Friday, 15 July 2022

Freddie Hand

Yesterday's puzzle featured the lowly ant. Today we are moving up the food chain to pay a visit to the snakes in this Hebi-Ichigo. These snakes may be small but they have the terrifying ability to turn anything they see to stone. Fortunately they only see in 1 dimension (if they had normal eyesight we'd have the next Stonehenge in seconds...). Can you navigate your way around these Medusan reptiles and keep everything alive?

Rules: Place numbers into some empty cells such that each orthogonally connected group forms a sequence of consecutive numbers from 1 to 5. Each number in the sequence must be orthogonally adjacent to the next. These groups may not share an edge with one another. The 1 in a sequence must not be able to see any numbers in a straight line in the direction it’s pointing (away from its adjacent 2) unless a clued cell blocks its view. A clue represents the first number seen in the indicated direction, up until the next clued cell in that direction.

🚨BEWARE🚨: Pointing away from the 2 means only pointing along the line through the 2 and the 1! For example, if there is a 1 in R1C2 and a 2 in R1C1, there cannot be any other numbers in R1, but there can be other numbers in C1!

Tip: You might find it helpful to select the "Draw border around a snake" option which makes clearer the shape of the snake.

Side note: Though they have not be used for these puzzles, 0 clues are allowed, and indicate an absence of numbers up until the next clued cell.

Example (Puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/ybn9ysdk

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:45 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 8:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Slithering Sharpbill 🐦

Puzzle (Puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/ywnmzx8m