Saturday, 15 August 2026

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Congratulations to @HunterJE (he/they), @ishanpm, @Dexter345, @AkashG23 ♛ and @Cow for correctly predicting today's genre and earning another bonus otter 🦦! Keep your guesses coming, you might be next winner 👀!

Today's GAPP is a Pencils! Apologies for the late post - out all day today.

Rules: Place some pencils in the grid, each consisting of a 1xN body with a tip occupying an extra cell at one end, and draw a path of graphite which is N cells long starting at its tip. Pencils and paths must occupy the entire grid without overlapping one another. A cell with a number must be part of the body of a pencil of the given length. Given pencil tips must be used where they are.
Note that you can have pencils without given number or pencil tip clues.

It is recommended to play around with the interface on the example puzzle to familiarize with the controls; it can be a bit finicky.

Try the most recent feature of Pencils here, by Walker: Archive: Friday, 24 May 2024

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 3:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 7:00 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Disestablishmentarianist Ibis 🐦!

Example (pzprxs, by Tyrgannus): https://tinyurl.com/336r5rf8
Main (pzprxs): https://tinyurl.com/3va2m3xx