Star Battle (Small Regions) by Serkan Yürekli
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Theme: Is It Funny? (shading is for artistic purposes only)
Author/Opus: This is the 107th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.
Rules: Variation of Star Battle rules. There are two stars per row and column, but only one star per region.
Answer String: For each row from top to bottom, enter the number of the first column from the left where a star appears. Enter these numbers as a single string with no separators.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:00, Master = 3:00, Expert = 6:00
Solution: PDF
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4:27.I like this variant a lot.