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And the Mysterions

Nonogram · Puzzle No. 117 · ThePuzzleSolver.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.

	0	0	2	3	2	2	2 4 2	2 5 2	3 3	6	4	0	0	0	0
4
6
2 3
2 2
2 2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2

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:

Start with the biggest clues. A row or column clue close to the full width tells you the whole line is nearly filled — mark those first.
Watch for lone single clues. A clue of just 1 sitting between two solved lines can often be pinned down early using the cells already fixed above and below it.
Work the overlap. When a clue number is more than half the line's length, the middle cells must always be filled no matter how the run shifts — mark those immediately.

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.

Clear the empty lines. Row 13 has no clue, and neither do columns 1, 2 and 12 to 15. The working area is columns 3 to 11, just 9 squares wide.
Row 2 (6). In 9 squares, a run of 6 has 3 of wiggle room, so columns 6, 7 and 8 are filled.
Column 6 (2). Row 2 is filled, so the 2 is either rows 1–2 or 2–3. Everything from row 4 down is blank.
Below the gap. Row 13 is empty, so only two rows (14 and 15) sit below it. Columns 4, 9, 10 and 11 have no run short enough to fit in just two rows (their clues are 3, 3 3, 6 and 4), so rows 14 and 15 are blank in all four.

Stuck? Click for a nudge

Rows 14 and 15 each need a run of 2. Check which columns end with a 2.

Why It's Rated Easy

A small working area and a big empty row give you a quick start, and every square follows one line at a time. A relaxing 15×15 to finish a session on.

Spoiler: what does this puzzle hide?

And the Mysterions spells out the simplest mystery there is: a question mark. The curved hook at the top, the diagonal stroke leading down and in, and the lone dot underneath — the exact shape everyone already knows by heart. (And yes, the title’s a wink at ? and the Mysterians, the 1960s one-hit-wonder band behind “96 Tears,” whose frontman went by a single punctuation mark long before this puzzle did.)