The Puzzle Robot #6 – Tapa
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or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to shift between shading mode and the composite Yajilin mode where left click marks cells, right click marks dots in cells or X’s on edges, left click+drag draws lines.)
Theme: No border clues
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the shaded segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry from the next with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:00, Master = 5:00, Expert = 10:00
Solution: PDF
No edge clues might have made it tough to get going, but there was a nice smooth solving path with a pretty clear break-in. Getting everything connected up in the end was pretty satisfying, though, with a few loose threads from the beginning of the puzzle resolving themselves in the home stretch.