Thursday, 21 April 2022

Freddie Hand

Today's (Nikoli) puzzle genre is a 'reworked' version of another Nikoli genre. Can you guess what it is? It's not easy...

The answer is Putteria! The similarities aren't obvious, but the connection is visible.

It's up to you to decide which you prefer. I know some people may enjoy the earlier genre because of its generally smooth and comfortable solves. But you'll need to solve this Ripple Effect first.

Rules: Place a number into each cell so that each region contains the numbers from 1 to N with no repeats, where N is the number of cells in the region. Two instances of the same number in the same row or column must have at least as many cells between them as the value of the number.

Example (puzzlink), from the puzz.link rules page: https://tinyurl.com/muexfdnj

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:45 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 5:45 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Rippling Redwing 🐦

Puzzle (puzzlink): https://tinyurl.com/2fkb933c