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My One and Only - Stewart Coffin by John Devost

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This awesome design by Stewart is one of my favourite, it appears so simple but is fiendishly difficult to solve.

Here’s an excerpt from Stewart:

“The problem here was to find a combination using the five non-symmetrical pentominoes (made of five joined squares) plus one other pentomino that fit into a rectangular tray one way only. After a long search, this goal was finally achieved.”

Comes with a signed and dated sheet.

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My One and Only - Stewart Coffin by John Devost

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