Thursday, 24 September 2026

bakpao

I've managed to fill up my backlog with 6 puzzles already! 2 more to go and I'll be all set until pretty much the end of October. It almost makes me sad having reduce its count by one again by posting a puzzle. It's hard to be upset when the puzzle is smiling like that though! 😸

Today's GAPP is a Nurikabe (Palindrome)!

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area and no 2x2 region is entirely shaded. Clues cannot be shaded, and every orthogonally connected area of unshaded cells contains exactly one clue, the value of which represents the size of the area. The Xth cell from one direction of a line and the Xth cell from the other direction of that line must both be shaded or both be unshaded.

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving in 5:00 or less!
All solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with a Smiley Siskin 🐦!

Example (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/pz6cmf88
Main (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/kucwc4w5