Wednesday, 20 July 2022

Freddie Hand

You may recall that GAPP covered an Easy as ABC in its infancy (https://discord.com/channels/709370620642852885/911691996366786600/911697753934037072). Today's puzzle is a BACA, but it may as well be called Hard as ABC, what with the nonogram-style clues and shadeable letters. Certainly one will need familiarity with 123 as well as BACA to solve this puzzle.

Rules: Either shade or add a single letter (A, B, or C) to each square so that each row and column contains exactly one A, one B, one C, and the rest shaded squares. Cells in the grid already marked with a letter can be shaded or remain unchanged. Clues outside the grid include both letters and numbers. Letters indicate the first letter seen from that direction. Numbers describe the size of groups of consecutive shaded squares in that row or column in order. There must be at least one unshaded square between groups. (I.e. number clues operate as in Nonogram)

🚨BEWARE🚨: To trigger answer check you need to mark all letters and shaded cells! You can select the link corresponding to overwriting grey letters or not overwriting grey letters for answer check. (In the example solution the grey letters are overwritten in blue).

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2awndl8j (Overwrite letters for answer check)
https://tinyurl.com/24en3729 (Do not overwrite letters for answer check)

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 10:30 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Bacalao-eating Besra 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/235twzep (Overwrite letters for answer check)
https://tinyurl.com/26xucfkb (Do not overwrite letters for answer check)