Is V Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal to 5? (Original)
(Eingestellt am 6. Mai 2024, 00:00 Uhr von HalfBakedLunatic)
NOTE: I was very happy to see this puzzle featured on Cracking The Cryptic, but I was surprised to find that there is a shortcut in the logic (which Mark exploits in the video) which bypasses the most difficult part of the solution path for the whole second half of the puzzle! Below is the original (obsolete) version of the puzzle. For the full experience please use Is V Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal to 5 (revised)
The Rules:
• Normal Sudoku rules apply
• "V" can be either "inequality" (points to smaller digit) or "digits sum to 5" or both. If the two digits do sum to 5, the "V" can be in any orientation and does not necessarily indicate greater than/less than.
• Digits must not repeat in cells that are a knight's move apart.
• The digits in a cage must sum to the number printed in its corner.
• Entering a correct digit will clear the fog from around that cell.
Solve Online here (right-click and open in new tab):
Is V Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal to 5? (Cracking The Cryptic)
Leave a comment and let me know how you like it!
Puzzle by David Workman (aka "HalfBakedLunatic")
Lösungscode: Column 5, top to bottom
Zuletzt geändert am 17. Mai 2024, 22:36 Uhr
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Kommentare
Zuletzt geändert am 17. Mai 2024, 22:37 Uhram 17. Mai 2024, 22:36 Uhr von HalfBakedLunatic
Pointing everyone to the revised (corrected) version of the puzzle: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=000I46
am 17. Mai 2024, 06:08 Uhr von jinkela114514
3.5* difficulty for me
am 7. Mai 2024, 19:03 Uhr von sanabas
Great fun, but felt a lot easier than 5*
Surprised how many superfluous clues there are too.
am 7. Mai 2024, 07:12 Uhr von Deino42
62:05, as someone who is far from an expert, I think that’s pretty good for a 5-star! Especially since I did it without a solution link, and probably 15 minutes of that was backtracking due to an incorrect digit. Very nice puzzle, I really like the scattered fog.
am 6. Mai 2024, 19:59 Uhr von Criptonight
Dat was bijna drie uur, en pure vreugde de hele weg!
am 6. Mai 2024, 15:19 Uhr von HalfBakedLunatic
Updated link with embedded solution
Zuletzt geändert am 6. Mai 2024, 15:20 Uhram 6. Mai 2024, 14:57 Uhr von CHRosenthal
Important bug: if I try to use letters to represent digits, the fog will be cleared revealing hidden clues
--- Thank you @CHRosenthal, someone else pointed that out as well. I just updated the link with the embedded solution, the fog doesn't work correctly without that.
am 6. Mai 2024, 05:31 Uhr von bansalsaab
Speechless.