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Puzzle #150: Can you piece together a very edgy jigsaw challenge?

By Rob Eastaway

12 January 2022

Logan pulled an old jigsaw box off the shelf and gazed at the picture of a carousel on the lid. Under the picture in big, bold type it stated “468 pieces”.

He tipped out the contents. It didn’t look like 468 pieces. He started to count, but realised it would take a long time. What if he just counted the edge and corner pieces? That might be quicker, and if any of those pieces were missing, that would confirm that it wasn’t a complete jigsaw.

If only Logan knew how many edge pieces there were, including corners. Since there was…

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