Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Freddie Hand

Walkthrough of yesterday's LUZ Loop by Menderbug: https://youtu.be/kdbDGpGXQSM

I'd like to take up the space of this intro by reminding Brits to tune in to channel 4 at 2:10pm - it's the first Countdown quarterfinal! And for the not-so-avid tea drinkers and weather obsessers among us, I will admit that 1997-2008 Jeopardy has Countdown beat when it comes to 30-second ditties.

Completely unrelatedly, today's puzzle is a Parade Sums!

Rules: Place numbers into some cells, no more than one number per cell, such that all the numbers in each outlined region are in consecutive numerical order (starting with 1) when read starting at the cell with the small arrow and continuing along the region’s path. (For example, if there are three numbers in a region, they must be “1”, “2”, and “3”, in that order, possibly with empty cells before, between, or after them.) It is possible for a region to have no numbers at all. Numbers outside the grid indicate the sum of all numbers in that row or column.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:45 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 7:30 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Blue Bird-of-parad(is)e 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/273fpyvo
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/232788zs