This post is a quick report on Lucky Panda Books 288, 336 and 384, with solutions similar to the five covered in the review.

In 288, the bypass starts well on a 3-fill, but dries up fast.

A grid shot of the naked triple in line marking.

The full line marking is shown  here, with a hidden unique rectangle and the decisive XY ANL. The UR is plays no role in the collapse.

The next review puzzle, Lucky Panda 336, is finished in the bypass. Here is the grid with givens, and bypass clues and pencil marks,

as the trace below is concluded.

Also on the quickie list is Lucky Panda 384, which recovers from a near collapse in the bypass.

It delivers this convincing example of multiple almost nice loops along an XY railway. Pairs of ANL terminals are marked by rounded squares of different colors, with victims of correspondingly colored diamonds. Needless to say, collapse is immediate.

Next post continues the Lucky Panda Sudoku review with 432.