#33 - Stitches

   A classic Stitches puzzle. We had been playing a bunch of generated puzzles in the CTC Discord server, and I decided to try and handcraft one.

Difficulty: 3/5

Rules

Connect each region with all its orthogonally adjacent regions with exactly two stitches. Stitches connect two orthogonally adjacent cells across different regions together. Stitches cannot overlap. Clues outside the grid give the total number of stitch endpoints in that row or column (each stitch has two endpoints).

Use lines (recommended mode Composite 'lineox') to draw stitches for answer check to work.

An example puzzle and solution from www.puzzle-stitches.com can be found here: https://i.imgur.com/BZjcQaN.png

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