Puzzles 245 / 246: Akari and Shakashaka

Instructions for Akari

Instructions for Shakashaka

Puzzle 244: Corral

Instructions

Theme: Factors of 12

Puzzle 243: Slitherlink

Instructions 

Theme: Pinwheels

Puzzle 242: Tapa

Instructions

Theme: Quadrants

Puzzle 241: Sudoku

Instructions

Theme: Broken frames

Puzzle 240: Slalom

Instructions

Theme: Enclosed

Slalom Instructions

Rules: The challenge is to draw a loop around the grid, subject to the following rules:

1. Dotted lines represent gates which may extend for multiple cells. The line must pass through all gates, not turning in the same cell.
2. Some gates are numbered and must be passed in sequence, according to the number of the gate.
3. Circled numbers represent both start and finish of the loop.
4. The line may only travel vertically or horizontally.

 

Puzzle 239: Akari

Instructions

Theme: Around the corner

Puzzle 238: Hebi-Ichigo

Instructions

Theme: Along the rows

Hebi-Ichigo Instructions

Rules: The challenge is insert the numbers 1 to 5, subject to the following rules:

1. Numbers form a sequential chain of five from 1 (head) to 5 (tail) connected horizontally and/or vertically to form a snake with no branches.
2. Snakes cannot touch other snakes horizontally or vertically, diagonally is allowed.
3. A snake's line of sight is from the head opposite the 2 to the first black cell or the edge of the grid. Snakes cannot see other snakes.
4. The numbers in the black cell shows the value of the nearest number in the direction of the arrow. This number must appear before any other black cells. A 0 shows there is no snake in the direction of the arrow until the next black cell or the edge of the grid.