Overview

• Forbes’ Oct. 10 walkthrough starts the Hard puzzle at Purple 18 with a double‑6 placement, then chains a 6‑5 into Dark Blue 10 before moving across the board.
• Forbes’ Oct. 9 guide opened the Hard puzzle by placing 0‑0 in Purple 0, then 0‑1 into Blue and 0‑6 into Pink 12, continuing its daily, stepwise approach.
• Mashable’s Oct. 10 post provides piecemeal hints and full answers for Easy, Medium and Hard, breaking solutions into manageable placements.
• Both outlets recap Pips’ rules and color‑coded constraints, including equal, not equal, greater than, less than and exact‑total requirements.
• Forbes’ commentary emphasizes practical strategy, encouraging constrained‑group openings and backtracking when number counts don’t line up.