Saturday, 19 March 2022

Freddie Hand

In GAPP's history we've covered loop puzzles a couple of times, and done no shortage of Tapa. (At least, that is how the world should be. Tapa Tuesday, Tapa Thursday, and Sunday Tapa are all ideas I have pitched to the GAPP team, which were unfortunately rejected scornfully by bakpao) Today, we two the combine and explore Supersized Tapa-Like Loop!

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of some empty cells. Clues represent the numbers of consecutive cells occupied by the loop each time it enters the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue.

Example by Eric Fox (puzzlink): https://tinyurl.com/2p89kvm7

The first instalment of this genre in GAPP, by Eric Fox, can be found here: Archive: Wednesday, 16 March 2022

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 4:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 10:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Tapa-Loop Tibetan Lark 🐦

Puzzle (puzzlink): https://tinyurl.com/3f4myw5t