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Castle Wall by Murat Can Tonta

Castle Wall by Murat Can Tonta

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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic

Author/Opus: This is the 45th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.

Rules: Standard Castle Wall 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 = 4:30, Master = 7:15, Expert = 14:30

Solution: PDF; a solution video is available here.

Note: Follow this link for more Castle Wall puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Castle Wall puzzles to get started on.

Yajilin (Myopia) by Murat Can Tonta

Yajilin (Myopia) by Murat Can Tonta

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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic

Author/Opus: This is the 44th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.

Rules: Variation of Yajilin rules. The arrow clues point toward the nearest black square(s) from that clue cell in the four cardinal directions.

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 = 5:00, Master = 7:30, Expert = 15:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other variations of Yajilin and this link for classic Yajilin. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Yajilin to get started on.

Castle Wall by Murat Can Tonta

Castle Wall by Murat Can Tonta

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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic

Author/Opus: This is the 43rd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.

Rules: Standard Castle Wall 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 = 2:15, Master = 3:15, Expert = 6:30

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for more Castle Wall puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Castle Wall puzzles to get started on.

Yajilin (Myopia) by Murat Can Tonta

Yajilin (Myopia) by Murat Can Tonta

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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic

Author/Opus: This is the 42nd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.

Rules: Variation of Yajilin rules. The arrow clues point toward the nearest black square(s) from that clue cell in the four cardinal directions.

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 = 2:00, Master = 3:15, Expert = 6:30

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other variations of Yajilin and this link for classic Yajilin. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Yajilin to get started on.

Castle Wall by Murat Can Tonta

Castle Wall by Murat Can Tonta

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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic

Author/Opus: This is the 41st puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.

Rules: Standard Castle Wall 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 = 1:20, Master = 2:00, Expert = 4:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for more Castle Wall puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Castle Wall puzzles to get started on.

Yajilin (Myopia) by Murat Can Tonta

Yajilin (Myopia) by Murat Can Tonta

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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic

Author/Opus: This is the 40th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Murat Can Tonta.

Rules: Variation of Yajilin rules. The arrow clues point toward the nearest black square(s) from that clue cell in the four cardinal directions.

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 = 1:30, Expert = 3:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other variations of Yajilin and this link for classic Yajilin. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Yajilin to get started on.

Kurotto by Grant Fikes [Bonus]

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Kurotto by Grant Fikes

Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic

Author/Opus: This is the 213th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Grant Fikes.

Rules: Standard Kurotto rules.

Answer String: Enter the length in cells of each of the shaded 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 = 2:45, Master = 4:00, Expert = 8:00

Note: Follow this link for other Kurotto puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Kurotto to get started on.

Multi-Skyscrapers by Serkan Yürekli

Skyscrapers by Serkan Yürekli

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Theme: The Clueless Center (for patron Veep)

Author/Opus: This is the 123rd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.

Rules: Standard Skyscrapers rules. The grid is made of 9 overlapping 5×5 Skyscrapers puzzles. The clue cells shared between grids must see the same number of buildings (i.e., you should fill in all interior gray cells with clue numbers as these are used by two grids).

Answer String: Enter the fifteen digits (in the white cells) within the marked rows from left to right, separating the two rows with a comma.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 20:00, Master = 35:00, Expert = 1:10:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for classic Skyscrapers puzzles and this link for variations on Skyscrapers puzzles. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Skyscrapers Puzzles to get started on.

Sudoku (No Touch) by Serkan Yürekli

No Touch Sudoku by Serkan Yürekli

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Theme: Clue Symmetry and Logic (for patron Phleb)

Author/Opus: This is the 122nd puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.

Rules: Standard Sudoku rules. Also, identical digits cannot be in diagonally-adjacent cells.

Answer String: Enter the 1st row from left to right, followed by a comma, followed by the 5th row from left to right.

Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 7:00, Master = 12:00, Expert = 24:00

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for other variations of Sudoku and this link for classic Sudoku. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku to get started on.

Yajilin (Dual) by Serkan Yürekli

Yajilin by Serkan Yürekli

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Theme: Rowing Race (for patron Chris Green)

Author/Opus: This is the 121st puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.

Rules: Variation of Yajilin rules. Numbers indicate sum of black squares in both directions pointed to by arrows.

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 = 4:45, Master = 12:45, Expert = 25:30

Solution: PDF

Note: Follow this link for Yajilin variants and this link for classic Yajilin. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Yajilin to get started on.