Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Freddie Hand

Today's puzzle is a Rail Pool, a fairly recent invention of Menderbug. The name spawned from an amusing reversal of the existing genre Liar Loop (which hasn't appeared in GAPP yet 👀 ). But don't worry, the clues in this puzzle do the opposite of lie, though it won't always be easy to deduce the parts of the unique solution they imply.

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centers of all cells. Numbers within a region indicate the different lengths of the line segments that enter or are completely contained within the region. (For segments contained partially in the region, the number still refers to the total length of the segment.) All numbers within a region must be represented at least once by a segment overlapping the region. Regions without clues have no information given.

In addition, a ? clue can replace any number, as long as no number is repeated in that region. (This rule is not used for these puzzles to reduce confusion).

Notes
-The length of a segment is given by the number of borders it crosses, or its physical length (where cells have dimension 1).

-There are also detailed rules in the "help" -> "Rules" tab.

Example (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/2p9s2ast

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 6:15 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Snooker Trumpet Manucode 🐦

Puzzle (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/4s3n2cvv