{"id":4081,"date":"2014-09-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2021-11-14T19:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T03:15:04","slug":"tapa-like-loop-prasanna-seshadri-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/tapa-like-loop-prasanna-seshadri-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapa-Like Loop by Prasanna Seshadri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140901-TLL-PS.png\" alt=\"Tapa-like Loop by Prasanna Seshadri\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140901-TLL-PS.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/140901TLL>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in linex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X&#8217;s on edges)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Clue Symmetry and Logic<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 44th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> In this variation of Tapa, the wall is in the form of a single non-intersecting loop. Clues inside the grid represent the number of neighboring cells visited by the loop; if there is more than one number in a cell, each number should be represented with a separate loop segment. There is no 2&#215;2 rule of Tapa in this puzzle. This example image should help:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/TapaLikeLoopEx.png\" alt=\"Tapa-like Loop Example by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> Enter the length in cells of the horizontal loop segments from left to right in the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row\u2019s entry with a comma. For the example, this would be &#8220;11,12&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 1:20, Master = 2:15, Expert = 4:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/140901-TLL-PS-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tapalikeloop\/\">Tapa-Like Loop puzzles<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tapalikeloop+mondaytuesday\/>easiest Tapa puzzles<\/a> to get started on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in linex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X&#8217;s on edges) Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic Author\/Opus: This is the 44th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri. 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