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Theme: Logical

Author/Opus: This is the 116th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard Cross the Streams rules.

Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the black segments from top to bottom for the marked columns in the two grids, going in order from A to B to C to D and separating each entry with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:15, Master = 3:15, Expert = 6:30.

Solution: PDF

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Theme: Cage Symmetry and Logic (contributed by GMPuzzles to the Indian Puzzle Championship)

Author/Opus: This is the 115th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard TomTom rules, using the integers 1-8.

Answer String: Enter the 5th row from left to right followed by the 5th column from top to bottom. Separate all rows with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:30, Master = 7:15, Expert = 14:30

Solution: PDF

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Theme: Four Lack of a Better Title (contributed by GMPuzzles to the Indian Puzzle Championship)

Author/Opus: This is the 114th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard Cross the Streams rules.

Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the black segments from top to bottom for the marked columns, going in order from A to B to C to D and separating each entry with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:15, Master = 3:00, Expert = 6:00.

Solution: PDF

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Theme: Don’t Get Mad, …

Author/Opus: This is the 113th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard Skyscrapers rules.

Answer String: Enter the 4th row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 5th row from left to right.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:00, Master = 1:30, Expert = 3:00

Solution: PDF

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Theme: U’s Full

Author/Opus: This is the 112th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard Slitherlink rules.

Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the internal loop segments from left to right for the marked rows, starting at the top. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:00, Master = 1:30, Expert = 3:00

Solution: PDF

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Theme: GEMINI / INIGEM

Author/Opus: This is the 111th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard Cross the Streams rules. There are two puzzles to solve.

Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the black segments from top to bottom for the marked columns in the two grids, going in order from A to B to C to D and separating each entry with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 7:30, Master = 10:00, Expert = 20:00 – Note these time standards are for finishing both puzzles.

Solution: PDF 1 and PDF 2

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Theme: Stanyon Count (The Stanyon Count, a variation of and predecessor to the Elmsley Count, is a card sleight in magic tricks that makes 3 cards appear to be 4 cards; in this puzzle, 3 can become 4 and still be solved.)

Author/Opus: This is the 110th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard Nurikabe rules. There are two puzzles to solve.

Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the black segments (the unnumbered, connected “ocean”) from left to right for the marked rows, starting with the top grid and then the bottom grid. Separate each row’s entry from the next with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:00, Master = 3:30, Expert = 7:00 – Note these time standards are for finishing both puzzles.

Solution: PDF

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Theme: Twin Twist

Author/Opus: This is the 109th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard TomTom rules, using the integers 1-5. There are two puzzles to solve.

Answer String: Enter the 2nd and 4th rows of the top puzzle from left to right followed by the 2nd and 4th rows of the bottom puzzle from left to right. Separate all rows with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:00, Master = 1:40, Expert = 3:20 – Note these time standards are for finishing both puzzles.

Solution: PDF

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Theme: Birthday Mystery

Author/Opus: This is the 108th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Draw a single loop of horizontal and vertical segments that passes through all of the white cells (and only the white cells) exactly once. Like last week’s puzzles, there is also a second puzzle style that this grid can be solved as. Doing so will help you find a secret answer word.

Answer String: Enter the final answer word in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

Solution: PDF

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:15, Master = 7:00, Expert = 14:00

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Theme: Logical

Author/Opus: This is the 107th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard Masyu rules.

Answer String: Enter the length in cells of the horizontal loop segments from left to right in the marked rows, starting at the top. If the loop only has vertical segments in the marked row, enter 0. Separate each row’s entry with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 1:00, Master = 1:20, Expert = 2:40

Solution: PDF

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