Blackout (solution)

by Alan Fetters (Pentomino Minesweeper and Thermometers) and Scott Handelman (Nurikabe and Tapa)

The four puzzles are standard grid logic puzzles that seem to lack a unique solution until you get a “feel” for the ridiculous constraint of the puzzle: that each 3x2 section of the grids must contain a valid Braille letter. Once the puzzles are solved, the shaded Braille letters spell “SCHLITZIE THE” reading left to right, top to bottom. Completing the phrase gives you PINHEAD, the solution to this puzzle.