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New to nonograms (picross)? Here's what the number clues mean, how to read them, and the first techniques every beginner should learn: forced cells, the overlap trick, X marks, and edge logic.

You've filled every obvious cell and the puzzle won't budge — now what? Here are advanced logic techniques: chaining deductions across lines, squeezing runs with X marks, what-if reasoning, and counting remaining space.