Saturday, 13 November 2021

I have no internet, no cell service, and no power! I am writing this post from a library in the next town over! The GAPP must go on!

The GAPP gods seem to be smiling down upon me-- everything is back! When I was forcibly removed from left the library at 6 PM, when it closed, I worried that I might not have a way to get today's puzzle to you all. But all is well!

Today's GAPP (Genuinely Approachable Pencil Puzzle) is a Yajilin, meaning "Arrow Link" in Japanese. It first appeared in 1999 in Puzzle Communication Nikoli #86.

Rules: Shade some cells so that no two shaded cells are orthogonally adjacent and draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all of the remaining empty cells. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the number of shaded cells in a straight line in the indicated direction between the clue and the border of the puzzle (i.e. clues see through each other). You may place shaded cells that do not directly see or interfere with any of the clues.

https://puzz.link/p?yajilin/b/8/8/b42d32m41b21b41h31b31b11m41d11b

To earn yourself a Speedy Sloth 🦥 solve today's puzzle in 2:00 or less!
To net yourself a Quick Crab 🦀 solve the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
All other times are deserving of an Arrow-Marking Arrow-marked Babbler 🐦!