Problem with level 18

I have reached level 18 and there is no time limit. I have played 3 hours and am still on level 18. how can i advance to the next level

Hi, sorry to hear that you are stuck. Level 18 is a bit tough, but it is possible, I just did it in 7 mins 44 seconds. The trick to success is using the bonuses that appear. The best one for this level is the snowball because it can be used on ice panes in hard to reach areas. Also if you wait for your double bonus power gauge to fill up before using the snowball it will be more powerful and will remove more ice panes. To get a bonus to appear, keep on making matches and eventually one will appear randomly. Also if you keep focusing on one area to try to remove hard to reach ice panes, eventually the right shapes should show up. Sometimes you can use a star to clean out a single shape and hope that the correct one falls into place, or you can try to get a horizontal cracker or bomb to that area and blow up lots of shapes and see what new shapes appear.

Oh, one more thing. If you still can't beat it, email me and I'll tell you a cheat to skip levels...