{"id":11623,"date":"2020-11-15T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=11623"},"modified":"2020-11-15T07:34:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T15:34:19","slug":"sunday-update-with-solutions-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/sunday-update-with-solutions-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday update with solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last week we&#8217;ve added two e-books to our store: <i><a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/collections\/smaller-puzzle-collections\/products\/plenty-o-pentominous-3>Plenty O&#8217; Pentominous 3<\/i> by Grant Fikes and Murat Can Tonta<\/a>, and <a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/products\/yajilin-battleships><i>Yajilin Battleships<\/i> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli<\/a>. Please check them out if you are interested in some fun puzzle challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Our most recent week of Balance Loop puzzles can be found in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/2020W24-BLoop-Puzzles.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and the solutions are all grouped in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/2020W24-BLoop-Solutions.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and have also been linked to the individual posts. <\/p>\n<p>We have a solving video for four of this past week&#8217;s puzzles. First are solving videos for two of the regular Balance Loops, starting with the <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/balance-loop-by-grant-fikes\/>Forgotten Numbers by Grant Fikes<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2020\/11\/11 - Balance Loop by Grant Fikes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUGduLktj_g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and another video for the <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/balance-loop-by-prasanna-seshadri-5\/>Even Diagonally puzzle by Prasanna Seshadri<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2020\/11\/12 - Balance Loop by Prasanna Seshadri\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mbcvcN261pg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We also have solving videos for the two harder variations to close the week. This includes the <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/balance-loop-skyscrapers-by-murat-can-tonta\/>Balance Loop (Skyscrapers) by Murat Can Tonta<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2020\/11\/13 - Balance Loop (Skyscrapers) by Murat Can Tonta\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FUS1MFjSV7Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and the <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/balance-loop-star-battle-by-serkan-yurekli\/>Balance Loop (Star Battle) by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMPuzzles - 2020\/11\/14 - Balance Loop (Star Battle) by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/59w7W_f_hfY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This upcoming week will feature a variety mix of puzzles from across six different genres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last week we&#8217;ve added two e-books to our store: Plenty O&#8217; Pentominous 3 by Grant Fikes and Murat Can Tonta, and Yajilin Battleships by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli. Please check them out if you are interested in some fun puzzle challenges. 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