Country Road by Ashish Kumar
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; in default lineox mode: left-click+drag draws line, clicking one time in a cell marks a circle and a second time marks an X)
Theme: Brick Wall
Author/Opus: This is the 66th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Ashish Kumar.
Rules: Draw a single, non-intersecting loop in the grid that enters and exits each bold region exactly once. If a number clue is given in a region, that number indicates the exact number of cells used by the loop in the region. Unused cells cannot be orthogonally adjacent across different regions.
Also, see this example:
Difficulty: 2.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:45, Master = 3:30, Expert = 7:00
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
Note: Follow this link for other Loop/Path puzzles. The puzzle styles featured this week are part of the book Loop Variety Collection by Ashish Kumar and Murat Can Tonta.
3/3 great puzzles so far this week! The new book’s going to be an instant buy. 🙂