Sunday, 10 November 2024

Freddie Hand

Today is the 1111th day of GAPP! So we're celebrating with this Cross the Streams (Hex).

Be warned - this puzzle is extra hard, so it comes with a flashing red warning sign and a record eleven GAPP 101s, aka a GAPP 1111. (ok, not actually).

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. No "triangle" of 3 cells (i.e. 3 cells that share a point) can be entirely shaded. Clues outside the grid represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the corresponding row or column, in order. A question mark represents one block of an unknown number of cells. An asterisk represents any number of blocks of shaded cells, including none at all.

All vertical clues and columns, whether slanted left or right, should be read from top to bottom.

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 Monodigital Montezuma Oropendola 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2b2zbrsb
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2ylopxpc