Pentominonogram by Elyot Grant
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Theme: 11V
Author/Opus: This is the 6th puzzle from guest contributor Elyot Grant.
Rules: Shade some cells so that the numbers outside the grid indicate the groups of consecutive black cells which are in that row/column in order, either from left to right or from top to bottom. There must be at least one white cell between any consecutive shaded groups. Rows and columns without outside clues can have any pattern of shaded and unshaded cells. Also, all the shaded cells must be able to be split into the eleven given pentomino shapes. Pentominoes may be flipped and/or rotated.
Difficulty: 2.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 3:15, Master = 4:45, Expert = 9:30
Solution: PDF and solving video.
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4:50!!! almost GM, fun stuff
Another expert time for me, yay (barely, though).
This was very elegant, and the result looks like a tree (no spoiler), which is extra beautiful.
This variant is really cool imho, I remember solving another one of these a couple months ago (https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/?s=Pentominonogram).
Highly recommended!
16:56