Saturday 11 October 2014

Puzzle 224: Corral

Instructions

Theme: 3s and 4s

Corral Instructions


Rules: The challenge is to draw a single, closed loop along the gridlines, subject to the following rules:
  1. All clues must be contained within the loop.
  2. With the loop itself blocking the line of sight, the clue displays the number of other squares can be seen from that cell vertically and horizontally.

Sunday 5 October 2014

Puzzle 222: Pentominous

Instructions

Theme: The straights

Pentominous Instructions


Rules: The challenge is to divide the grid in pentominos, subject to the following rules:
  1. No two of the same pentominos, including rotations / reflections are allowed to touch.
  2. Letters indicate which pentomino occupies that cell, pentominos may contain any number of letters (including zero).