Cave by Thomas Snyder
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Theme: Diagonal Series
Author/Opus: This is the 163rd puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the cave segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:30, Master = 5:45, Expert = 11:30
Solution: PDF; a solution video is available here.
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That was pretty fun! The diagonal adjacencies are really pretty.
When I read the “Diagonal Series” title, I was thinking more “Art of Puzzles” like “This is one of the puzzles from the author’s Diagonal series”, or like Grant’s series of dice puzzles. But then I saw what “series” actually refers to.
Well, there is http://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/2014/02/tight-fit-sudoku-thomas-snyder/
I guess you could take it to be a double meaning.
For it to be a double meaning you’d have to use the same series twice!