{"id":9696,"date":"2019-07-07T08:55:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T15:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=9696"},"modified":"2020-12-31T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T20:22:31","slug":"gaps-by-ashish-kumar-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/gaps-by-ashish-kumar-bonus\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaps 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\/190707-Gaps-Bonus-blur.png\" alt=\"Gaps by Ashish Kumar\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Logical<\/p>\n<p><b>Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 35th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Ashish Kumar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Place a single star in some cells so that each row and each column has exactly two stars in it. Stars cannot be placed in adjacent cells that share an edge or corner. Numbers on the outside of the grid indicate the number of empty cells between the two stars in that row\/column.<\/p>\n<p><b>Answer String:<\/b> For each row from top to bottom, enter the number of the first column from the left where a star appears. Enter these numbers as a single string with no separators.<\/p>\n<p><b>Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> <span style=\"color:white;background-color:white;\">Grandmaster = 2:45, Master = 3:45, Expert = 7:30<\/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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