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Yajilin

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Solution

Rules

  1. Draw a line to make a single loop.
  2. Lines pass through the centers of cells, horizontally, vertically, or turning. The loop never crosses itself, branches off, or goes through the same cell twice.
  3. The numbers show how many black cells there are in the direction of the arrow.
  4. The loop does not pass through the black cells or the cells with numbers, and black cells cannot touch horizontally or vertically.

Features

Yajilin is an original Nikoli puzzle that was first featured in Puzzle Communication Nikoli Vol. 86 (June, 1999).

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