Each of the eight letters in the word SPLINTER is to be placed once in every row, column and irregular shape. When the puzzle is finished, the letters in the shaded squares, when rearranged, will spell out the surname of a very famous person.
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Nice problem Josie but relatively easy.
No time to solve it now but I will take a guess. After all as the great scientist once said "Imagination is more important than knowledge."