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Trot Like a Fox

Nonogram · Puzzle No. 95ThePuzzleSolver.net
Easy
A logic-grid picture puzzle (also called picross or griddlers). Use the number clues to fill in the correct squares and reveal the hidden image.

Each number tells you how many squares in a row to fill in that line, in order. A clue of 2 2 means: fill 2 squares, leave at least one blank, then fill 2 more.

2
2		15152
2
2		2
2
2		2
2		2
2		2
2		2
4		222330
14
14
2 2
2
2
2 1
8
8
2 1
2
2
2
2
5
5
15 columns × 15 rows
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Solution

How to Solve This Nonogram

Nonograms (also called picross, griddlers, or hanjie) are logic puzzles that hide a picture inside a grid of numbers:

This puzzle is a 15×15 grid. For the full method, edge logic, and tougher techniques once you're ready to level up, read our complete guide to nonograms and advanced nonogram techniques.

Walkthrough: Your First Four Moves

Not sure where to begin? Here's exactly how Mr. Puzzle opens this grid. Rows are numbered top to bottom and columns left to right.

  1. The spine and the empty edge. Columns 2 and 3 have a clue of 15, so fill them top to bottom. Column 15 is 0, so mark it blank.
  2. The top bar. Rows 1 and 2 each have a clue of 14. With column 15 empty, the run must fill columns 1 through 14. Fill both rows completely.
  3. All the single 2s. Rows 4, 5 and 10 through 13 have just a 2, and columns 2–3 are already filled. That's the whole run, so mark the rest of each row blank. Rows 7 and 8 (8) have to include columns 2–3 too, so columns 2 through 8 are filled.
  4. The right side. Columns 10, 11 and 12 have a clue of just 2, and rows 1–2 are already filled there. That's it for those columns, so mark everything below blank. Columns 13 and 14 (3) need one more square below rows 1–2, and the only place it can go is row 3.
Stuck? Click for a nudge

Look at column 9 (2 4). The 2 is rows 1–2. Rows 4, 5 and 10 through 13 are blank in this column, so the 4 can only fit in one spot.

Why It's Rated Easy

Two solid rows and two full-height columns give you a big chunk of the picture immediately, and most of the other rows are a simple 2 that only fits one way. The bottom rows (5) are locked in by the spine above them. No guessing at any point.

Behind the Letter: From Fox to Foxtrot

There's a reason this puzzle is called Trot Like a Fox. In the older spelling alphabet used during World War II, F was simply Fox. When the international alphabet replaced it in the 1950s, Fox got a few extra letters and became Foxtrot, the same name as the smooth ballroom dance. The dance itself is usually said to be named after Harry Fox, a vaudeville performer from around 1914, though dance historians still argue about it.

Spoiler: what does this puzzle hide?

Trot Like a Fox solves into a bold, blocky letter F: a full top bar, a full-height spine, and a shorter middle arm — with just a small flared foot at the base instead of a matching bottom bar, since F doesn't close itself off the way E does. It's the second puzzle in a growing phonetic-alphabet set, picking up right where Echo Echo Echo left off.

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