Monday, 19 January 2026

Freddie Hand

We're continuing walk week with a Bug Walk. This genre comes courtesy of @Calump , and it's quite neat.

Rules: Draw a non-intersecting loop through the centres of some cells which passes through all numbered cells. Numbers indicate the number of cells in the unshaded section of the loop the number is visited in.

If a straight loop segment intersects any cells of a yellowy-green region, it must have length equal to 1.

Clarification: Note that the last rule means that a straight loop segment of length 2 or longer cannot even be partly contained in a yellow-green cell.

(If you're familiar with rail pool, the yellowy-green regions are essentially rail pool regions with a 1 clue)

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 3:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 6:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Arthropod Arfak Astrapia 🐦

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/34cw7s37
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/4kzp2smm