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Great year-end fun as usual! Will there be some kind of annotated solutions afterwards? Also hoping to use this space to discuss the solutions after the competition is closed. Especially interested in the neat solutions for 14 and 21 that some commenters alluded to. If allowed, would also like to share some insights for 9 which many seemed to struggle with (brute force not needed!) after the competition closes.
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