Wednesday, 27 March 2024

Freddie Hand

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. That's right, I'm back with a backpao favourite (see the 16 Kurotto Kingdom puzzles at https://logicmastersindia.com/daily/?contest=D202205K), a Kurotto (Connections)! And while I'm plugging puzzle contests I will also mention that both the LMI Puzzle Ramayan (https://logicmastersindia.com/live/?contest=PR202403) and the WPF Puzzle Grand Prix (instructions at https://gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/instruction-booklet-2) will be running this weekend. Yowza!

Rules: Shade some cells so that clues represent the total size of the orthogonally connected areas of shaded cells that share an edge with the clue. Clued cells cannot be shaded.

Variant: Clues in grey circles must share at least one shaded group of cells with another clue. Clues in white circles must not share any shaded groups of cells with other clues.

Here are previous appearances of Kurotto in GAPP. You might notice some semblance of a theme...
2024-02-16-fred: Archive: Friday, 16 February 2024 (Windows)
2022-09-30-riri: Archive: Friday, 30 September 2022
2022-07-30-fred: Archive: Saturday, 30 July 2022 (Supersized)
2022-02-27-fred: Archive: Sunday, 27 February 2022

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:15 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 4:30 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Linkage Bobolink 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/29lmcyof
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2cqvzq4j