Giant Tapa
by Jakhob and wooferzfg

This Tapa puzzle has multiple openings, followed by a long and challenging solve path.

Rules

Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area and no 2x2 region is entirely shaded. Clues cannot be shaded, and indicate the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue.

Puzzle Links

Play on Penpa+

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