Cave by Prasanna Seshadri
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic (Originally on 2014 French Puzzle Championship)
Author/Opus: This is the 46th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.
Rules: Standard Cave rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the cave segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:45, Master = 3:30, Expert = 7:00
Solution: PDF
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50:30. I lost a bunch of time with some pointless guessing a couple
of times, (hoping for a quick contradiction, but not getting any
contradiction until the grid was nearly full).
I need to discipline myself more to guess less.
10:00
Everything is connected.
15:35