Detuned Broadcast #6: Yajilin
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Theme: Clue symmetry and logic
Rules: Standard Yajilin rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of the horizontal loop segments from left to right in the marked rows, starting at the top. If the loop only has vertical segments in the marked row, enter 0. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 8:30, Master = 12:00, Expert = 24:00
Solution: PDF
14:45. Would have been significantly less, but I marked a clue as used when I hadn’t actually placed all the black squares yet, so I got ambiguity at the end and had to figure out what I’d done. I could have shortcut a lot of my logic steps if I had just filled in that one quick square earlier.
Nice puzzle, thanks!
I kept thinking “This can’t have a unique answer, surely.”, but indeed it does of course…
Very nice indeed Tom!