{"id":7993,"date":"2018-04-13T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2022-08-14T12:17:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T19:17:21","slug":"minesweeper-pentomino-by-murat-can-tonta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/minesweeper-pentomino-by-murat-can-tonta\/","title":{"rendered":"Minesweeper (Pentomino) by Murat Can Tonta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/180413-MinesweeperPentomino.png\" alt=\"Minesweeper (Pentomino) by Murat Can Tonta\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/180413-MinesweeperPentomino.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/180413Pent>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Clue Symmetry and Logic<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 89th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Place the twelve pentominoes into the grid, rotations and reflections allowed. Pentominoes cannot cover the numbered cells, and different pentomino shapes cannot be placed in adjacent cells that share an edge or corner. Numbered cells indicate how many of the surrounding cells (including diagonally adjacent cells) contain parts of the pentominoes.<\/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 = 5:30, Master = 7:15, Expert = 14:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/180413-MinesweeperPentomino-soln.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Click here for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/tag\/minesweeper-2\/\">Minesweeper<\/a> puzzles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools) Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic Author\/Opus: This is the 89th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta. Rules: Place the twelve pentominoes into the grid, rotations and reflections allowed. 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