I don't know what to do once I get all the lines of "17" placed and have a bunch of "1's" to deal with at the top of the puzzle! I could use some help for the top 8 lines across! The rest is filled in nicely...and hopefully it's correct! I would appreciate some hints to complete all the single squares at the top of the puzzle! Thanks in advance! ~:)

@KatrinaJ: You're looking to make a sort of an open book shape. The 17 line in the middle starts at the very bottom, and the two on the sides start at the top. Then use the ones to connect the three 17s together.

Thanks for that, Pepper, so much easier!

Thanks so much for the help! I had to start the puzzle over b/c I didn't have the lines of 17 placed correctly. I had them starting two squares from the bottom! So once I followed your hints/help I was able to very easily solve this puzzle! Thanks again! ~:)

The hints were great.

Thanks for the hints.

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