Saturday, 11 May 2024

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It's finally time! We took care of me never having done strange-shaped Sunday a few weeks ago, and today we complete the list. This is my 29th GAPP, but only my first supersized one!
It's been almost exactly a year since we did Scrin - a great time to feature one again. Enjoy your weekend!

Today's puzzle is a SUPERSIZED Scrin!

Rules: Shade some cells so that each orthogonally connected area of shaded cells is in the shape of a rectangle. The shaded rectangles must all form a single loop through diagonal connections, with no branches. All cells with circles must be shaded and must belong to different shaded rectangles. If a circle contains a number, its shaded rectangle must contain the indicated number of cells.

Some tips for this puzzle/genre:
- Each completed rectangle will have exactly two diagonal connections. Therefore, if two of the four cells diagonally adjacent to the corners of a completed rectangle are already crossed out, the other two must be used by the loop. Vice versa, if two are already used, the other two cannot be used.
- Don't forget to keep an eye out for not closing the loop prematurely!

Previous appearances of Scrin:
May 12 2023 by Freddie: Archive: Friday, 12 May 2023
April 13 2022 by Shye: Archive: Wednesday, 13 April 2022

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 4:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 8:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Tiberian Twite 🐦!

Example (puzz.link, by Shye): https://tinyurl.com/4xwhy6vs
Main puzzle (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/muusux89