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Theme: Four Squares (Originally on 2015 Indian Puzzle Championship)

Author/Opus: This is the 91st puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.

Rules: Standard LITS rules. Also, the letters outside the grid indicate the first tetromino encountered in the corresponding direction. Or see this:

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 = 1:00, Master = 1:30, Expert = 3:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for more variations of LITS and this link for classic LITS. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest LITS to get started on.

The first week of Indian Puzzle Championship puzzles from Prasanna Seshadri is in this PDF.

This second (of two) weeks of IPC puzzles features variations and less common puzzles by Prasanna Seshadri:

Monday: Easy as LITS
Tuesday: Balance Loop
Wednesday: Easy as ABC
Thursday: Balance Loop
Friday: Easy as ABC Numbers
Saturday: Tapa (Fill-in)

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Theme: C (Originally on 2015 Indian Puzzle Championship)

Author/Opus: This is the 89th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.

Rules: Standard Kakuro Rules. Also, some cells may remain empty but empty cells cannot share an edge with other empty cells.

Answer String: Enter the values in each white cell in the marked rows from left to right, separating the rows with a comma. Enter a capital X for any blank white cells, and ignore all black cells.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 7:00, Master = 9:30, Expert = 19:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other Kakuro puzzles.

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Theme: P (Originally on 2015 Indian Puzzle Championship)

Author/Opus: This is the 89th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.

Rules: Standard Kakuro Rules.

Answer String: Enter the values in each white cell in the marked rows from left to right, separating the rows with a comma. Ignore black cells.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:45, Master = 6:30, Expert = 13:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other Kakuro puzzles.

PDF

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Theme: I (Originally on 2015 Indian Puzzle Championship)

Author/Opus: This is the 88th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.

Rules: Standard Kakuro Rules.

Answer String: Enter the values in each white cell in the marked rows from left to right, separating the rows with a comma. Ignore black cells.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:45, Master = 4:45, Expert = 9:30

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other Kakuro puzzles.

PDF

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Theme: 2015 (Originally on 2015 Indian Puzzle Championship)

Author/Opus: This is the 87th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.

Rules: Standard Statue Park 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 = 0:45, Master = 1:30, Expert = 3:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other Statue Park Puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Statue Parks to get started on.

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Theme: IPC (Originally on 2015 Indian Puzzle Championship)

Author/Opus: This is the 86th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.

Rules: Standard Statue Park 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 = 0:40, Master = 1:00, Expert = 2:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other Statue Park Puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Statue Parks to get started on.

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or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)

Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic (Originally on 2015 Indian Puzzle Championship)

Author/Opus: This is the 85th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.

Rules: Standard Statue Park 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 = 0:40, Master = 1:00, Expert = 2:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other Statue Park Puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Statue Parks to get started on.

(I still have a massive backlog of things to do since my move because I’m really dedicating most of my time and energy to my new position with Google Life Sciences. So for those looking for more site updates, you’ll still need to wait. For now I can finally write up a report on our Hidden Contest from late March.)

John Bulten’s debut week was quite ambitious and challenging even before considering the equally ambitious and challenging hidden contest that ran through the entire week. Every contributing grandmaster is given complete freedom to design a debut week of puzzles. Despite this freedom, a certain theme has come up each time. This inspired John’s hidden contest. Read on to see what was going on:
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Last week’s nonconsecutive puzzle collection is in this PDF.

Over the next two weeks we will be highlighting Prasanna Seshadri’s contributions to the Indian Puzzle Championship. The specific schedule is this:

Monday – Wednesday: Statue Park
Thursday – Saturday: Kakuro