Monday, 22 May 2023

Freddie Hand

When you can't choose between Tasquare and Look-air, this mutant is the result. Today's puzzle is a Tasquare (Look-Air)! (aka Look-Squaire), and is very loosely another Mathsy Monday instalment. (Fret not, this is still not a thing)

Rules: Shade some cells so that each orthogonally connected area of shaded cells is in the shape of a square and the remaining unshaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clued cells cannot be shaded, and represent the total size of the shaded squares that share an edge with the clue. If a clue has no number, it must share an edge with at least one shaded square.

Variant: Two squares of the same size may not have a direct view of one another (i.e. have a straight line of unshaded cells in between them), though they may be in the same row or column. (Note that clue cells are unshaded, so the line of sight goes through clues)

You may also wish to try the latest appearance of Tasquare (by Tyrgannus): Archive: Sunday, 15 May 2022

and, slightly less pertinently, the latest appearance of Look-air: Archive: Saturday, 3 September 2022

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:12 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 4:54 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Insightful Invisible Rail 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2fafnu3z
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2f8jcs2u