Dutch Quali 24 appetizer: Pentapa

(Published on 29. February 2024, 20:00 by Richard)

In the weekend from 8 March until 11 March the qualifications of the Dutch puzzle and sudoku championships 2024 will be held online. There will be two separate qualifications that take both 60 minutes. You can solve the puzzles at a moment that suits you best during the weekend. Everyone who is interested can participate, although only Dutch players are invited for the finals in April. If you want to participate in the qualification(s) you have to register yourself here. You can find the instruction booklet here. The puzzle below was not selected for the championship but very suitable as appetizer. Enjoy!

Tapa
Blacken some empty cells such that all black cells are connected horizontally or vertically and there is no 2x2 area of black cells. Numbers indicate how many of the vertically, horizontally and diagonally adjacent cells are black. Each number represents a group of horizontally or vertically adjacent black cells. Different groups around the same cell are separated by at least one white cell. The order of numbers in a cell is not important.

Pentapa
Additionally, the tapa wall must consist of all pentominos, except for the P, since that violates with the tapa-rule that no area of 2x2 may be completely black. Pentominos may be rotated and/or mirrored.

Solve online in Penpa+.

Solution code: The number of black cells in each row, top to bottom.

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