Nanro by Grant Fikes
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Theme: Ones to Watch
Author/Opus: This is the 82nd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the segments labeled with numbers 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 = 1:40, Master = 2:30, Expert = 5:00
Solution: PDF
Note: This is our fourth Nanro puzzle; if you are new to this puzzle type please first try out the example on the Rules and Info page as well as this easy Nanro post.
That was an epic fail from me. Somehow my mind did not register the large regions with 1’s should be immediately coloured out.
3:46. Each corner solved itself, it seems.
7 mins
01:25. Nice easy puzzle with connectivity playing a major part.
Damn, I had to start over a zillion times, making the same mistake over and over again 🙁
I was sure there was a mistake in the puzzle, so I started to write a mail.
Only then I realized that I interpreted the rules too restrained, which lead to no possibilities in one region :
V gubhtug gur ynoryf zhfg nyfb pbaarpg jvgu rnpu bgure jvguva n ertvba. Va gur 3-ertvba va gur pragre gung vf abg gur pnfr.