86 Candles for One Minnesota Chemical Luminary

by George Barany and Friends

This puzzle was released on December 8, 2012, an important milestone in the life of the luminary pictured to the right. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), you can also learn more about him by clicking here. Updated 3 years later: Click here for an updated version of this puzzle.

Click here to view or download this "mid-week level" puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution.

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