Saturday, 27 July 2024

Menderbug

After Monday's puzzle, it almost feels a bit silly to call today's Heyablock "supersized". Don't forget about the slightly awkward situation in this genre where all regions contain at least one shaded cell unless a 0-clue explicitly overrides that requirement.

Previous appearances:
- Archive: Monday, 5 December 2022 by Jovi
- Archive: Wednesday, 18 October 2023 by me

Rules: Shade a single group of orthogonally connected cells in each region so that the remaining unshaded cells (in the entire grid) form one orthogonally connected area. Shaded groups may not share a bold border. Regions with numbers must contain the indicated amount of shaded cells. Unclued regions must contain at least one shaded cell. A line of consecutive unshaded cells may not cross more than one bold border.

Score a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
Collect a Quick Crab 🦀 by completing the puzzle in 10:00 or less!
Finish the puzzle in your own time to become the proud owner of a Heyaflock Bronzewing 🐦!

Example (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/bdeffj3h
Puzzle, Landscape (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/55dhj47p
Puzzle, Portrait (puzz.link): https://tinyurl.com/568356ca