Literally spent like 3 hours on this last night before bed. Came back to it today with fresh eyes and cut the two off immediately. I expected a certain pattern to work but it needed a few adaptations to deal with the multiple filling slots. Checkerboards are hard.
Obligatory update of this review. Level is good, despite low effort checkerboarding. It is well tested.
Though I appreciate the pain this level inflicts.
I also want to give this level some praise. It goes against the grain of what most people probably think a good level is but i like it. The size is just right to be interesting and encourage experimentation without being too long
Can't believe I finally got it. Ever since meowlong set 167 I've come back to this periodically without much progress. Finally today I hit a breakthrough and saved the final 2! Very difficult to spot.