself.

Sometimes I (as the poker players say) go on tilt after a bad guess. Sharing my shame.

#CluesBySam - Oct 3rd 2026 (Hard)
Less than 31 minutes
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#CluesBySam - Oct 4th 2026 (Hard)
Less than 19 minutes
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I did a little better, but only a little.

It was nice to start a new week, and get an easy one.

#CluesBySam - Oct 5th 2026 (Easy)
03:39
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I forgot to say yesterday, but i was stuck, and after the two wrong guesses, i made a third guess that was correct. After that it was easy enough. But i didn’t really solve that one.

#CluesBySam - Oct 6th 2026 (Medium)
Less than 7 minutes
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I grayed out a clue too early, and then was stuck at the end until i reread all the clues i thought I’d completed.

#CluesBySam - Oct 8th 2026 (Tricky)
Less than 7 minutes
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One of the ones i got “right” was wrong, i was counting people around the wrong cell. That led to a wing guess that was really wrong on the next click. But the other yellow square was from pressing the wrong button when i had the right thought. So the overall score is correct, but for the wrong reasons. :laughing:

#CluesBySam - Oct 9th 2026 (Tricky)
03:18
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Shockingly easy Friday puzzle. Top 5%, which I think is my first time getting that.

You did a lot better than i did. :grinning_face:

#CluesBySam - Oct 9th 2026 (Tricky)
Less than 21 minutes
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#CluesBySam - Oct 10th 2026 (Hard)
Less than 14 minutes
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Well, better than yesterday

One of my worst games ever!

#CluesBySam - Oct 23rd 2026 (Hard)
Less than 18 minutes
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Sometimes errors snowball because I stop caring after the perfect game is ruined, but the Zara clue was really throwing me. I was actually writing a message complaining about how it was impossible when I figured it out; obvious in hindsight.

Your lips to god’s ear on that one. I get pissed and think “well, I was off by one” and start shifting my answers, when in fact the answers are always there.

I did make a pretty row of yellow. (or is that orange?)

#CluesBySam - Oct 23rd 2026 (Hard)
Less than 14 minutes
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