LITS by Thomas Snyder
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Theme: Logical
Author/Opus: This is the 195th puzzle from Thomas Snyder, aka Dr. Sudoku.
Rules: Standard LITS 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 = 2:15, Master = 3:45, Expert = 7:30
Solution: PDF
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Rather meaty for a small LITS. Very nice.
That was really interesting and challenging! It felt like I needed a lot of different logic than I’m used to seeing in a LITS.
Agree with all the above and I enjoyed having to take the warfare down to the block-by-block battles. All the same I wonder if some real estate was underutilized. Definitely please send more and bigger LITS.