{"id":7120,"date":"2017-09-16T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2022-01-01T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T00:08:09","slug":"snake-pit-x-nikolai-beluhov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/snake-pit-x-nikolai-beluhov\/","title":{"rendered":"Snake Pit X by Nikolai Beluhov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/170916-SnakePitX-All.png\" alt=\"Snake Pit by Nikolai Beluhov\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/170916-SnakePitX-All.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/170916XOXO>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 number entry mode.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> XOXOXO (+ Antisymmetry)<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 4th puzzle from guest contributor <a href=http:\/\/nbpuzzles.wordpress.com\/>Nikolai Beluhov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Divide the grid along the boundary lines so that every cell belongs to a snake. A snake is a one-cell-wide path at least two cells long that does not touch itself, not even diagonally. Circled cells must be at one of the ends of a snake. A snake may contain one circled cell, two circled cells, or no circled cells at all. Numbered cells must be part of a snake with a length of exactly that number of cells. A snake may contain one number, multiple identical numbers, or no numbers at all. Two snakes of the same length cannot touch each other horizontally or vertically. <i>Cells with an X cannot be an end of a snake.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Also see this example:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/170602-SnakePit-X-Ex.png\" alt=\"Snake Pit\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> For each cell in the marked columns, enter the length of the snake it belongs to. Enter just the last digit for any two-digit number. This example has the key \u201c33553,44664\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 11:30, Master = 17:30, Expert = 35:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/170916-SnakePitX-All-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/category\/loop\/snake\/\">Snake puzzles<\/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 number entry mode.) Theme: XOXOXO (+ Antisymmetry) Author\/Opus: This is the 4th puzzle from guest contributor Nikolai Beluhov. 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