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Here are our best Shading puzzles of 2020, in chronological order, selected from the 32 web posts in this category based on FAVE votes, web comments, and tester comments. All of these puzzles are gathered in this PDF file<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

A few of our best Shading puzzles were “Skyscrapers” variations with outside clues driving the solve. The first of these comes from guest contributor Freddie Hand: Tapa (Skyscrapers)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Tapa<\/p>\n

More shading + skyscrapers came soon thereafter from Prasanna Seshadri with this great Kurotto (Skyscrapers)<\/a> puzzle.<\/p>\n

\"Kurotto<\/p>\n

Many April Fool’s Days ago I made an audiobook TomTom set of puzzles (that was not just a set of fools) which was followed a few years later by a Cross the Streams (audiobook) by Grant Fikes. Grant revisited this clever idea in 2020 with a new Cross the Streams (audiobook)<\/a> that was a favorite shading puzzle.
\nhttps:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/other\/201031-CrossTheStreamsAudiobook.mp3<\/a><\/audio> <\/b><\/p>\n

\"Cross<\/p>\n

December brought two great LITS puzzles, starting with this LITS<\/a> by JinHoo Ahn with an elegant theme (and quite approachable difficulty).<\/p>\n

\"LITS<\/p>\n

Our last best shading puzzle of 2020 is this more challenging LITS<\/a> by wormsofcan that asked solvers to think outside the box.<\/p>\n

\"LITS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are our best Shading puzzles of 2020, in chronological order, selected from the 32 web posts in this category based on FAVE votes, web comments, and tester comments. All of these puzzles are gathered in this PDF file. A few of our best Shading puzzles were “Skyscrapers” variations with outside clues driving the solve. 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