Saturday, 21 June 2025

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We haven't had a Tapa variant in a while. We haven't had a supersized wall shading genre in a while. We haven't had a we haven't had a ? in a while intro in a while.

Today's GAPP is a SUPERSIZED Tapa (Borders)!

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area and no 2x2 region is entirely shaded. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. A pair of cells separated by a bold border must contain one shaded cell and one unshaded cell.

Tip: Make sure to keep track of which groups of shaded cells still need to connect to the wall! Often these groups have a very limiting effect on nearby clues and areas.

Try the previous Tapa (Borders) by Freddie here: Archive: Tuesday, 25 April 2023

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

Example (Penpa+, by Freddie): https://tinyurl.com/4u6mrdw3
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/22rcxl4d