It's a Stretch

by George Barany and Friends

This "mid-week level" puzzle (13x13) was released on October 11, 2015, a date of particular significance to our friend who is pictured to the right. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about its honoree by clicking here.

Click here to view or download the 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. The friends who helped yours truly on this puzzle were Ralph Bunker, John Child, Michael Hanko, Katherine Halpern, Peter Leopold, and Arlene Romoff, and their willingness to turn it around on very short notice is much appreciated.

If you want to tell others about this particular page, refer them to
http://tinyurl.com/stretchpuz

More puzzles here (all) and here (tributes).

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