Kuromasu by JinHoo Ahn
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Theme: Symmetric House
Author/Opus: This is the 35th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster JinHoo Ahn.
Rules: Shade some empty cells black so that each number indicates the total count of white cells connected vertically and horizontally to that number including the numbered cell itself. Black cells cannot share an edge, and all white cells must belong to a single connected group.
Also see this example:
Difficulty: 1 star
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 0:40, Master = 1:15, Expert = 2:30
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
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Yay, Expert time on my first Kuromasu 🙂 (1:40)
Super fun …
First time doing one of these, super interesting