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The Season 4 preview week starts with this \u201cwarm-up\u201d Aqre puzzle by Murat Can Tonta with a Rectangles theme. The warm-up puzzles have blue stars at the top and use the same 1-5 star system as other puzzles on the site. Most warm-up puzzles will be 1 to 1.5 stars with a couple 2 star examples here and there.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Aqre<\/p>\n

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

or 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’s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> Rectangles<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 290th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard 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.<\/p>\n

\"Aqre<\/p>\n

Difficulty:<\/b> 1 star<\/p>\n

Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Grandmaster = 0:20, Master = 0:30, Expert = 1:00<\/span><\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a> and solving animation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for more Aqre puzzles<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Aqre<\/a> to get started on. More Aqre puzzles can be found in these books<\/a> in our e-store.<\/p>\n

Note 2:<\/b>\u00a0Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our\u00a0week-0-discussion<\/a> thread on the GMPuzzles Discord. If you are not yet part of this Discord community, use\u00a0this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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