By Dennis R. Smith

We are told that puzzles put people to sleep and prevent nervous

breakdowns by taking the subject’s mind off his troubles. This one

should have therapeutic qualities, for according to the ratio rule it

could have at least 38 black squares, whereas it has only 33.

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