Monday, 26 September 2022

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Today's puzzle could reasonably be a variant of two different genres-- either Palisade (in this case FiveCells) or Pentominous. I chose to present it as a FiveCells (Different Neighbors). Feel free to argue about this in #daily-pencil-puzzle-discussion! I look forward to your points... or something.

Rules: Divide the grid into regions of five orthogonally connected cells. Clued cells must have the indicated number of region borders or grid borders surrounding them (e.g. a 3 in the corner takes two grid borders and one drawn edge). Two regions which share an edge may not be the same shape, counting rotations and reflections as the same.

I'd heavily recommend using aux marks on this puzzle! Take a look at the example solution for what I mean!

As always, an example puzzle and its solution are attached to the image of today's puzzle! Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2z6h8nw6

To earn yourself a Speedy Sloth 🦥 solve the puzzle in 3:21 or less!
To net yourself a Quick Crab 🦀 solve the puzzle in 6:54 or less!
All other solvers are well-deserving of a Palisade-or-Pentominous-Perplexed Pesquet's Parrot 🐦

Today's GAPP (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2jbwf5k8