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Tango puzzle for Monday, August 17, 2026

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Tango #44 in numbers

Puzzle #44 starts with 4 given cells, 4 equals signs and 1 cross sign, leaving 32 cells to deduce. Our solver fills them in 32 forced steps without a single guess: 21 from the no-three-in-a-row rule, 6 from a row or column that already had its three, 4 from an = sign, 1 from an × sign. Every step uses the three basic rules, so this is a board you can finish without ever having to list possibilities.

Spoilers: the solved board and how the first steps are forced 
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  1. row 3, column 3 is a moon: The = sign means these two cells must match.
  2. row 3, column 2 is a sun: No three of the same can be adjacent, so this cell is forced.
  3. row 2, column 2 is a sun: The = sign means these two cells must match.
  4. row 3, column 5 is a sun: No three of the same can be adjacent, so this cell is forced.
  5. row 3, column 6 is a moon: The × sign means these two cells must differ.
  6. row 1, column 2 is a moon: No three of the same can be adjacent, so this cell is forced.
  7. row 4, column 2 is a moon: No three of the same can be adjacent, so this cell is forced.
  8. row 1, column 6 is a sun: No three of the same can be adjacent, so this cell is forced.
  9. row 4, column 6 is a sun: No three of the same can be adjacent, so this cell is forced.
  10. row 4, column 5 is a sun: The = sign means these two cells must match.
  11. row 4, column 4 is a moon: No three of the same can be adjacent, so this cell is forced.
  12. row 4, column 3 is a sun: No three of the same can be adjacent, so this cell is forced.

The remaining 20 cells follow the same way; the hint button in the puzzle above walks through every one of them with its reason.

Rows and columns are counted from the top-left. Every daily Tango Unlimited board is generated to have exactly one solution and to be solvable by deduction alone; the how-to-play page explains each technique.