As promised, a large and tricky Guide Arrow! This one isn't crazy difficult, but it does have one especially tricky bit during the middle of the solve. I also find the grid to be especially aesthetic.
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Puzzle 165 (Guide Arrow)
Puzzle 164 ("Double Dominos", Tapa)
Whoa, a Tapa on this blog! It's been a while.
I'm not entirely sure why, but I can be quite picky about clue variety in Tapa. For example, in this puzzle, every clue consists of two numbers. The grid looks prettier to me this way. Other than that, not much to say.
Monday, March 13, 2023
Puzzle 163 (Guide Arrow)
Here's another small Guide Arrow puzzle. Originally, I wanted to do this theme (symmetric clue placement of arrows all pointing the same way) on a larger grid, but resolving the edges became frustrating and I just couldn't find anything that worked. Adjusting to a smaller grid did the trick. (Yes, I know all my Guide Arrow puzzles have been easy and small on this blog, but I can make big and tricky ones too, I promise!)
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Puzzle 162 ("Pairs", Numberlink)
What's this, another Numberlink? That's right, and now this genre is getting close to having the most puzzles on this blog. (The current record holder is Cave, even though I haven't posted a puzzle in that genre in 20 months!)
Very happy with this theme. Empty spaces have been a weakness of mine when constructing these, so I tried to be more conscious about looking at places in the grid where paths should turn. That proved quite helpful here.
Once again, thanks to pzprrt for checking uniqueness. My first version was horribly, horribly broken, but I managed to find a fix that made parts of the puzzle more interesting, which was great!
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