Monday, 9 September 2024

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Happy 9th of September to everyone! I have no idea what we're celebrating today, but I figured I'd put a 99 clue in the puzzle to observe the occasion anyway. Busy day ahead, so that's all from me - enjoy your Monday!

Today's puzzle is a Snake (True False)!

Rules:
Shade some cells to form a non-intersecting path which does not touch itself, not even diagonally. Circles mark the ends of the path. If a cell with a number in it is unshaded, it must be true: the number represents how many shaded cells are in the indicated direction. If a cell with a number in it is shaded, it must be false: the number cannot be equal to the number of shaded cells in the indicated direction.

Beware of the negative constraint! If for example R2C1 is shaded, and there is an arrow with a 1 clue pointing left in R2C2, then that arrow cannot be shaded, because its value would be true while the fact that the clue is shaded would indicate its value is false. The opposite is also true (if R2C1 were unshaded, the left-pointing 1 arrow in R2C2 would need to be shaded)!

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 5:00 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Clueless Celebratory Cisticola 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/24fynx3m
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/245rdrk4