Line of Sight by Ashish Kumar

This puzzle style was created by Naoki Inaba, and will be in our upcoming Loop Variety Collection 2.

Line of Sight by Ashish Kumar

PDF

or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in default edgex mode where left-click+drag draws line and right click marks X’s)

Theme: Pairs

Author/Opus: This is the 102nd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Ashish Kumar.

Rules: Draw a single, non-intersecting loop that only consists of horizontal and vertical segments between the dots. The clues in the grid indicate the length of the straight line segment first seen in the direction of the arrow.

Also see this example:

Line of Sight Example by Serkan Yürekli

Difficulty: 3 stars

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:15, Master = 5:30, Expert = 11:00

Solution: PDF and solving video.

Note: Follow this link for other Loop/Path puzzles. More Line of Sight puzzles are in the book Loop Variety Collection 2.

  • zmaj says:

    16:40

    V fcrag n ybat gvzr jvgu gubfr 1f naq 3f arne gur gbc, bayl gb svaq bhg gung gur oernx-va jnf va n pbzcyrgryl qvssrerag cneg bs gur chmmyr. V sbhaq gur ybtvp gb or ernyyl harkcrpgrq.

    Cool genre, and lovely puzzle!

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