Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Freddie Hand

After the 1 million puzzle contests that concluded recently, it looks like we're in for a bit of a drought next weekend. I haven't had an original thought since February, so it was panic stations when it came to picking a genre for today, without any instructions booklet to steal from.

So of course I turn to my good friend, ol' reliable alliteration. I quickly scrolled to the "Tu" section in Eric's puzzle rules document. There I was greeted by Turf, a genre which seemed virtually impossible to GAPP-ify, and Tug of War, which is... (sorry bakpao). Oh there's Turnkey, a genre we haven't revisited since the days of yore. So here we are! A Tuesday Turnkey. Definitely not a series. Seriously.

I supposed I could have picked a "Ch" genre as well, but I don't want to amplify British stereotypes.

Rules: From each clue, draw a path through the centers of cells. A number indicates how many times its path turns. Each path must be at least two cells long (not including the cell with the clue) and every cell must be visited by exactly one path.

Here's the last appearance of Turnkey in GAPP, courtesy of shye: Archive: Tuesday, 7 June 2022

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Readymade Red Avadavat The Return of the Turnkey Turkey 🐦 🦃

Example (Penpa+), by shye: https://tinyurl.com/6s6hxuxc
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/24btp22m