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Half Killer Sudoku

(Published on 10. June 2020, 15:58 by Carrick22)

I'll take Half that Sudoku (Half Killer Sudoku)

Apply classic Sudoku rules : Each row, column and bold-outlined region must contain the digits 1-9 once.

Furthermore, cages, represented by dotted areas, must contain digits that add up to the total in their top left corner. Digits musn't repeat wothin a cage.

  • The grey cells in the puzzle have their values halved in regards of the cages's sums (e.g. a grey 8 is counted as 4 for a cage). For odd numbers, they are rounded up to the closest integer (i.e. for grey cells, 1=1; 3=2; 5=3; 7=4; 9=5, so the middle "4" cage can be a 7 or an 8 in this example).

Additionnal rules:

  • Each main diagonnal must contain the digits 1-9 once.
  • There are greater-than symbols on the grid, where the biggest digit must be placed on the open end.

Note : It is possible for a cage to contain two digits with the same "value": because a grey 6 counts as a "3" doesn't mean you can't also place a 3 in the cage !

You can use Penpa-edit for solving it on your browser.

Solution code: Column 2, followed by column 8 (top to bottom).


Solved by zorant, moss, saskia-daniela, marcmees, Julianl, Uhu, skywalker, rimodech, keelyc27, geronimo92, KlausRG, bensohhh, Joe Average, kishy72, bob, lutzreimer, wenchang, newyork1121, NikolaZ, nicole1303, ManuH, Raistlen, zrbakhtiar
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on 12. July 2020, 21:00 by nicole1303
Nice concept of half values for the killer cages! It made me think twice about the supposedly familiar sums...

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