Friday, 13 March 2026

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The third round of LMI's Puzzle Ramayan has started! This installment, featuring Object Placement and Region Division puzzles, is written by... me . It's a great honour getting to write a round for PR, and I'd love to see all of you give the puzzles a try! Be sure to also claim your 🦦 bonus otter 🦦 when you do! Find all the relevant information here. Good luck!

Today's GAPP is an Aqre (Symmetry)!

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Regions with numbers must contain the indicated amount of shaded cells. The shaded cells within a region marked with a dot must have 180° rotational symmetry around the region’s center. There may not exist a run of more than three consecutive shaded or unshaded cells horizontally or vertically anywhere in the grid.
Note that the shaded cells in regions without a dot may still be symmetric.

Aqre is one of our most featured genres. Try the most recent appearance here, by jovi: Archive: Friday, 1 August 2025
This variant is also quite similar to Erqaqre, which has appeared in GAPP before. Try it here, by Freddie: Archive: Thursday, 27 June 2024

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 3:00 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 6:00 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Honoured Huia 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/yr9dn3cm
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/3xxwrtzu