Sunday, 20 November 2022

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Today's puzzle is a relatively new variant of Tapa called Tapa (Ropes)! It was invented by DireKrow for a contest a few months ago, where it promptly won both the contest and the hearts of dozens of solvers, including me! I hope you enjoy!

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells along the length of rope attached to the clue, in any order. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

This ruleset is a bit strange to get one's head around, especially if one is very accustomed to regular Tapa solving. Solve the example here, if you wish (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2ohp8dkr

To earn yourself a Speedy Sloth 🦥 solve today's puzzle in 3:00 or less!
To net yourself a Quick Crab 🦀 solve today's puzzle in 7:30 or less!
All other solvers are well-deserving of a Roped-In Roller 🐦!

Solve today's puzzle here (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2q86y4af
Edited link to fix an asymmetry issue-- it is only a cosmetic change, and doesn't affect the solve.