you've been following this column since its start, you've probably become fairly confident with your logic skills. After all, the strategy of determining absolutes, eliminating the impossible, and reducing candidates to determine an answer has served us well for all puzzle. Our solving strategy still applies, but this loop puzzle will force you to think in a new direction, since the rules allow the loop to cross itself, which was not allowed in our previous loop puzzles (Yajilin, Slitherlink, Snake, Mid Loop and Nekkuresu).
