Pete got really disappointed as we were left with only the sky, as we made very little headway. We were lucky to get one piece every minute, and then one every five. He disappeared for a extended periods of time, and I called him back as things were narrowing in, until we got stuck again. Eventually I got it down to seventy pieces (I had to count because I was getting more than a little stressed at the lack of progress!), and through persistence and really staring at the puzzle, I took it down to 21, at which point I called Pete back and we finished it together.
Just a note to say that the exhaustive method didn't work for either of us. We had a chunk of finished puzzle with only one piece missing, and sixteen possible pieces, only to find that none of them fit. It was probably us being careless... But once you can clearly see, as we call it in amateur puzzle lingo, a distinct piece like a hooky bit / doopy / sharp bit / wonky leg, and matching texture and colour, it suddenly fits.
Maybe this is just an anti-cheat puzzle.
Regardless, this is the last puzzle I will be doing for a while that has a large stretch of sky with very little distinctions...
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