6/8 - Thomas Snyder does the Nikoli.com puzzles
Kakuro - 11x9 Easy by aquablue - 0:56
Numberlink - 24x14 Hard by nyoroppyi - 4:55
Masyu - 36x20 Hard by aiko - 10:02
Akari - 18x10 Medium by -4 - 0:41
Some really good Hard puzzles today. I remain amazed by some solvers' ability to just see the Numberlink solution (and also to draw the solution without errors since I can't move my trackball straight enough). On this hard one, the theme is contained in the two 3x3 squares with 1-6 and 7-12 as digits and adjacent sides offering the either/or choice of the direct connection. While I had the right bottom at the start, I eventually got through it by seeing a looped out connection between the 7's that suggests how many other numbers wrap. Its probably easier to get from the 9s but its a satisfying solve.
The Masyu had a tough finish in a very open left-side but perhaps because I kept missing some of the steps with extending through whites. It was certainly a worthy hard and a pretty good puzzle.
The kakuro was a typical Easy; the Akari a typical Easy labeled as a Medium as well.
Numberlink - 24x14 Hard by nyoroppyi - 4:55
Masyu - 36x20 Hard by aiko - 10:02
Akari - 18x10 Medium by -4 - 0:41
Some really good Hard puzzles today. I remain amazed by some solvers' ability to just see the Numberlink solution (and also to draw the solution without errors since I can't move my trackball straight enough). On this hard one, the theme is contained in the two 3x3 squares with 1-6 and 7-12 as digits and adjacent sides offering the either/or choice of the direct connection. While I had the right bottom at the start, I eventually got through it by seeing a looped out connection between the 7's that suggests how many other numbers wrap. Its probably easier to get from the 9s but its a satisfying solve.
The Masyu had a tough finish in a very open left-side but perhaps because I kept missing some of the steps with extending through whites. It was certainly a worthy hard and a pretty good puzzle.
The kakuro was a typical Easy; the Akari a typical Easy labeled as a Medium as well.