Sunday, 3 May 2026

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Supersized Saturday and Strange-Shaped Sunday have been a part of GAPP for several years. We're considering removing or replacing one or both of them, or having them occur less frequently. What do you think? Do you have any other weekly series suggestions? Would you be disappointed not having a supersized or strange-shaped puzzle some weeks? Feel free to sound off in the discussion channel!

Today's Strange-Shaped Sunday puzzle is a Masyu on a grid I don't have the mathematical vocabulary to fully describe. Enjoy!

Rules: Draw a single loop by connecting the centers of some edge-adjacent cells such that no cell is visited more than once by the loop and all circles are visited. The loop must not turn on a white circle, but it must turn on at least one of the cells on either side. The loop must turn on a black circle, but it must not turn in either of the cells on either side.

To earn a Speedy Sloth 🦥, solve today's puzzle in 3:30 or less!
To net a Quick Crab 🦀, solve today's puzzle in 7:55 or less!
All other solvers are welcome to their very own Wallowing Watercock 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/2xraqb27
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/27d7w54f

Tip: In vanilla Masyu, if a black circle has an X on one side, you can draw a segment leaving the opposite side of that cell. That's a bit harder to see here, but it remains true!