Tuesday, 19 March 2024

Lavaloid

My last two GAPPs have been celebrations of some sort, so why not make it three in a row? Happy 193rd anniversary of the 1831 City Bank of New York theft, the first documented heist in US history! It's quite a happy coincidence to celebrate 193 on 19-3, so let's have a Haisu that happens to have a 193 in it.

Also, when I first heard of this genre I thought Haisu was meant to be "heist" but transcribed to Japanese. I later found out that it's a portmanteau of 入る (hairu = enter), 数 (su = number), and ハウス (hausu = house).

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting path through the centers of cells, visiting every cell, starting from the S (start) and finishing at the G (goal). Each clued cell must be traveled through on the path’s Nth visit to the region the clue lies within, where N is the value of the clue. (1 is 1st visit, 2 is 2nd etc)

Finish the puzzle in 2:22 or less for a Speedy Sloth 🦥!
Finish the puzzle in 4:44 or less for a Quick Crab 🦀!
Finish with any time at all for a Robbin' Robin 🐦!

Example (puzz.link) by Tyrgannus: https://tinyurl.com/2hf7fkju
Puzzle (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/bdz8nyah