{"id":30297,"date":"2024-09-13T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=30297"},"modified":"2024-09-11T08:18:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:18:55","slug":"snake-by-thomas-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/snake-by-thomas-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Snake by Thomas Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Snake<\/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 a shading mode that can be used for answer entry.)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> Arithmetic Series<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 502nd puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Locate a snake (a 1-cell wide path) of unknown length in the grid, whose head and tail are given. The snake does not touch itself, even diagonally. Numbers outside the grid indicate the number of snake cells in that row\/column.<\/p>\n

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

Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Grandmaster = 0:45, Master = 1:00, Expert = 2:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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