NYT 'Pips' Solutions for April 29: Forbes Walkthrough Tackles Equation-Style Hard Puzzle

Overview

• Forbes published a new Pips guide with full solutions for Easy and Medium plus a step‑by‑step Hard walkthrough, complete with screenshots credited to the New York Times.
• The Hard puzzle is framed like an arithmetic equation, where the author zeroes in on Pink 11 as the key, pairing a 6/2 tile to make eight and a 3/1 to supply the remaining three.
• Early placements lean on forced fits, including 4/0 into an orange less‑than‑4 space and 5/6 across a greater‑than‑5 chain, while doubles such as 1/1, 2/2, 4/4, and 6/6 lock down equality groups.
• The guide again explains core Pips rules for newcomers, noting that colored regions require equal, all‑different, exact totals, or greater‑than/less‑than values and that every domino must be used.
• The author contrasts this puzzle with the prior day’s especially tough Hard board, and Mashable’s same‑day post underscores demand for piecemeal hints that help players progress without revealing entire grids.