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#393Wed, Jan 28, 2026

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hard25 x 25
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A free nonogram (picross) puzzle, fresh every day. Use the row and column number clues to fill in the correct cells.

About puzzle #393

Nonogram #393 appeared on Wed, Jan 28, 2026 as hard difficulty on a 25x25 grid. Its solution fills 267 of 625 cells — 43% density, a fairly open picture where empty cells do a lot of the work. The clues break down into 100 runs across all rows and columns. The longest single run is 16 cells, in row 4, and the busiest line is column 9 with 4 separate runs to place. Like every daily here, it has exactly one solution reachable by logic alone.

Clues for puzzle #393

Each clue lists the lengths of the filled runs in that line, in order, with at least one empty cell between runs. A clue of 0 means the line is empty.

Row clues (25 rows)
LineClue
11
22
315
416
511 5
62 9 4
74 7 3
84 6 3
95 6
106 5
1113
1212
133 5 2
144 10
154 8
162 2 6
174 4
185 3
195 5
204 9
212 13
226 6
235 4
244 1
252
Column clues (25 columns)
LineClue
11
23
38
49
59 4
67 6
76 6
83 4
92 4 2 2
104 4 4
114 5 5
125 7 5
1314 4
1410 4 4
159 9
168 9
177 9
187 2 3
193 3
202 3
213 3
226 3
237 4
246 2
254