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How to play Catnap

Give every colored cushion one sleeping cat, with no two cats in a row, column, or touching.

The rules

1. Place one cat on every colored cushion (region).
2. Each row and each column holds exactly one cat.
3. No two cats may touch, not even diagonally. There is exactly one answer.

How to get started

1. Tap a square once to mark it ✕ (no cat), and again to place a cat. A third tap clears it.
2. Start with the smallest cushion: one of its few squares must hold its cat.
3. Once a cat is placed, mark ✕ on its row, its column, its cushion, and the eight squares around it.
4. When a row, column, or cushion has only one square left without ✕, the cat goes there.
5. Ask the coach whenever you want a nudge.

A tip

Look for a cushion that sits entirely in one row or column: that row or column cannot have a cat anywhere else.

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