{"id":3648,"date":"2014-05-08T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=3648"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:57:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:57:04","slug":"araf-serkan-yurekli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/araf-serkan-yurekli\/","title":{"rendered":"Araf by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140508-Araf-SY-FourceField.png\" alt=\"Araf by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140508-Araf-SY-FourceField.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/140508Four>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between a composite mode for line\/edge drawing and a shading mode.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Fource Field<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 46th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Y\u00fcrekli.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Divide the grid into some regions formed of edge-adjacent squares. Each cell is part of one region, and each region should contain exactly two given numbers. Each region must have an area that is strictly between those numbers (This means, for two number clues A and B with A < B, the area C fulfills A < C < B).\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/Araf-Ex.png\" alt=\"Araf Example\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> Enter the number of cells in each connected group (between bold lines) in the marked rows. For the example above, this is \u201c34,121111,4111\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 2:45, Master = 5:00, Expert = 10:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140508-Araf-SY-FourceField-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a>; a solution video is available <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/cn-VFelovac>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Araf is a relatively new puzzle for us on GMPuzzles. Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/araf-2\/\">Araf<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between a composite mode for line\/edge drawing and a shading mode.) Theme: Fource Field Author\/Opus: This is the 46th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Y\u00fcrekli. 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