{"id":5634,"date":"2016-03-09T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=5634"},"modified":"2022-01-24T08:37:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:37:55","slug":"tapa-windows-by-jack-lance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/tapa-windows-by-jack-lance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapa (Windows) by Jack Lance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/160309-TapaWindow-JL.png\" alt=\"Tapa by Jack Lance\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/160309-TapaWindow-JL.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/160309WinJL>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 1st puzzle from guest contributor <a href=https:\/\/jacoblance.wordpress.com\/>Jack Lance<\/a>.<\/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 windows in the upper left (blue) and lower right (red) of the grid. The cells in the same position in these windows must have the exact opposite shading. (Clue cells are considered unshaded.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/WindowShadeEx1.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 = 4:30, Master = 8:30, Expert = 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/160309-TapaWindow-JL-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>. 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