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Featured Puzzle: Stitches #4 – Creature

ByJacob Valdez

Igor! The flesh is loose on my masterpiece! Sew it together, following my specifications exactly – quickly, for a storm is approaching, and we must bring him to life tonight!

  • The creature’s face is divided up into regions.
  • Each region must be attached to every adjacent region with exactly one stitch.
  • A stitch consists of exactly two bolts in orthogonally adjacent cells, connected by your sewing.
  • Numbers outside the grid indicate how many bolts are in that row or column.
  • Unnumbered rows or columns have an unknown quantity of bolts.

This is a themed Stitches puzzle. Learn to solve them with our Solving Guide.

Want to try it online? Click here!

It’s alive! ALIVE!!

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