JCQ #1: Silly Walks (Thermo Sudoku)
(Published on 12. July 2020, 04:28 by peterchayward)
I met John Cleese a few weeks back, and - knowing he's a big fan of Sudokus - made him a quintet of puzzles inspired by his work. They get progressively harder.
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Also, there are four "silly walk" lines. Numbers along a silly walk must increase in value from the bulb end to the flat end, but must not consist entirely of consecutive digits.
(If you'd like to play on hard mode, treat the lines as regular thermos, and ignore the Silly Walk constraint.)
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.Solution code: Center column, top to bottom.
Comments
on 15. July 2020, 21:01 by hawranomut
Nice puzzle. I'll try solving it as a regular thermo tomorrow.
on 12. July 2020, 20:19 by peterchayward
@geronimo92: marcmees is correct - the bulb isn't super visible at this resolution, but it's going the wrong way. (I make these to be playable by non-Sudoku players, so I was trying to be as clear as possible. Sorry it introduced some ambiguity!)
on 12. July 2020, 15:01 by marcmees
@geronimo. I suppose the bulb is at 9
on 12. July 2020, 14:45 by geronimo92
Please could you clarify why 129 is not possible on a silly walk? Thx
