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Constraint puzzles become readable when information overlaps. One clue narrows possibilities; several clues crossing the same area can force a single answer. The category's past supplies the companion fact: Nonograms encode pictures as number clues along rows and columns, turning image-making into a process of deduction rather than drawing. The brain's favorite puzzle feature is apparently the exact moment it gets to say 'oh.'

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Cryptic crosswords developed their modern style during the early twentieth century. A single clue can contain both a definition and a second word puzzle, which means the sentence is effectively trying to distract you from itself. Meanwhile, this bit of history is hard to resist: The modern jigsaw puzzle grew from 'dissected maps' made in the eighteenth century. Mapmakers mounted geography lessons on wood and cut them into pieces for students to reassemble.