Kurotto (Windows) by Prasanna Seshadri
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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic
Author/Opus: This is the 111th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Prasanna Seshadri.
Rules: Standard Kurotto rules. Also there are two windows in the upper left (blue) and lower right (red) of the grid. The cells in the same position in these windows must have the exact opposite shading.
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 with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:30, Master = 4:30, Expert = 9:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is available here.
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9:12
I hadn’t realized that the kurotto instructions don’t explicitly rule out univat n funqrq nern gung vf hapbaarpgrq gb nal pvepyr.
Definitely a different sort of ending for a kurotto! Btw, Andrew’s comment should perhaps be rot-13’d.