Slitherlink by Serkan Yürekli
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Theme: Road Trip across America
Author/Opus: This is the 173rd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.
Rules: Standard Slitherlink rules, on an irregular grid that can only follow the lines. Ignore the gray letters while solving.
Answer String: Enter the values (number of fences) for the light letters A-G in order.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 7:45, Master = 12:00, Expert = 24:00
Solution: PDF
Note: Follow this link for other classic Slitherlink. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Slitherlink puzzles to get started on. More Slitherlink puzzles can be found in our books The Art of Puzzles and Slitherlink and Variations.
Early candidate for puzzle of the year. 🙂
A nice idea along with a brilliant execution 🙂 thanks for this amazing puzzle!
30:33.An ordinary experience.The lines connecting dots should have been thicker and more prominent.They were too light and the printer threw out them even lighter.Just a single erase made the lines close to invisible and the tight packing of dots really made the solve difficult & terrible.Not really sure how it made into the best puzzle of the year category. Other than for the visual part, this puzzle is no fun.