The Puzzle Robot #11 – Tapa
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or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to shift between shading mode and the composite Yajilin mode where left click marks cells, right click marks dots in cells or X’s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.)
Theme: Group Think
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the shaded segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry from the next with a comma. A double-digit number should have both digits entered.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:15, Master = 4:30, Expert = 9:00
Solution: PDF
Editorial Note: If you have been enjoying Serkan’s puzzles, you may want to try SudokuCup 10 this weekend where he has provided all the sudoku puzzles. And daily Tapa puzzles continue to be at Logic Masters India for the Classic Tapa Contest. Serkan is indeed the Puzzle Robot.
Surprisingly easy for a giant. Once you see the trick the puzzle more or less just solves itself.
Interesting,the connectivity logic here was nice.