Anglers Coral
(Published on 1. September 2026, 09:00 by Agent)
Coral:
- Shade some cells so that all shaded cells are orthogonally connected, and all unshaded cells are connected by other unshaded cells to an edge of the grid. No 2x2 area can be fully shaded.
- Coral clues represent the lengths of each group of consecutive shaded cells in the corresponding row or column, in ascending order. For any row or column, either all clues or no clues are given.
- Draw some paths that travel orthogonally through the centers of some unshaded cells until arriving at a fish. Paths may not share cells. All cells on a path must be unshaded, including fish, and all fish must be reached by a path.
- Anglers clues indicate that a path enters the adjacent cell from the direction of the clue. All anglers clues are given, and they indicate how many cells in the grid the corresponding path occupies, including the fish.
A question mark may represent any positive integer.
Example Puzzle (8x8)
Main Puzzle (15x15)
Solution code: The number of shaded cells in each row, from top to bottom.
Comments
on 3. September 2026, 22:41 by cyddrdrd
Smooth once I realized what is going on here. Great fun!
on 2. September 2026, 00:27 by Jesper
Very cool!
on 1. September 2026, 23:35 by pmays123
What a wonderful puzzle! Once you start asking the right questions it unfolds very beautifully. Brilliant work and thanks very much for sharing. :)
on 1. September 2026, 18:02 by ibag
Sehr schönes Rätsel! Und vergleichsweise erholsam ... ;-)
on 1. September 2026, 17:14 by MagnusJosefsson
Great puzzle! Very clear and satisfying solution path!
on 1. September 2026, 15:14 by Agent
Updated SudokuPad links.
on 1. September 2026, 12:37 by Christounet
Great puzzle! Lots of cool connectivity deductions all the way. Thanks :)
on 1. September 2026, 12:20 by Playmaker6174
Cool concept, and an excellent puzzle with an entertaining and satisfying solve throughout! Thanks for tons of fun :)
(Also a quick tip for making sudokupad links, you can add a white cage/box at the top left of the grid to enable clicking on the outside clues in sudokupad links)
