#47 and 48: Variable Dead Ends

 made on 1/14/21

This puzzle type was invented by thejonymyster.

1. draw lines or loops that fill every non-shaded cell of the puzzle

2. no branching paths, but there may be multiple separated paths

3. a path can not be only a single cell in length

4. the numbers outside each row/column tell how many dead ends are on the given row or column (respectively)

5. numbers on cells tell the length of the path that overlap them

6. all lines/paths etc must be orthogonal

and as a variant: all x stand for the same number.