Saturday, 4 February 2023

clover!

Howdy, folks! Today is a perfectly ordinary Supersized Groundhog Day here at GAPP HQ. The temperature is a c̯̾r̪ͯͧi̳̺͈sͫ̅ͧp̩͊͛ ̺͚̺2̔̽ͤ6͑͛ͩ ͎̳͚d͖̟̒e̝͕g̟̟̻r̔̇ͨȇ̄͂e͛͐̑s͇̹͆ ͥ̿̚F͊͂ͭaͣ̎̆h̒̋͂r̿ͯ͒ě́̐n̙͔̣h͔̗͚e͈̖̊ị̻̙t͒̈́̍ with prevailing winds out of the southwest, and it’s looking like the blizzard on the h̾ͬ͆o̞ͪ̔r͐̅̈iͫͬͧzͪ́̅ö́̃̾n̗̘ͩ is going to miss us entirely. Of course, if Punxsutawney Pͥͨhͭ̓̔iͩ͊ͯl̒͆̈i̊̀̚pͫ̏̑ sees his shadow, we might be in for a frosty couple of weeks, so stock up on crickets and toilet paper and make sure the kiddos have their warmest sweaters on! Now let’s turn it over to Clover at the news desk with your evening pencil puzzle update.

Today's GAPP is a Supersized Kakuro!

Place digits (which all have to be from 1 to 9, no zeroes) in the white squares in the grid so that digits that see each other don't repeat. (However, digits can repeat within the same row or column, as long as there's a gray square in between them.) Each clue gives the sum of the digits that it sees in a straight line: a clue at the top right of its cell sees the line of digits to its right, up to the next gray cell; a clue at the bottom left of its cell sees the line of digits below it, up to the next gray cell.

Here’s today’s example: https://tinyurl.com/2apg7asm

Here’s a previous Kakuro from @Tyrgannus : Archive: Friday, 2 September 2022

And here’s the GAPP: https://tinyurl.com/29sj5f46

For a speedy sloth, finish within 10:00.
For a quick crab, finish within 18:00.
All other solvers will earn a concerning cormorant. 🐦