Tuesday, 13 June 2023

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The walkthrough for yesterday's Water Walk, as explained by Walker: https://youtu.be/-L_bD_oeysE

Hi everyone! Today's genre is a Round Trip, providing you with yet another crossing loop genre. This is one we've covered before, just over a year ago, by Eric Fox: Archive: Monday, 2 May 2022. Today's puzzle also comes with another episode of GAPP 101, which will be at the end, per usual. Also, liberal use of auxiliary marks is recommended!

Rules: Draw a loop through the centers of some cells so that each number outside the grid represents the number of cells used by the first line segment traveling within the corresponding row or column from the direction of the clue. Two perpendicular line segments may intersect each other, but not turn at their intersection or otherwise overlap. (Note that the clues indicate number of cells used, not the length of the line segment, which makes the counting different from most other genres!)

As always, an example puzzle and its solution are attached with the image of today's puzzle. Solve that here, if you wish (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/2s3h9kxh

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 Lapping Lapwing 🐦!

Today's puzzle (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/2s3zbkk3

GAPP 101: Every cell must have an even number of exits (0, 2, or 4). That means that if you have a cross mark on one edge of a cell, there must be at least one more on that cell!