{"id":21235,"date":"2022-07-05T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=21235"},"modified":"2022-07-31T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:04:10","slug":"aqre-by-eric-fox-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/aqre-by-eric-fox-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Aqre by Eric Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2022\/220705-Aqre-S.png\" alt=\"Aqre by Eric Fox\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2022\/220705-Aqre-S.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/220705AqreS>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to shift between shading mode and the composite Yajilin mode where left click marks cells, right click marks dots in cells or X&#8217;s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> S<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 9th puzzle from guest contributor Eric Fox.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Standard <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/aqre-rules-and-info\/>Aqre<\/a> rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one connected group. Regions with numbers must contain the indicated count of shaded cells, and it is allowed to shade over the numbered cells. There may not exist a run of four or more consecutive shaded or unshaded cells horizontally or vertically anywhere in the grid. (<i>Note: with this puzzle, we have updated our default formatting for Aqre to use smaller digits to not interfere as much with solver notation that may be used in those squares. The fundamental rules of the puzzle are unchanged.<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p>See also this example:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2022\/AqreN-Example.png\" alt=\"Aqre Example by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\" width=500><\/p>\n<p><b>Difficulty:<\/b> 1.5 stars<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 1:00, Master = 1:45, Expert = 3:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles2022\/220705-Aqre-S-c51-soln.pdf>PDF<\/a> and <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/CQGkIut5h7M>solving video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/aqre\/\">Aqre puzzles<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/aqre+mondaytuesday\/>easiest Aqre<\/a> to get started on. More Aqre puzzles are in <i><a href=https:\/\/shop.gmpuzzles.com\/products\/shading-variety-collection>Shading Variety Collection<\/a><\/i> by Prasanna Seshadri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to shift between shading mode and the composite Yajilin mode where left click marks cells, right click marks dots in cells or X&#8217;s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.) Theme: S Author\/Opus: This is the 9th puzzle from guest contributor Eric Fox. 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