Tuesday, 18 November 2025

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When I feel like I'm short on inspiration for GAPP, I often find myself resorting to variants. There are plenty of fun and interesting spins on genres still to explore. Today we're doing a variant of a genre we've featured three times before, but to date only in its classic form: Araf!

Today's GAPP is an Araf (Line)!

Rules: Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells. Each region must contain exactly two circles and have an area that lies between the two numbers in the circles, exclusive. No region may contain a line of more than three consecutive cells horizontally or vertically.

Try the previous vanilla Araf here, by Menderbug: Archive: Tuesday, 6 August 2024

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 2:45 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 5:30 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Variegated Fairywren 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/ycxxajck
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/34fmrchv