Tapa by Prasanna Seshadri
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic
Author/Opus: This is the 101st puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.
Rules: Standard Tapa 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 = 1:45, Master = 3:15, Expert = 6:30
Solution: PDF
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01:16, although I cheated a bit by intuited through the ending. Proving it rigorously probably takes a few more seconds. Interesting use of connectivity.
10:00
I think this may have been the first time I’ve made Grandmaster time, though I didn’t time myself. I think the time standards here are a little too slow.
way beyond 10m…
this is hard and I could not solve it without making long contradictions…
Never seen this configuration of 1,1,1,1 clues before! Neat!