LITS by Craig Kasper
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Theme: Logical
Author/Opus: This is the 3rd puzzle from guest contributor Craig Kasper, who also contributed these two Sunday Surprises. Craig has recently started a new puzzle blog.
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 = 1:45, Master = 3:00, Expert = 6:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is available here.
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This week’s theme has me unreasonably giddy. Gold Star to Craig and the other authors this week.
Damn, after entering a false answer I realised I was solving the wrong puzzle or rather solving this puzzle wrong…
If that’s a spoiler please remove this post.
2 star Star Battle?
I do tend to wonder though, if creating a puzzle that has a unique solution for both sets of rules was intentional or coincidental though. 🙂 (and what are the odds of the latter?)
Given the rest of the puzzles this week, I would say intentional.
I saw that Thomas Snyder did a youtube walkthrough of this old puzzle, and wanted to solve it, so made this:
[edited to remove, as penpa link now above]