Tapa (Borders) by Serkan Yürekli
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Theme: Bottle (made for Chris Green)
Author/Opus: This is the 99th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Serkan Yürekli.
Rules: Standard Tapa rules. Also, if two cells are separated by a thick border, this means that exactly one of those cells is shaded and the other is unshaded.
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 from the next with a comma.
Time Standards (highlight to view): Grandmaster = 2:45, Master = 5:30, Expert = 11:00
Solution: PDF
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