The Nerfracker #3.5
What's a meta for?
New Nerfracker! Wait, shouldn't this be #4? What half we here?
We at the Rackenfracker are good at making things complicated. And so the Nerfracker is specifically intended to be uncomplicated: a block-style 11x11 beginner-friendly cryptic that's as straight as these crooked paths can get.
All those adjectives apply to today’s puzzle. But … this one also has the smallest soupçon of a variety gimmick. This isn't going to become a habit with us, and the "perfectly" "normal" Nerfracker #4 will be coming soon to a browser/inbox near you.
All the nerfs that are fit to print are as always listed below, along with printable PDF of the A version.
Today’s puzzle was test solved by joeadultman, whose work gets better and better but who never leaves the novice solver out in the cold, and edited by our very own dadgumituh, who also collaborated on the meta.
If you want to know if the meta is “right,” you can check out the PDF solution, or head over to spoiler chat and see the explanation over there.
Header image by Kamran Aydinov on Freepik.