Snake Pit (Words) by Joseph Howard
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Theme: Snakes in a Bee Hive
Author/Opus: This is the 6th puzzle from guest contributor Joseph Howard.
Rules: Variation on Snake Pit (new rules in italics). Divide the grid along the boundary lines so that every cell belongs to a snake. A snake is a one-cell-wide path at least two cells long that does not touch itself, not even diagonally. Circled cells must be at one of the ends of a snake. A snake may contain one circled cell, two circled cells, or no circled cells at all. Each snake houses a word (given below the grid) with one letter in each cell. Some letters are given. Snakes of the same length cannot touch each other horizontally or vertically.
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Answer String: Enter the letter placed in each cell in the marked rows from left to right, separating the two rows by a comma. Use CAPITAL LETTERS!
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 4:15, Master = 6:15, Expert = 12:30
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