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This is a free \u201cwarm-up\u201d puzzle;\u00a0Season 4 subscribers<\/a>\u00a0will see today\u2019s main puzzle in the same style posted at 9:05 AM PT.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Dotted<\/p>\n

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

or solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools with a composite mode where left click inside cell marks as O or X, left click + drag draws line segment; hit tab to also access shading and number entry modes.)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> S is for Snake<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 118th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster JinHoo Ahn.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Locate a numbered snake (a 1-cell wide path) that starts with 1 and goes to 30 (in example, 1 to 15). The snake cannot touch itself, not even diagonally. Every third segment of the snake is marked with gray. Digits outside the grid indicate the number of gray snake segments in that row or column.<\/p>\n

See also this example:<\/p>\n

\"Dotted<\/p>\n

Difficulty:<\/b> 2 stars<\/p>\n

Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Grandmaster = 1:15, Master = 2:15, Expert = 4:30<\/span><\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b>\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0solving animation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other Snake puzzles<\/a>. More Snake puzzles and variations can be found in Snake and Variations<\/a><\/i> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli.<\/p>\n

Note 2:<\/b>\u00a0Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our\u00a0Week 2 Discussion<\/a>\u00a0post\u00a0on the GMPuzzles Discord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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