14 Minesweeper Variants

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What's the logic? [Q]5x5-10-7491
I've been able to figure out a "first step", but in spite of Hint help I can't figure out why the next allowed steps are the allowed ones. On several occasions. Or I may just be really bad at quad. Regardless, what am I missing?

https://imgur.com/71eQEJl.png annotated screencap link, spoilers abound. i can elaborate if asked. green marks show allegedly legal next moves.
Originally posted by Quote:
Ignore the clues in the top left; just think about the implications of a 2 clue in the interior of (i.e. not along the border of) a [Q] puzzle. In what ways could you possibly place exactly two mines around an interior 2 clue without introducing an empty 2x2 area?
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Quote 19 Jan @ 7:19pm 
Ignore the clues in the top left; just think about the implications of a 2 clue in the interior of (i.e. not along the border of) a [Q] puzzle. In what ways could you possibly place exactly two mines around an interior 2 clue without introducing an empty 2x2 area?
thank you very much, i finally understand it now
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