Kurotto by Prasanna Seshadri<\/a>.<\/p>\nDesign rules for contributors:<\/b> A Grandmaster Kurotto will have a unique solution that can be reached by logic alone. Generally, a Grandmaster Kurotto will have symmetric clues or an interesting visual theme (such as in the values of the clues) in the absence of symmetry. Sizes from 8×8 and above are recommended (maximum aspect ratio of 2:1 if rectangular).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rules: Shade some cells so that each circled number represents the total count of shaded cells in connected groups sharing an edge with that number. Cells with circles cannot be shaded. Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the shaded segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3241","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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