»Little Killer« unter Damen
(Published on 20. May 2020, 08:25 by glum_hippo)
The Queens' "Little Killer"
The usual Sudoku rules apply. However, 5 of the 9 digits are 'queens', meaning that they cannot repeat along diagonals. You must determine which digits are queens and which 4 digits are not queens. If a digit is NOT a queen, it violates the diagonal rule at least once somewhere in the grid.
Clues with arrows are "little killer" clues. They give the sum of digits along a given diagonal. As usual, digits can repeat within those diagonals — unless they lie in the same box or they are queens! A parenthetical number after the clue, where present, indicates the number of queens you'll encounter on the diagonal in question.
You can try out the puzzle at this Penpa link with answer checking.
Solution code: The 4th column, from top to bottom, and then the 4th row, from left to right (18 digits total, no commas or spaces)
Comments
on 14. September 2024, 22:05 by glum_hippo
Neue Penpa-Fassung — danke Sewerin!
on 14. September 2024, 19:58 by Sewerin
New Penpa+ link: https://tinyurl.com/33npb8ta
on 3. July 2021, 11:36 by ffricke
Man muss wirklich ganz schön aufpassen, aber das lohnt sich, da der Lösungsweg einfach logisch, schön und schwer ist.
on 12. August 2020, 16:10 by Nothere
Great! After a fast first failure i enjoyed the solvingpath (carefully). Thanks.
on 23. May 2020, 11:01 by Mody
Superschön zu lösen, wenn man gewaltig aufpasst :)
on 22. May 2020, 21:05 by zhergan
Very nice idea!For me it was hard to progress but it was also enjoyable :)
on 21. May 2020, 01:11 by glum_hippo
Thanks, geronimo, no problem! I'm glad that you persevered.
on 21. May 2020, 01:09 by geronimo92
Finally finished after 7 hours, horribly disappointed but not your fault and sorry when i thought there was a mistake.... actually i already had 90% correct but i missed something i dont know where exactly, found it really hard
