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From Prasanna: \u201cThis puzzle is meant to be a culmination of 10 years of authoring puzzles. I want to especially thank GMPuzzles for accommodating these special puzzles every year even if it may not have fit the regular schedules. I also see this puzzle as a “reset” of sorts, and I’ll get back to simple ideas to celebrate my next few birthdays, and then see where that takes me. These last 10 years have been a fantastic experience and I’d like to take this moment to thank the puzzle community as a whole for being a huge part of my journey.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Birthday<\/p>\n

(view directly for a larger image)<\/p>\n

PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

or solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; note that the default puzzle info is too long — even for an url shortener — so copy and paste all the text in this file<\/a> into the “Load” option in the upper-right of the penpa-edit interface to access.)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> The Journey<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 201st puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Please see first two pages of the PDF<\/a> for a detailed description of the rules and more background on the theme of the puzzle.<\/p>\n

Difficulty:<\/b> 5 stars?<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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