JCQ #5: Fawlty Towers (Liar Thermo Killer Sudoku)
(Published on 17. July 2020, 11:13 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.
This is the final in the set, and it's a BEAST (although there's some really beautiful logic in there.)
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Additionally, there are 9 towers.
Digits in each tower sum to the number shown below it.
Digits in each tower increase in value from bottom to top.
Except...2 of the towers are faulty, and do not increase in value, while another 5 towers do not sum to the given number.
No tower is faulty in both ways.
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.Solution code: The top row, left to right.
Comments
on 24. May 2022, 03:28 by Krokant
"Don't mention the faulty towers. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right."
The logic in this is indeed beautiful. And so is the puzzle. Really stunning. Had a blast solving this. :)
on 20. August 2020, 17:10 by Mody
Große Klasse
on 17. July 2020, 17:28 by Hareeb
Absolutely worth solving. The rule set is strange, but it works out well, and the setting for it is great.
on 17. July 2020, 15:28 by emmettcito
That was very enjoyable to solve and the solution path contained very clean and elegant logic. Well done setting this one. :)
