Normal Sudoku rules apply.
5's live in Dutch Flats
All 5's in the grid must strictly have EITHER; a '1' directly above it AND/OR a '9' directly below it. It may have both, but it doesn't need both.
Examples provided below on an empty grid.
Friendly Cells
Digits in a circle must match that circles Row, Column or Box number.
For example R2C3 must be either a 1 (Box), 2 (Row), or 3 (Column).
All circles are given!
To play this puzzle please click here: Play CTC
Please give this a chance, I promise it is approachable once you appreciate the constraints.
Special Thanks
Previous puzzles in this series:
Lösungscode: Digits from Row 4
am 9. Februar 2024, 18:13 Uhr von antiknight
Amazing puzzle with lovely deductions and ending!
am 7. Februar 2024, 21:03 Uhr von Nurator
Nice! Amazing how you found another valid grid with only 27 circles. The additional constraint was fun to play around with :)
am 7. Februar 2024, 16:17 Uhr von goodcity
Really nice tribute to Nurator who created a great approachable puzzle using this constraint. Thank you !
am 7. Februar 2024, 15:14 Uhr von ViKingPrime
Love it. Love everything about it. Brilliant use of the constraint (definitely need to go check out the inspiration for this). Incredible as always.
am 7. Februar 2024, 12:02 Uhr von anyeyeball
It is very friendly of you to make all these Dutch Flats sudokus. This one was exceptional. Thanks.