Star Battle by Ashish Kumar
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)
Theme: 4 S’s
Author/Opus: This is the 43rd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Ashish Kumar.
Rules: Standard Star Battle rules. Two stars per row, column, and region.
Difficulty: 3.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:45, Master = 6:00, Expert = 12:00
Solution: PDF
Note: Follow this link for other classic Star Battles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Star Battles to get started on. More Star Battle puzzles can be found in The Art of Puzzles, in the book Star Battle by JinHoo Ahn, and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles by Serkan Yürekli.
Thanks so much for the puzz.link version. Any chance we can get this for older star battles? So much fun playing against the clock and there are probably a bunch of us who love the online option.
This one took me less time than yesterday’s, 31:07. Well past “expert”, but I’m pleased. I’m learning some good strategies.
4.23 mins to solve this one. Solution video learning from the other videos is helping a lot to solve the Star Battle puzzle easily.