{"id":9308,"date":"2019-02-17T09:05:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T17:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=9308"},"modified":"2019-02-15T20:26:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T04:26:47","slug":"battleships-loop-by-serkan-yurekli-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/battleships-loop-by-serkan-yurekli-bonus\/","title":{"rendered":"Battleships (Loop) by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli [bonus]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Our master+ subscribers receive access to two bonus puzzles each week in addition to other rewards. We make these posts so those supporters have a space to comment on these puzzles, mark as FAVES, or log their solving. If you are interested in subscribing and seeing these bonus puzzles, <a href=https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/how-to-subscribe\/>click here for more info<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/190217-BattleshipsLoop-Threes-blur.png\" alt=\"Battleships by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Threes<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 246th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Y\u00fcrekli.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/battleships-rules-and-info\/\">Battleships<\/a> rules. Also, all of the remaining cells not used by the fleet or given sea cells can be traversed by a single, closed loop (connecting cells horizontally or vertically).<\/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. 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