Thursday, October 26, 2023

Puzzle 196 (Skyscrapers (Gap))

Here's one more puzzle originally submitted to the WPC.  This construction was meant for the Number Placement playoffs, but didn't quite make it because it was too hard.  (I think I underestimated difficulty somewhat because of my own struggles with Skyscrapers as a genre.)

Rules: Insert numbers into some cells of the grid so that each row and column of the grid contains the numbers from 1 to 5 once each and one gap. Each number in the grid represents the height of a building and each clue outside the grid indicates how many buildings can be "seen" while looking from that direction. Taller buildings block the view of smaller buildings.  Gaps do not block the view of any building.

Online interface (Penpa)


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