{"id":5594,"date":"2016-02-20T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2022-01-24T08:42:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:42:30","slug":"tapa-windows-by-prasanna-seshadri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/tapa-windows-by-prasanna-seshadri\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapa (Windows) by Prasanna Seshadri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/160220-Tapa-Windows.png\" alt=\"Tapa by Prasanna Seshadri\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/160220-Tapa-Windows.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/160220WinPS>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&#8217;s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Clue Symmetry and Logic<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 113th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tapa-rules-and-info\/\">Tapa<\/a> rules. Also there are two pairs of windows. One pair is the upper left (blue, solid) and lower right (red, solid). The other is the upper right (blue, dashed) and lower left (red, dashed). The cells in the same position in each window pair must have the exact opposite shading.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/WindowShadeEx4.png\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> Enter the length in cells of each of the shaded segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row&#8217;s entry from the next with a comma.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 3:00, Master = 5:30, Expert = 11:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/160220-Tapa-Windows-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tapa-2+variation-2\/\">Tapa variations<\/a> and this link for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tapa-2+classic\/\">classic Tapa<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/tapa-2+classic+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; 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&#8217;s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.) 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