{"id":9694,"date":"2019-06-30T09:05:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T16:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=9694"},"modified":"2019-06-29T19:10:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T02:10:54","slug":"snake-by-ashish-kumar-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/snake-by-ashish-kumar-bonus\/","title":{"rendered":"Snake by Ashish Kumar [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\/190630-Snake-Bonus-blur.png\" alt=\"Snake by Ashish Kumar\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Logical<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 22nd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Ashish Kumar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Shade some cells to create a one-cell wide snake in the grid that does not cross or touch itself, not even diagonally. The snake starts and ends at the gray circles. The numbers on the outside of the grid indicate how many cells the snake occupies in that row or column.<\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> For each cell in the marked rows, enter a capital letter X if it is part of the snake or a capital letter O if it is not part of the snake. Separate each row\u2019s entry with a comma. An example entry is &#8220;OOXXXXXOXO,XXXOOOOOXX&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 1:30, Master = 2:15, Expert = 4:30<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, click here for more info. 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