{"id":17556,"date":"2021-11-23T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2021-11-24T07:23:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:23:14","slug":"tapa-like-loop-by-david-altizio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/tapa-like-loop-by-david-altizio\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapa-Like Loop by David Altizio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2021\/211123-TapaLikeLoop-DoubleTrouble.png\" alt=\"Tapa-Like Loop by David Altizio\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2021\/211123-TapaLikeLoop-DoubleTrouble.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/211123Doub>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in linex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X&#8217;s on edges)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Double Trouble<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 4th puzzle from guest contributor David Altizio.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Form a single non-intersecting loop. Clues inside the grid represent the number of neighboring cells visited by the loop; if there is more than one number in a cell, each number should be represented with a separate loop segment. There is no 2\u00d72 rule of Tapa in this puzzle. <\/p>\n<p>See also this example:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2021\/TapaLikeLoopEx.png\" alt=\"Tapa-Like Loop Example by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Difficulty:<\/b> 2 stars<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 0:45, Master = 1:30, Expert = 3:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2021\/211123-TapaLikeLoop-DoubleTrouble-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a>; a solution video is also available <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/gDMJoh9JdG0>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tapalikeloop\/\">Tapa-Like Loop puzzles<\/a>. More Tapa-Like Loop puzzles can be found in the <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/store\/puzzle-collections><i>Tapa-Like Loop Collection<\/i><\/a> by Prasanna Seshadri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in linex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X&#8217;s on edges) Theme: Double Trouble Author\/Opus: This is the 4th puzzle from guest contributor David Altizio. Rules: Form a single non-intersecting loop. 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