Light and Shadow by Serkan Yürekli
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic
Author/Opus: This is the 50th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.
Rules: Divide the grid into gray and white regions, each containing exactly one number and with an area equal to that number. Numbers in white cells are part of white regions; numbers in gray cells are part of gray regions. Same colored regions cannot share an edge.
This example image should help:
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each group (white and gray) in the marked rows. Separate the rows with a comma. For the Example, this is “13,121”.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:15, Master = 6:30, Expert = 13:00
Solution: PDF
05:03.
Nice puzzle.
Interesting contrast – here the small numbers push the large ones into place, whereas on Friday the large numbers pushed the small ones into place.
Relatedly, need more pun-based puzzle titles. Grant was always good at those.