Masyu by Tom Collyer
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Theme: Logical
Author/Opus: This is the 26th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Tom Collyer.
Rules: Standard Masyu rules.
Answer String: Enter the length in cells of the horizontal loop segments from left to right in the marked rows, starting at the top. If the loop only has vertical segments in the marked row, enter 0. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:00, Master = 1:30, Expert = 3:00
Solution: PDF
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4:11 This one had a really fun solving path. Thanks!
2:40.Indeed.Typing up the many loose knots was interesting!
and one more thing that I noticed is that this puzzle genre doesn’t appear as intimidating and difficult as it used to before solving the Balance loop puzzles….
There may be something to that… I found myself using the same methods I normally use for Balance Loop puzzles here and found that doing so was drawing my eyes to deductions that might otherwise have taken me longer to spot.
Of course it also may just be a matter of not having seen one of the more challenging Masyu’s yet since Balance Loop was introduced. 🙂
– Neelix
01:51
Interesting how that little number of clues can guide a very packed puzzle.