This is a Melon puzzle. (25 – Tapa)

Tapa by Palmer Mebane

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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: Threes

Rules: Standard Tapa rules.

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 = 1:00, Master = 1:45, Expert = 3:30

Solution: PDF

  • Jack Bross says:

    OK. Got it. We’re not going to have a lot of Christmas Tree puzzles this week. We’re going to have Christmas Threes instead.

    O Christmas Three, O Christmas Three
    You’re both Mersenne and Fermat-y
    O Christmas Three, O Christmas Three
    Triangular prime: Trinity!

    (speakers of both Latin and Spanish are thinking “III” right about now…)

    • edderiofer says:

      Not only used in Tapa clues,
      But also used alongside twos.
      O Christmas Three, O Christmas Three!
      You’re both Mersenne and Fermat-y!

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