Tapa-Like Loop by Serkan Yürekli
or solve online (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools in linex mode where left click+drag draws lines and right click marks X’s on edges)
Theme: Focal Point
Author/Opus: This is the 343rd puzzle from our managing editor Serkan Yürekli.
Rules: Form a single non-intersecting loop. Clues inside the grid represent the number of neighboring cells visited by the loop; if there is more than one number in a cell, each number should be represented with a separate loop segment. There is no 2×2 rule of Tapa in this puzzle.
See also this example:
Difficulty: 1.5 stars
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 0:45, Master = 1:15, Expert = 2:30
Solution: PDF; a solution video is also available here.
Note: Follow this link for other Tapa-Like Loop puzzles. More Tapa-Like Loop puzzles can be found in the Tapa-Like Loop Collection by Prasanna Seshadri.
Nice one to start the week with, good flow, you get those little aha! moments without them being overly complex
Smooth flowing logic … good puzzle.
Wow, this really messes with the intuition I’ve built up for Tapa. Fun puzzle genre. 🙂
1.25 mins to solve this one. This was easy puzzle.