Kitten in the Meadow Jigsaw Puzzle

Kitten in the Meadow at every size

Par is the time your score is measured against at that size. The rest is measured from the picture itself: how many pieces have a near-twin by colour once it is cut.

What the picture shows

A tabby kitten sits in long grass left of centre, its body facing you and its head turned to look off to the right. Its fur is striped grey and brown, with a white bib, amber-green eyes, a pink nose and long white whiskers. A large terracotta flower pot stands behind it in the top-left corner, and a weathered grey wooden fence, half covered in leafy weeds, runs across the top right. The rest is lawn: green grass and broad leaves, white daisies on both sides, and yellow dandelions and closed buds on the right.

Solving Kitten in the Meadow

New players meet this picture first, as a twelve-piece board. At 50 pieces about 5 pieces in 10 already have a near-twin, because so much of the frame is one green. The kitten's face, the pot and the fence stay easy at any size. The striped fur and the grass are where it slows down: by 1000 pieces about 9 pieces in 10 have a near-twin, though fewer than 1 in 10 is plain.

Start with the kitten's face, then the white bib and the striped body below it. Place the terracotta pot in the top-left corner and the fence along the top right. Fix the dandelions next; the big open ones are all on the right. Then the daisies, which are spread across both sides. Fill the green lawn last, matching broad leaves to broad leaves and fine grass to fine grass.

Kitten in the Meadow sits in the middle of the animal set. At 100 pieces about 7 pieces in 10 have a near-twin, level with Hedgehog & Blossoms and more than on Puppy in Bloom or Red Panda Treetops, but below Fox in the Snow and Lion Pride.

More animal jigsaw puzzles

• Puppy in BloomA golden retriever puppy lies on a lawn beside a border of cosmos, marigolds and lavender.
• Hedgehog & BlossomsA hedgehog crosses a wet garden path at dusk, among fallen apple blossom and two snails.
• Red Panda TreetopsA red panda rests along a mossy branch among wet bamboo and rhododendron leaves.
• Lion PrideA lioness rests by a green acacia bush, two cubs sitting beside her, one chewing a stick.
• Fox in the SnowA red fox curled in fresh snow at the edge of a birch wood.